The Drake football team is set to host Pioneer Football League opponent St. Thomas on Saturday, November 13 with kickoff slated for 12 p.m. at Drake Stadium. The game will be streamed on ESPN3 and broadcast over the airwaves on 1350 ESPN Des Moines.

Drake (2-6, 1-4 PFL) and St. Thomas (5-3, 4-2 PFL) are both coming off road losses in their previous contest. The Bulldogs lost a hard-fought defensive battle at Marist 7-0 on November 6 while St. Thomas had a three-game winning streak snapped as the hands of Davidson 42-15.

In a defensive battle in the loss at Marist, Drake held the Red Foxes to 256 total yards, including 70 on the ground. Defensive Coordinator Al Smith's Bulldog defense is second-best in the PFL in yards per game and scoring defense. St. Thomas' league-worst 91.2 pass efficiency will have its hands full when it faces the Bulldogs pass defense efficiency which is second-best in the PFL.

Drake quarterback Ian Corwin saw game action for the first time since October 16 and completed 13 of 27 passes for 144 yards in the game at Marist. Corwin, a junior out of Tulsa, Okla., has battled injury this year and has seen action in only half of Drake's eight fall 2021 contests. With a passer rating of 130 and only one interception on the season, Corwin will be eager to take on a St. Thomas Tommies defense that is holding PFL opponents to a league-best 292 yards per game.

The meeting will be the first between the two schools as it is the inaugural season for St. Thomas in the FCS and Pioneer Football League. Previously a member of Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, St. Thomas joined the PFL for football and Summit League in Division I Athletics in July 2021. Located in St. Paul, Minn., St. Thomas is a private, Catholic university with an enrollment of 9,878.

Any military personnel who show their military ID at the Drake Athletics Ticket Office will receive up to four (4) complimentary tickets to the games the football game versus St. Thomas, men's basketball on Sunday versus South Dakota, or women's basketball versus South Dakota.. Personnel are encouraged to pick-up tickets prior to game day during ticket office hours which are Monday-Friday from 10am to 4pm, however, the offer will be accepted on game day, for the three games listed.