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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s3–⁠1
1940s0–⁠1
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

  1. Marquette’s biggest win1936: Marquette 33, Ole Miss 0by 33 points
  2. Ole Miss’s biggest win1933: Ole Miss 7, Marquette 0by 7 points
  3. Upset1933: Ole Miss 7, Marquette 0Ole Miss had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsMarquetteSeriesOle Miss
1931–⁠1936Frank Murray3–⁠1Ed 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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Marquette and Ole Miss, 1931 on130015001700193519401945195019551960

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 Imperial Valley press's story of the 1935 game

    1935 · Imperial Valley press, Oct 28, 1935

  • The Evening star's story of the 1936 game: III With Irish Beating Ingram Leads Nauyto Triumph Marquette Tops Ole Miss, $50

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1941 game: Auburn Threatened Twice. Mississippi Mudders Use Breaks 10 Win From Marquette

    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, 194117Ole Miss 12, Marquette 6at Marquette
Nov 14, 19368Marquette 33, Ole Miss 0at Marquette
Oct 26, 1935Marquette 33, Ole Miss 7at Marquette
Oct 14, 1933Ole Miss 7, Marquette 0at Marquette
Oct 30, 1931Marquette 13, Ole Miss 6at Marquette

Every game is listed as played on the field.