National Marquette Day 2025 saw a record-setting 29 alcohol-related calls to the Marquette University Police Department, the most seen on NMD in Marquette’s history. This year, 24 calls were made regarding alcohol, a 17% dip from the previous year.

NMD 2025 was characterized by university officials as one of the university’s worst days of excess alcohol consumption in recent history. Despite focused reinforcements to discourage alcohol consumption this year, 2026 saw the second-highest number of calls on NMD across the last seven years, as far back as MUPD call log data goes. 

MUPD call logs from Feb. 7 show that 19 alcohol-related citations were given over the course of the day, with the first three calls taking place at midnight.

The data only accounts for calls made to MUPD and the nature of the call. This does not include calls to outside emergency departments or in-person encounters by MUPD. Additionally, the data does not include responses that were not initiated with a phone call.

Last year’s influx of emergency calls has been partially attributed to the men’s basketball team’s 7 p.m. tipoff against the University of Connecticut. The late start time gave students more time to drink during the day, an issue anticipated to be resolved by this year’s 1 p.m. game start time.

In addition to the earlier start time, MUPD Assistant Chief Jeff Kranz said in a statement to the Marquette Wire that there would be an increased police presence on campus Feb. 7, with officers addressing any illegal behavior they observe.

This year, instead of the typical crowd usually found at the annual party in the alley at the 800 block of 17th Street — an estimated 1,000 students attended last year — MUPD officers were stationed around the block, deterring any participation in pre-game drinking activities.

This story was written by Lilly Peacock. She can be reached at [email protected]. Lance Schulteis contributed to this report.