Marquette vs. Northwestern

Marquette and Northwestern first met in 1905 and have played 2 times; Northwestern leads the series 2–⁠0. Over the last 2 meetings it’s Northwestern 2–⁠0, and Northwestern has won the last 2.

Marquette wins
0
Northwestern wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1905
Longest streak
2 Northwestern
Current streak
2 Northwestern
Last 10 meetings
Northwestern 2–⁠0
Most recent
1934

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Marquette and Northwestern, 1905 on130015001700191019201930194019501960

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 Minneapolis journal's story of the 1905 game: NJ CORNACK'S men ANNEX A VICTORY Northwestern Defeats Marquette BY Score of 80 to 5-Latter's Strength a Surprise.

    1905 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov 5, 1905

  • The Evening star's story of the 1934 game: WILDCAT GRIDMEN DOWN MARQUETTE Numerous Penalties Fail to Keep Northwestern From Scor- ing 21-12 Win.

    1934 · Evening star, Sep 30, 1934

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

Sep 29, 1934Northwestern 21, Marquette 12at Northwestern
Nov 4, 1905Northwestern 30, Marquette 5at Northwestern

Every game is listed as played on the field.