Iowa State vs. Marquette
Iowa State and Marquette first met in 1927 and have played 11 times; Marquette leads the series 8–2–1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Marquette 7–2. Share
- Iowa State wins
- 2
- Marquette wins
- 8
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1927
- Longest streak
- 4 Marquette
- Current streak
- 0 tie
- Last 10 meetings
- Marquette 7–2
- Most recent
- 1951
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 0–0–1 |
- Average margin
- 12.5 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Iowa State
- 0–1 Iowa State’s record at home
- At Marquette
- 7–2–1 Marquette’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Iowa State’s biggest win1938: Iowa State 7, Marquette 0by 7 points
- Marquette’s biggest win1927: Marquette 34, Iowa State 0by 34 points
- Upset1937: Iowa State 3, Marquette 0Iowa State had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Iowa State | Series | Marquette |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927–1929 | C. Noel Workman | 0–3 | Frank Murray |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Iowa State’s side (Workman 0–3 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

1928 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 30, 1928

1935 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 4, 1935

1941 · Evening star, Nov 30, 1941
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 6, 1951 | Marquette 6, Iowa State 6 | at Marquette | ||
| Oct 10, 1942 | Marquette 34, Iowa State 12 | at Iowa State | ||
| Nov 29, 1941 | Marquette 20, Iowa State 13 | at Marquette | ||
| Oct 11, 1940 | Marquette 41, Iowa State 25 | at Marquette | ||
| Nov 11, 1939 | Marquette 21, Iowa State 2 | at Marquette | ||
| Oct 29, 1938 | Iowa State 7, Marquette 0 | at Marquette | ||
| Nov 13, 1937 | Iowa State 3, Marquette 0 | at Marquette | ||
| Nov 2, 1935 | Marquette 28, Iowa State 12 | at Marquette | ||
| Oct 18, 1929 | Marquette 14, Iowa State 6 | at Marquette | ||
| Nov 29, 1928 | Marquette 6, Iowa State 0 | at Marquette | ||
| Nov 24, 1927 | Marquette 34, Iowa State 0 | at Marquette |
Every game is listed as played on the field.