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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s0–⁠0–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1
1940s0–⁠3
1960s1–⁠0
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

  1. Marquette’s biggest win1960: Marquette 23, Villanova 13by 10 points
  2. Villanova’s biggest win1947: Villanova 25, Marquette 7by 18 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Marquette and Villanova, 1911 on13001500170019201930194019501960

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 Evening star's story of the 1946 game: |InferseciionaI Game, Take Top Billing. on |Today's Grid Card

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

  • The Evening star's story of the 1947 game

    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, 1960Marquette 23, Villanova 13at Marquette
Nov 8, 1947Villanova 25, Marquette 7at Marquette
Oct 5, 1946Villanova 26, Marquette 13at Villanova
Oct 6, 1945Villanova 6, Marquette 0Neutral site
Nov 6, 193713Villanova 25, Marquette 7at Villanova
Oct 28, 1911Marquette 0, Villanova 0at Marquette

Every game is listed as played on the field.