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Every match played on today's date in history
3rd March
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            1887 - 188803-03-1888Renton
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-renton-3-march-1888
                              3-7Challenge MatchFirst Ibrox Park
                                L
                              
1899 - 190003-03-1900Queen's Park
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-queens-park-3-march-1900
                              1-3Inter-City LeagueIbrox Park
                                L
                              
1905 - 190603-03-1906Hibs
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hibs-3-march-1906
                              1-1LeagueIbrox Park
                                D
                              
1909 - 191003-03-1910Stranraer
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/stranraer-v-rangers-3-march-1910
                              4-0Challenge MatchStair Park
                                W
                              
1916 - 191703-03-1917Aberdeen
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-aberdeen-3-march-1917
                              1-0LeagueIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1922 - 192303-03-1923Clyde
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-clyde-3-march-1923
                              2-1LeagueIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1927 - 192803-03-1928Albion Rovers
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/albion-rovers-v-rangers-3-march-1928
                              1-0Scottish CupCliftonhill Park
                                W
                              
1933 - 193403-03-1934Aberdeen
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-aberdeen-3-march-1934
                              1-0Scottish CupIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1944 - 194503-03-1945Hibs
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hibs-v-rangers-3-march-1945
                              1-1Southern League CupEaster Road
                                D
                              
1950 - 195103-03-1951Falkirk
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-falkirk-3-march-1951
                              5-2LeagueIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1953 - 195403-03-1954Third Lanark
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-third-lanark-3-march-1954
                              4-4Scottish CupIbrox Park
                                D
                              
1955 - 195603-03-1956Hearts
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hearts-v-rangers-3-march-1956
                              0-4Scottish CupTynecastle Park
                                L
                              
1961 - 196203-03-1962Third Lanark
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-third-lanark-3-march-1962
                              3-1LeagueIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1964 - 196503-03-1965Inter Milan
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-inter-milan-3-march-1965
                              1-0European CupIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1972 - 197303-03-1973St Johnstone
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/st-johnstone-v-rangers-3-march-1973
                              2-1LeagueMuirton Park
                                W
                              
1978 - 197903-03-1979Ayr Utd
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-ayr-utd-3-march-1979
                              4-1Challenge MatchIbrox Park
                                W
                              
1983 - 198403-03-1984Hibernian
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hibs-3-march-1984
                              0-0LeagueIbrox Park
                                D
                              
1989 - 199003-03-1990Dundee
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/dundee-v-rangers-3-march-1990
                              2-2LeagueDens Park
                                D
                              
1991 - 199203-03-1992St Johnstone
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/st-johnstone-v-rangers-3-march-1992
                              3-0Scottish CupMcDiarmid Park
                                W
                              
1992 - 199303-03-1993Club Brugge
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/club-brugge-v-rangers-3-march-1993
                              1-1Champions LeagueJan Breydel Stadium (Belgium)
                                D
                              
1995 - 199603-03-1996Hibernian
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hibs-v-rangers-3-march-1996
                              2-0LeagueEaster Road
                                W
                              
1997 - 199803-03-1998Liverpool
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-liverpool-3-march-1998
                              1-0Challenge MatchIbrox Stadium
                                W
                              
2000 - 200103-03-2001Heart of Midlothian
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hearts-3-march-2001
                              2-0LeagueIbrox Stadium
                                W
                              
2001 - 200203-03-2002Dundee Utd
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/dundee-utd-v-rangers-3-march-2002
                              1-0LeagueTannadice
                                W
                              
2011 - 201203-03-2012Heart of Midlothian
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hearts-3-march-2012
                              1-2LeagueIbrox Stadium
                                L
                              
2018 - 201903-03-2019Aberdeen
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/aberdeen-v-rangers-3-march-2019
                              1-1Scottish CupPittodrie
                                D
                              
2020 - 202103-03-2021Livingston
                                View
                                https://therangersarchives.co.uk/livingston-v-rangers-3-march-2021
                              1-0LeagueAlmondvale Stadium
                                W
                              

