1957 Drake Bulldogs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1957
| team = Drake Bulldogs
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 7–2
| head_coach = Warren Gaer
| hc_year = 9th
| captain =
| stadium = Drake Stadium
| bowl = Sun Bowl
| bowl_result = L 20–34 vs. Louisville
}}
{{1957 NCAA University Division independents football records}}
The 1957 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Drake University as an independent during the 1957 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Warren Gaer, the team compiled a 7–2 record, lost to Louisville in the 1958 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 185 to 112.{{cite web|title=1957 Drake Bulldogs Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=June 6, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/drake/1957-schedule.html}} The team played its home games at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
Schedule
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|September 21|||{{cfb link|year=1957|team=Iowa State Teachers Panthers|title=Iowa State Teachers}}|Drake Stadium|Des Moines, IA|W 34-12||
|September 28|||South Dakota State|Drake Stadium|Des Moines, IA|W 25-7||
|October 5||at|North Texas State|Fouts Field|Denton, TX|W 19-6||{{cite news|title=Drake wins, 19–6|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|date=October 6, 1957|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88354709/drake-wins-196/|accessdate=November 4, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 12||at|{{cfb link|year=1957|team=Washington University Bears|title=Washington University}}|Francis Field|St. Louis, MO|W 19-7||
|October 26||at|{{cfb link|year=1957|team=Bradley Braves|title=Bradley}}||Peoria, IL|W 21-13||
|November 2|||Iowa State|Drake Stadium|Des Moines, IA|W 20-0|6,557|
|November 9||at|Wichita|Cessna Stadium|Wichita, KS|L 7-14||
|November 16|1:00 p.m.||West Texas State|Drake Stadium|Des Moines, IA|W 20-19|2,000|{{cite news |last=White |first=Maury |title=Possible Bowl Bid At Stake For Bulldogs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register/169809936/ |newspaper=The Des Moines Register |location=Des Moines, Iowa |date=November 16, 1957 |page=9 |access-date=April 7, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=White |first=Maury |title=West Texas Hit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register/169809596/ |newspaper=The Des Moines Register |location=Des Moines, Iowa |date=November 17, 1957 |pages=1S, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register/169809730/ 7S] |access-date=April 7, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
|January 1, 1958||vs|Louisville|Kidd Field|El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)|L 20-34|9,000|{{cite news|title=Louisville Cardinals Down Drake, 34-20: Comeback Decides Contest|newspaper=El Paso Times|author=Chuck Whitlock|date=January 2, 1958|pages=1, 24|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32388970/louisville_cardinals_down_drake_3420/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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