Indiana vs. Marquette

Indiana and Marquette first met in 1947 and have played 6 times; Indiana leads the series 6–⁠0. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Indiana 6–⁠0, and Indiana has won the last 6.

Indiana wins
6
Marquette wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1947
Longest streak
6 Indiana
Current streak
6 Indiana
Last 10 meetings
Indiana 6–⁠0
Most recent
1960

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s1–⁠0
1950s4–⁠0
1960s1–⁠0
Average margin
17.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Indiana
6–⁠0 Indiana’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Indiana’s biggest win1947: Indiana 48, Marquette 6by 42 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Indiana and Marquette, 1947 on130015001700190019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Wilmington morning star's story of the 1947 game: Football Scores

    1947 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 16, 1947

  • The Evening star's story of the 1950 game: Late Indiana Scores Nip Marquette, 1877

    1950 · Evening star, Nov 19, 1950

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: Score in Last Minute Ends Hoosier Streak OF Seven Defeats

    1953 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 11, 1953

  • The Evening star's story of the 1959 game: Indiana Uses Power, Depth To Rout Marquette, 1918

    1959 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 11, 1959

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 15, 1960Indiana 34, Marquette 8at Indiana
Oct 10, 1959Indiana 33, Marquette 13at Indiana
Nov 3, 1956Indiana 19, Marquette 13at Indiana
Oct 10, 1953Indiana 21, Marquette 20at Indiana
Nov 18, 1950Indiana 18, Marquette 7at Indiana
Nov 15, 1947Indiana 48, Marquette 6at Indiana

Every game is listed as played on the field.