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Drake vs Illinois State Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Drake and Illinois State.

PROGRAM ONEDrake3 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD3–5WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOIllinois State5 recorded wins
8Recorded meetings
1981Earliest documented
2007Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

8 games
  1. 1981
    Drake13 — 10Illinois State
    Nov 14, 1981Drake won
  2. 1982
    Drake42 — 35Illinois State
    Nov 13, 1982Drake won
  3. 1983
    Drake17 — 36Illinois State
    Sep 24, 1983Illinois State won
  4. 1984
    Drake0 — 28Illinois State
    Sep 29, 1984Illinois State won
  5. 1985
    Drake3 — 10Illinois State
    Oct 26, 1985Illinois State won
  6. 2003
    Drake13 — 27Illinois State
    Aug 29, 2003Illinois State wonHancock Stadium
  7. 2005
    Drake19 — 56Illinois State
    Sep 10, 2005Illinois State wonHancock Stadium
  8. 2007
    Drake27 — 24Illinois State
    Aug 30, 2007Drake wonHancock Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2007Drake vs Illinois State27–24Drake won
2005Drake vs Illinois State19–56Illinois State won
2003Drake vs Illinois State13–27Illinois State won
1985Drake vs Illinois State3–10Illinois State won
1984Drake vs Illinois State0–28Illinois State won
1983Drake vs Illinois State17–36Illinois State won
1982Drake vs Illinois State42–35Drake won
1981Drake vs Illinois State13–10Drake won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.