Marquette at Navy
Saturday, October 11, 1924 Share
Marquette beat Navy 21–3. It was their first meeting; after it, Marquette led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 47°F
In the newspapers

The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 12, 1924, page 11
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NAVY LOSES TO MARQUETTE, 21–3 ANNAPOLIS. Md, Oct. 1I.-Con- serving their offensive strength until the final period, Marquette university exploited a varied attack featured by brilliant aerial plays, and defeated the Annapolis Middies on the gridiron, 12 to g. Three times the westerBers cross ed the Navy goal line and added the extra points from placement goals. Navy in the early part of the last quar- ter scored when Wellings dropped-kick- ed from the 33 yard line.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Navy 93% to win. Marquette pulled the upset.
The series
Every Marquette–Navy gameTied 1–1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1925 | Navy 19, Marquette 0 | |
| 1924 | Marquette 21, Navy 3 |
Around this game
Marquette
- Next gameat NavyOct. 10, 1925
- SeasonMarquette in 1924
- ProgramMarquette history and records
Navy
- Next gameat PrincetonOct. 18, 1924
- SeasonNavy in 1924
- ProgramNavy history and records
