Duquesne vs. Marquette

Duquesne and Marquette first met in 1936 and have played 5 times; Duquesne leads the series 4–⁠1. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Duquesne 4–⁠1, and Duquesne has won the last 3.

Duquesne wins
4
Marquette wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1936
Longest streak
3 Duquesne
Current streak
3 Duquesne
Last 10 meetings
Duquesne 4–⁠1
Most recent
1941

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s2–⁠1
1940s2–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: Duquesne 1, Marquette 0
Average margin
11.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Duquesne
3–⁠0 Duquesne’s record at home
At Marquette
1–⁠1 Marquette’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Duquesne’s biggest win1941: Duquesne 31, Marquette 14by 17 points
  2. Marquette’s biggest win1937: Marquette 13, Duquesne 6by 7 points
  3. Ranked showdown1936: Duquesne 13, Marquette 0No. 7 Marquette at No. 20 Duquesne

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Duquesne and Marquette, 1936 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 Nome daily nugget's story of the 1936 game: Scores Of Football Games Saturday

    1936 · The Nome daily nugget, Nov 21, 1936

  • The Evening star's story of the 1937 game: DUQUESNEIS UPSET BY marquette, 1876 Loser Five Times in Row, Golden Avalanche Passes to Win After Foe Scores.

    1937 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 21, 1937

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

Oct 25, 1941Duquesne 31, Marquette 14at Marquette
Nov 2, 1940Duquesne 14, Marquette 0at Duquesne
Nov 4, 193913Duquesne 21, Marquette 13at Duquesne
Nov 20, 1937Marquette 13, Duquesne 6at Marquette
Nov 21, 193620Duquesne 13, 7Marquette 0at Duquesne

Every game is listed as played on the field.