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. Share
- 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
- 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
- Grinnell’s biggest win1926: Grinnell 17, Marquette 2by 15 points
- Marquette’s biggest win1927: Marquette 31, Grinnell 0by 31 points
- Upset1927: Marquette 31, Grinnell 0Marquette had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1929: Grinnell 9, Marquette 7Grinnell had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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 · 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, 1930 | Marquette 6, Grinnell 0 | at Grinnell | ||
| Oct 12, 1929 | Grinnell 9, Marquette 7 | at Marquette | ||
| Nov 3, 1928 | Grinnell 20, Marquette 13 | at Grinnell | ||
| Oct 29, 1927 | Marquette 31, Grinnell 0 | at Grinnell | ||
| Oct 9, 1926 | Grinnell 17, Marquette 2 | at Marquette |
Every game is listed as played on the field.