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1017:"St. Louis U. Runs Over Drake in Homecoming Game, 41 to 12 Before 12,000"
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1108:"Gatewood's Passing Gives Lobos Narrow Victory Over Drake, 8 to 7"
906:"Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings"
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105:1947 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
956:. September 27, 1947. pp. 9, 11 – via
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1023:. October 19, 1947. pp. 1C, 4C – via
1949:1947 Missouri Valley Conference football season
978:. October 5, 1947. pp. 1B, 2B – via
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934:. September 20, 1947. p. 9 – via
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904:Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947).
879:"1947 Drake Bulldogs Schedule and Results"
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950:"Drake's Late Rally Falls Short, 23-19"
459:. In its first season under head coach
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995:"Wichita Surge Repels Bulldogs, 21-13"
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1062:"Gaudy Drake Pass Ties Teachers, 6-6"
1106:Wilbur Bentley (November 16, 1947).
1083:Leighton Housh (November 9, 1947).
972:"Hurricane Blows Drake Down, 28-14"
13:
1085:"Cyclones Frolic Past Drake, 36-6"
473:The team played its home games at
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1970:
1039:"Drake Shocks Oklahoma Ags, 13-9"
993:George Mills (October 12, 1947).
441:1947 Drake Bulldogs football team
1060:Frank Brody (November 2, 1947).
16:American college football season
1954:Drake Bulldogs football seasons
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1227:Johnny Bright incident
885:. Sports Reference LLC
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976:The Daily Oklahoman
928:"Texans Drop Drake"
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808:November 15
668:Saint Louis
644:Wichita, KS
516:Texas Mines
455:during the
301:Saint Louis
1943:Categories
1196:Bowl games
865:References
855:Homecoming
813:New Mexico
776:Iowa State
772:November 8
732:November 1
699:October 24
663:October 18
626:October 11
504:Attendance
36:Conference
606:Tulsa, OK
588:October 4
1248:Honorees
495:Opponent
485:Schedule
147:Overall
1264:Seasons
751:rivalry
631:Wichita
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1166:Venues
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692:12,312
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578:19–23
545:9,000
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