| * denotes home games. | |||||||||||
| 1980 (8-3) | 1981 (10-1) | Missouri Valley Co-Champion | |||||||||
| Coach: Chuck Shelton | Coach: Chuck Shelton | ||||||||||
| Indiana State* | L | 10-13 | Northern Iowa | W | 39-30 | ||||||
| Augustana (SD)* | W | 42-0 | Indiana State* | W | 17-14 | ||||||
| Lamar | W | 38-7 | Western Illinois* | W | 21-6 | ||||||
| Southern Illinois* | L | 28-34 | Kansas State | W | 18-17 | ||||||
| Texas-Arlington | W | 30-20 | Long Beach State* | W | 18-7 | ||||||
| Colorado | W | 41-22 | Wichita State | W | 24-23 | ||||||
| West Texas A&M* | W | 27-21 | West Texas A&M* | W | 21-13 | ||||||
| New Mexico State | W | 28-22 | Tulsa | L | 6-59 | ||||||
| Wichita State* | W | 38-15 | Southern Illinois | W | 22-17 | ||||||
| Nebraska-Omaha* | W | 17-0 | Illinois State | W | 13-10 | ||||||
| Long Beach State | L | 7-21 | Nebraska-Omaha* | W | 53-0 | ||||||
| 1982 (4-7) | Drake classified Division I-AA | 1983 (1-10) | |||||||||
| Coach: Chuck Shelton | Coach: Chuck Shelton | ||||||||||
| Northern Iowa* | W | 40-13 | Northern Iowa | L | 10-34 | ||||||
| Idaho State* | L | 21-41 | South Dakota State* | L | 3-20 | ||||||
| Southern Illinois | L | 17-24 | Western Illinois | L | 14-31 | ||||||
| Iowa State | L | 10-35 | Illinois State* | L | 17-36 | ||||||
| Indiana State* | L | 19-29 | Wichita State | L | 0-43 | ||||||
| Western Illinois | W | 31-12 | Southern Illinois | L | 9-28 | ||||||
| Nebraska-Omaha | L | 17-27 | New Mexico State | L | 23-42 | ||||||
| Tulsa* | L | 18-34 | Missouri State* | L | 11-22 | ||||||
| West Texas A&M | W | 31-24 | West Texas A&M* | W | 36-26 | ||||||
| Wichita State* | L | 29-38 | Tulsa* | L | 13-22 | ||||||
| Illinois State | W | 42-35 | Indiana State* | L | 0-38 | ||||||
| 1984 (4-7) | 1985 (4-7) | ||||||||||
| Coach: Chuck Shelton | Coach: Chuck Shelton | ||||||||||
| Missouri State* | L | 12-17 | Missouri State* | L | 24-31 | ||||||
| Northern Iowa* | L | 28-33 | Northern Iowa* | W | 24-9 | ||||||
| Iowa State | L | 17-21 | Iowa | L | 0-58 | ||||||
| New Mexico State* | W | 35-28 | Southern Illinois* | W | 31-6 | ||||||
| Illinois State | L | 0-28 | Indiana State | L | 10-17 | ||||||
| Truman State* | W | 31-17 | O5 | Iowa State | W | 20-17 | |||||
| Western Illinois | L | 20-37 | Texas-Arlington* | W | 21-10 | ||||||
| Indiana State | L | 3-17 | Wichita State | L | 21-24 | ||||||
| Wichita State* | L | 6-23 | Illinois State* | L | 3-10 | ||||||
| Southern Illinois* | W | 20-17 | West Texas A&M* | L | 27-28 | ||||||
| West Texas A&M | W | 25-22 | Tulsa | L | 15-45 | ||||||