Grinnell vs. Marquette

Grinnell and Marquette first met in 1926 and have played 5 times; Grinnell leads the series 3–⁠2. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Grinnell 3–⁠2.

Grinnell wins
3
Marquette wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1926
Longest streak
2 Grinnell
Current streak
1 Marquette
Last 10 meetings
Grinnell 3–⁠2
Most recent
1930

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s3–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1
Average margin
12.2 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Grinnell
1–⁠2 Grinnell’s record at home
At Marquette
0–⁠2 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. Grinnell’s biggest win1926: Grinnell 17, Marquette 2by 15 points
  2. Marquette’s biggest win1927: Marquette 31, Grinnell 0by 31 points
  3. Upset1927: Marquette 31, Grinnell 0Marquette had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1929: Grinnell 9, Marquette 7Grinnell had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Grinnell and Marquette, 1926 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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 Washington times's story of the 1930 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    1930 · The Washington times, Oct 4, 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

Oct 3, 1930Marquette 6, Grinnell 0at Grinnell
Oct 12, 1929Grinnell 9, Marquette 7at Marquette
Nov 3, 1928Grinnell 20, Marquette 13at Grinnell
Oct 29, 1927Marquette 31, Grinnell 0at Grinnell
Oct 9, 1926Grinnell 17, Marquette 2at Marquette

Every game is listed as played on the field.