Arizona vs. Marquette
Arizona and Marquette first met in 1938 and have played 10 times; Marquette leads the series 6–4. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Marquette 6–4. Share
- Arizona wins
- 4
- Marquette wins
- 6
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1938
- Longest streak
- 3 Marquette
- Current streak
- 1 Arizona
- Last 10 meetings
- Marquette 6–4
- Most recent
- 1957
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 15.2 points; 4 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Arizona
- 4–2 Arizona’s record at home
- At Marquette
- 4–0 Marquette’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Arizona’s biggest win1948: Arizona 24, Marquette 14by 10 points
- Marquette’s biggest win1942: Marquette 39, Arizona 0by 39 points
- Upset1947: Marquette 39, Arizona 21Marquette had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Arizona | Series | Marquette |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946–1948 | Miles Casteel | 1–2 | Frank Murray |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Arizona’s side (Casteel 1–2 against Murray). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers

1939 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 30, 1939

1952 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 19, 1952
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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Nov 23, 1957 | Arizona 17, Marquette 14 | at Arizona | ||
| Oct 17, 1953 | Marquette 14, Arizona 0 | at Arizona | ||
| Oct 18, 1952 | Marquette 37, Arizona 7 | at Marquette | ||
| Nov 27, 1948 | Arizona 24, Marquette 14 | at Arizona | ||
| Nov 22, 1947 | Marquette 39, Arizona 21 | at Arizona | ||
| Oct 26, 1946 | Marquette 20, Arizona 0 | at Marquette | ||
| Oct 24, 1942 | Marquette 39, Arizona 0 | at Marquette | ||
| Nov 30, 1940 | Arizona 17, Marquette 14 | at Arizona | ||
| Oct 28, 1939 | Marquette 13, Arizona 6 | at Marquette | ||
| Nov 19, 1938 | Arizona 20, Marquette 12 | at Arizona |
Every game is listed as played on the field.