Marquette vs. Santa Clara

Marquette and Santa Clara first met in 1937 and have played 3 times; Santa Clara leads the series 2–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Santa Clara 2–⁠1.

Marquette wins
1
Santa Clara wins
2
Ties
0
First meeting
1937
Longest streak
1 Santa Clara
Current streak
1 Santa Clara
Last 10 meetings
Santa Clara 2–⁠1
Most recent
1951

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠1
1950s1–⁠1
Average margin
19.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Marquette
0–⁠2 Marquette’s record at home
At Santa Clara
0–⁠1 Santa Clara’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Marquette and Santa Clara, 1937 on13001500170019401945195019551960

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 1937 game: SANTA CLARA RETURNS FROM MARQUETTE TILT

    1937 · Imperial Valley press, California, Nov 2, 1937

  • The Evening star's story of the 1951 game: Santa Clara Scores Early To Defeat Marquette

    1951 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 26, 1951

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 24, 1951Santa Clara 27, Marquette 14at Marquette
Oct 28, 1950Marquette 21, Santa Clara 14at Santa Clara
Oct 30, 193714Santa Clara 38, Marquette 0at Marquette

Every game is listed as played on the field.