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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s1–⁠1
1940s2–⁠3
1950s1–⁠2
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

  1. Arizona’s biggest win1948: Arizona 24, Marquette 14by 10 points
  2. Marquette’s biggest win1942: Marquette 39, Arizona 0by 39 points
  3. Upset1947: Marquette 39, Arizona 21Marquette had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsArizonaSeriesMarquette
1946–⁠1948Miles Casteel1–⁠2Frank 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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arizona and Marquette, 1938 on130015001700194019501960197019801990200020102020

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

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1939 game: FOOTBALL SCORES

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1952 game: Marquette Wins, 37-7

    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, 1957Arizona 17, Marquette 14at Arizona
Oct 17, 1953Marquette 14, Arizona 0at Arizona
Oct 18, 1952Marquette 37, Arizona 7at Marquette
Nov 27, 1948Arizona 24, Marquette 14at Arizona
Nov 22, 1947Marquette 39, Arizona 21at Arizona
Oct 26, 1946Marquette 20, Arizona 0at Marquette
Oct 24, 1942Marquette 39, Arizona 0at Marquette
Nov 30, 1940Arizona 17, Marquette 14at Arizona
Oct 28, 1939Marquette 13, Arizona 6at Marquette
Nov 19, 1938Arizona 20, Marquette 12at Arizona

Every game is listed as played on the field.