Drake vs. Marquette
Drake and Marquette first met in 1928 and have played 4 times; Marquette leads the series 3–1. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Marquette 3–1, and Marquette has won the last 3. Share
- Drake wins
- 1
- Marquette wins
- 3
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1928
- Longest streak
- 3 Marquette
- Current streak
- 3 Marquette
- Last 10 meetings
- Marquette 3–1
- Most recent
- 1932
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 25.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Drake
- 0–1 Drake’s record at home
- At Marquette
- 2–1 Marquette’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Coach against coach
| Years | Drake | Series | Marquette |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1928–1931 | Ossie Solem | 1–2 | Frank Murray |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Drake’s side (Solem 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
1930 · New Britain herald, Connecticut, Oct 11, 1930
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 26, 1932 | Marquette 45, Drake 0 | at Marquette | ||
| Nov 28, 1931 | Marquette 32, Drake 6 | at Drake | ||
| Oct 11, 1930 | Marquette 12, Drake 0 | at Marquette | ||
| Oct 13, 1928 | Drake 26, Marquette 7 | at Marquette |
Every game is listed as played on the field.