1981 Drake Bulldogs football team

1981 Drake Bulldogs football
Missouri Valley Conference Co-Champion
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
1981 record	10–1 (5–1 MVC)
Head coach	Chuck Shelton
Offensive coordinator	John Hancock
Defensive coordinator	Maury Waugh
Home stadium	Drake Stadium

1981 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Drake +	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Tulsa +	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Southern Illinois	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
West Texas State	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Wichita State	3	–	3	–	1	4	–	6	–	1
Indiana State	2	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
New Mexico State	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Illinois State	0	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Drake finished the season with 10 wins and a single loss (59–6) to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. Since both teams had 5–1 conference records, they were co-champions for 1981.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
September 5	1:30 p.m.^[1]	Northern Iowa	Drake Stadium • Des Moines, IA	W 39–30
September 12	1:30 p.m.	Indiana State	Drake Stadium • Des Moines, IA	W 17–14
September 19	1:30 p.m.	Western Illinois	Drake Stadium • Des Moines, IA	W 21–6
September 26	1:30 p.m.	at Kansas State*	KSU Stadium • Manhattan, KS	W 18–17
October 3	1:30 p.m.	Long Beach State*	Drake Stadium • Des Moines, IA	W 18–7
October 10	1:30 p.m.	at Wichita State	Cessna Stadium • Wichita, KS	W 24–23
October 24	1:30 p.m.	West Texas State	Drake Stadium • Des Moines, IA	W 21–13
October 31	7:30 p.m.	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, OK	L 6–59
November 7	1:30 p.m.	at Southern Illinois	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	W 22–17
November 14	1:30 p.m.	at Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	W 13–10
November 21	1:00 p.m.	Nebraska-Omaha*	Drake Stadium • Des Moines, IA	W 53–0
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. All times are in Central Time Zone.

References

↑ Missouri Valley Conference 75 1981 Football/Anniversary Issue. Missouri Valley Conference. p. Page 7.

Drake Bulldogs football

Venues	Haskins Field (1893–1924) Drake Stadium (1925–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

Culture & lore	Drake University Marching Band Johnny Bright incident

People	Head coaches Professional players

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