Marquette vs. Michigan State

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

1. Marquette’s biggest win1942: Marquette 28, Michigan State 7by 21 points
2. Michigan State’s biggest win1952: Michigan State 62, Marquette 13by 49 points
3. Upset1939: Marquette 17, Michigan State 14Marquette had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Marquette’s side (Murray 2–⁠3 against Bachman). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1933 · The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, North Carolina, Oct 23, 1933

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  1934 · Evening star, Nov 4, 1934

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  1938 · Evening star, Nov 14, 1938

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  1939 · Evening star, Oct 15, 1939

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  1940 · Evening star, Nov 17, 1940

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Marquette vs. Wisconsin36 meetings, Marquette 4–⁠32
• Marquette vs. Detroit Mercy25 meetings, Marquette 10–⁠12–⁠3
• Marquette vs. Holy Cross14 meetings, Marquette 6–⁠7–⁠1
• Marquette vs. Kansas State13 meetings, Marquette 7–⁠6
• Michigan State vs. Michigan118 meetings, Michigan State 38–⁠75–⁠5
• Michigan State vs. Notre Dame74 meetings, Michigan State 28–⁠45–⁠1
• Michigan State vs. Indiana72 meetings, Michigan State 51–⁠19–⁠2
• Michigan State vs. Purdue69 meetings, Michigan State 38–⁠28–⁠3