Marquette at Creighton

Saturday, November 9, 1929

Creighton beat Marquette 13–⁠6. It was their third meeting; after it, Creighton led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayMarquette4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1929
6
HomeCreighton2–⁠6 in 1929
13

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: FOOT BALL YESTERDAY

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 9, 1929, page 15

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    FOOT BALL YESTERDAY Eastern, As; Business, 0. George Washington Freshmen, %; Emerson, 0. Gonzaga, 6; Georgetown Prep, 0. Dewitt, 26; Mount st. Mary’s Prep, 0. Charlotte Hail, 7; woodward, 6. Creighton, 13; Marquette, 6. Milton College, 80; Northwestern Col lege, 6. Eastern Illinois State Normal, z; In diana State Normal, might game). Midland, 6; Wayne, 6 (tie). Hastings College, IL; KearneY, 2. South Dakota State, 70; Western IN ion College. 0. Friends (Kansas), 10; Ottawa, 0. Missouri Valley College, IS; College OF Emporia, 0. Kansas Wesleyan, IL; Bethany, O. Cotner ST. Grand Island, 6. Grinnell, 81; Iowa State Teachers, s. State Teachers, 27; Little Rock Col lege, z. Hendrix Henderson, Z; College of the OzarkS, 0. Georgetown Ky), 81; Eastern Ky) Teachers, 0. Presbyterian College. a.; Erskine, Z. Potomac State, Z; Broaddus, 6.

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)

Marquette 61% to win. Creighton won as Elo’s underdog.

Marquette leads 6–⁠3–⁠2 in 11 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1940Marquette 27, Creighton 27
1936Marquette 7, Creighton 6
1935Marquette 26, Creighton 0
1934Marquette 38, Creighton 0
1933Marquette 14, Creighton 9
1932Marquette 0, Creighton 0

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