1938 Drake Bulldogs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1938
| team = Drake Bulldogs
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| short_conf = MVC
| record = 5–4–1
| conf_record = 2–1–1
| head_coach = Vee Green
| hc_year = 6th
| captain =
| stadium = Drake Stadium
}}
{{1938 Missouri Valley Conference football standings}}
The 1938 Drake Bulldogs football team represented Drake University in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1938 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Vee Green, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record (2–1–1 against MVC opponents), and outscored opponents by a total of 194 to 118.{{cite news |author= |title=Beaten Tulsa Backs Into Valley Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64151030/the-daily-oklahoman/ |newspaper=The Daily Oklahoman |location=Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |agency=Associated Press |date=November 28, 1938 |page=13 |access-date=November 27, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite web|title=1938 Drake Bulldogs Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=June 5, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/drake/1938-schedule.html}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1938
| poll = AP
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 17||{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Central Dutch|title=Central (IA)}}
|September 24||{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Monmouth Fighting Scots|title=Monmouth (IL)}}
|October 1|at|Washington University|Francis Field|St. Louis, MO|L 13-25||
|October 8|at|Northwestern
|October 15||Creighton|Drake Stadium|Des Moines, IA|T 7-7||
|October 22||Miami (FL)
|October 29||{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Grinnell Pioneers |title=Grinnell}}|Drake Stadium|Des Moines, IA|W 21-6||
|November 5|at|No. 18 Iowa State
|November 12||Tulsa|Drake Stadium|Des Moines, IA|W 27-7|6,000|
|December 2|at|New Mexico A&M
}}