Marquette vs. Ole Miss
Marquette and Ole Miss first met in 1931 and have played 5 times; Marquette leads the series 3–2. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Marquette 3–2. Share
- Marquette wins
- 3
- Ole Miss wins
- 2
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1931
- Longest streak
- 2 Marquette
- Current streak
- 1 Ole Miss
- Last 10 meetings
- Marquette 3–2
- Most recent
- 1941
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 15.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Marquette
- 3–2 Marquette’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Marquette’s biggest win1936: Marquette 33, Ole Miss 0by 33 points
- Ole Miss’s biggest win1933: Ole Miss 7, Marquette 0by 7 points
- Upset1933: Ole Miss 7, Marquette 0Ole Miss had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Marquette | Series | Ole Miss |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931–1936 | Frank Murray | 3–1 | Ed Walker |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Marquette’s side (Murray 3–1 against Walker). 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

1935 · Imperial Valley press, Oct 28, 1935

1936 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 15, 1936

1941 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 2, 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
| Nov 1, 1941 | 17Ole Miss 12, Marquette 6 | at Marquette | ||
| Nov 14, 1936 | 8Marquette 33, Ole Miss 0 | at Marquette | ||
| Oct 26, 1935 | Marquette 33, Ole Miss 7 | at Marquette | ||
| Oct 14, 1933 | Ole Miss 7, Marquette 0 | at Marquette | ||
| Oct 30, 1931 | Marquette 13, Ole Miss 6 | at Marquette |
Every game is listed as played on the field.