On a Bye Week for the Iowa Hawkeye Football team, I convinced the Engelbert family we needed to attend a football game. We decided to road trip to Des Moines, stay in a hotel and take in the Drake - Davidson game at Drake Stadium
Drake Football was an event my Dad (Drake grad) and I would attend as tickets to Iowa Football games were hard to come by. Drake Stadium has gone through a major renovation since then and is a nice place to watch a game. However it must be the best kept secret in town. Less than 3,000 were in attendance. Bulldog football is quite a bargain. Inexpensive concession prices, and for their next game, the final home contest of the year, tickets will only be $1.
On this day, Colin would only last three quarters, but it may have been one of the more exciting games I've attended this year. Drake led 20-10 as we left, but Davidson pulled to within 3 early in the fourth. Listening to it on the radio, it sounded like a back and forth battle from there until late. Davidson was able to mount a drive which put them in position for a game-tying 38 yard field goal with :07 to go. However that kick was blocked and the Bulldogs sealed the victory.
Fans "flocking" to Drake Football.
Drake Stadium "filling up" prior to kick-off
Here Comes the Bulldogs!
Andy Green 46yd INT return for TD
Colin and Mommy wanting a T-Shirt shot to them
Drake may have better cheerleaders than Iowa
However the band was a disappointment.
Colin and Daddy posing with Spike
Beautiful day on the Drake Campus
Located on the Drake campus, down the street from Drake Stadium and the Knapp Center is Peggy's. Peggy's is a Drake University institution that has been located at the same spot since the early 1960s. It has been open since my father worked on his masters degree at Drake and is still open for business for current Drake students.
