DES MOINES, Iowa – 'Mr. Drake' Paul Morrison has literally seen it all when it comes to Drake football, on Saturday he will be attending his 700th game when the Bulldogs host Valparaiso for their annual homecoming game at 1 p.m.

To help put this astounding accomplishment in perspective, Saturday's game will be Drake's 1,127th game in program history. Morrison has been a part of all six Pioneer Football League titles and the 1972 and 1981 Missouri Valley Football championships.

Morrison graduated from Drake with a degree in journalism in 1939 and briefly returned to his hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa to work for the The Gazette. Like most men of his time, Paul had a war to fight, and was drafted into the U.S. Army, 6th Division.

Morrison was stationed in the Pacific theatre where he took care of his division's newsletter. By the war's end he had attained the rank of sergeant.

Upon his return from the war he resumed his position with The Gazette before being hired as the first full-time director of the Drake News Bureau on December 15, 1945. He later would serve as the athletics business manager before beginning a lengthy run as sports information director.

Morrison retired from his full-time position with Drake in 1986, and has continued to serve the university by volunteering his time in the athletic department as historian and consultant.