Marquette vs. Villanova
Marquette and Villanova first met in 1911 and have played 6 times; Villanova leads the series 4–1–1. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Villanova 4–1. Share
- Marquette wins
- 1
- Villanova wins
- 4
- Ties
- 1
- First meeting
- 1911
- Longest streak
- 4 Villanova
- Current streak
- 1 Marquette
- Last 10 meetings
- Villanova 4–1
- Most recent
- 1960
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–0 |
- Average margin
- 10.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Marquette
- 1–1–1 Marquette’s record at home
- At Villanova
- 2–0 Villanova’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Marquette first
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Marquette’s biggest win1960: Marquette 23, Villanova 13by 10 points
- Villanova’s biggest win1947: Villanova 25, Marquette 7by 18 points
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

1946 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 5, 1946

1947 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 12, 1947
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 17, 1960 | Marquette 23, Villanova 13 | at Marquette | ||
| Nov 8, 1947 | Villanova 25, Marquette 7 | at Marquette | ||
| Oct 5, 1946 | Villanova 26, Marquette 13 | at Villanova | ||
| Oct 6, 1945 | Villanova 6, Marquette 0 | Neutral site | ||
| Nov 6, 1937 | 13Villanova 25, Marquette 7 | at Villanova | ||
| Oct 28, 1911 | Marquette 0, Villanova 0 | at Marquette |
Every game is listed as played on the field.