Lawrence vs. Marquette

Lawrence and Marquette first met in 1905 and have played 10 times; Marquette leads the series 9–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Marquette 9–⁠1, and Marquette has won the last 9.

Lawrence wins
1
Marquette wins
9
Ties
0
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
9 Marquette
Current streak
9 Marquette
Last 10 meetings
Marquette 9–⁠1
Most recent
1944

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0
1920s0–⁠3
1930s0–⁠4
1940s0–⁠2
Average margin
23.7 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Lawrence
1–⁠3 Lawrence’s record at home
At Marquette
6–⁠0 Marquette’s record at home
Shutouts
9

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Lawrence’s biggest win1905: Lawrence 6, Marquette 0by 6 points
  2. Marquette’s biggest win1944: Marquette 45, Lawrence 0by 45 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Lawrence and Marquette, 1905 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Evening star's story of the 1929 game: FOOT BALL RESULTS

    1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 6, 1929

  • The Evening star's story of the 1933 game: Late u Rally Beats Mount ST. Mar z&O Maryland Rous ST. ohn 200 Foot Ball Results Local Teams.

    1933 · Evening star, Oct 1, 1933

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 14, 1944Marquette 45, Lawrence 0at Marquette
Oct 9, 1943Marquette 26, Lawrence 0at Marquette
Sep 30, 1933Marquette 8, Lawrence 0at Lawrence
Oct 15, 1932Marquette 25, Lawrence 0at Marquette
Oct 2, 1931Marquette 39, Lawrence 0at Lawrence
Sep 27, 1930Marquette 27, Lawrence 0at Marquette
Oct 5, 1929Marquette 40, Lawrence 0at Lawrence
Oct 6, 1928Marquette 19, Lawrence 7at Marquette
Oct 1, 1927Marquette 9, Lawrence 0at Marquette
Nov 25, 1905Lawrence 6, Marquette 0at Lawrence

Every game is listed as played on the field.