Creighton vs. Marquette

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Creighton’s biggest win1927: Creighton 14, Marquette 0by 14 points
2. Marquette’s biggest win1934: Marquette 38, Creighton 0by 38 points
3. Upset1928: Creighton 9, Marquette 6Creighton had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Creighton’s side (Wynne 3–⁠0 against Murray). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 9, 1929

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  1936 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 8, 1936

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  1940 · Evening star, Oct 20, 1940

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Creighton vs. Drake18 meetings, Creighton 8–⁠8–⁠2
• Creighton vs. Oklahoma State18 meetings, Creighton 6–⁠11–⁠1
• Creighton vs. Saint Louis12 meetings, Creighton 4–⁠8
• Creighton vs. Grinnell12 meetings, Creighton 10–⁠2
• Marquette vs. Wisconsin36 meetings, Marquette 4–⁠32
• Marquette vs. Detroit Mercy25 meetings, Marquette 10–⁠12–⁠3
• Marquette vs. Michigan State21 meetings, Marquette 5–⁠15–⁠1
• Marquette vs. Holy Cross14 meetings, Marquette 6–⁠7–⁠1