        

Season	Date	Opponent	Details	Score	Competition	Stadium	Result

1887 - 1888	03-03-1888	Renton	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-renton-3-march-1888	3-7	Challenge Match	First Ibrox Park	L
1899 - 1900	03-03-1900	Queen's Park	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-queens-park-3-march-1900	1-3	Inter-City League	Ibrox Park	L
1905 - 1906	03-03-1906	Hibs	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hibs-3-march-1906	1-1	League	Ibrox Park	D
1909 - 1910	03-03-1910	Stranraer	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/stranraer-v-rangers-3-march-1910	4-0	Challenge Match	Stair Park	W
1916 - 1917	03-03-1917	Aberdeen	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-aberdeen-3-march-1917	1-0	League	Ibrox Park	W
1922 - 1923	03-03-1923	Clyde	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-clyde-3-march-1923	2-1	League	Ibrox Park	W
1927 - 1928	03-03-1928	Albion Rovers	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/albion-rovers-v-rangers-3-march-1928	1-0	Scottish Cup	Cliftonhill Park	W
1933 - 1934	03-03-1934	Aberdeen	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-aberdeen-3-march-1934	1-0	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1944 - 1945	03-03-1945	Hibs	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hibs-v-rangers-3-march-1945	1-1	Southern League Cup	Easter Road	D
1950 - 1951	03-03-1951	Falkirk	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-falkirk-3-march-1951	5-2	League	Ibrox Park	W
1953 - 1954	03-03-1954	Third Lanark	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-third-lanark-3-march-1954	4-4	Scottish Cup	Ibrox Park	D
1955 - 1956	03-03-1956	Hearts	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hearts-v-rangers-3-march-1956	0-4	Scottish Cup	Tynecastle Park	L
1961 - 1962	03-03-1962	Third Lanark	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-third-lanark-3-march-1962	3-1	League	Ibrox Park	W
1964 - 1965	03-03-1965	Inter Milan	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-inter-milan-3-march-1965	1-0	European Cup	Ibrox Park	W
1972 - 1973	03-03-1973	St Johnstone	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/st-johnstone-v-rangers-3-march-1973	2-1	League	Muirton Park	W
1978 - 1979	03-03-1979	Ayr Utd	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-ayr-utd-3-march-1979	4-1	Challenge Match	Ibrox Park	W
1983 - 1984	03-03-1984	Hibernian	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hibs-3-march-1984	0-0	League	Ibrox Park	D
1989 - 1990	03-03-1990	Dundee	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/dundee-v-rangers-3-march-1990	2-2	League	Dens Park	D
1991 - 1992	03-03-1992	St Johnstone	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/st-johnstone-v-rangers-3-march-1992	3-0	Scottish Cup	McDiarmid Park	W
1992 - 1993	03-03-1993	Club Brugge	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/club-brugge-v-rangers-3-march-1993	1-1	Champions League	Jan Breydel Stadium (Belgium)	D
1995 - 1996	03-03-1996	Hibernian	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/hibs-v-rangers-3-march-1996	2-0	League	Easter Road	W
1997 - 1998	03-03-1998	Liverpool	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-liverpool-3-march-1998	1-0	Challenge Match	Ibrox Stadium	W
2000 - 2001	03-03-2001	Heart of Midlothian	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hearts-3-march-2001	2-0	League	Ibrox Stadium	W
2001 - 2002	03-03-2002	Dundee Utd	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/dundee-utd-v-rangers-3-march-2002	1-0	League	Tannadice	W
2011 - 2012	03-03-2012	Heart of Midlothian	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/rangers-v-hearts-3-march-2012	1-2	League	Ibrox Stadium	L
2018 - 2019	03-03-2019	Aberdeen	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/aberdeen-v-rangers-3-march-2019	1-1	Scottish Cup	Pittodrie	D
2020 - 2021	03-03-2021	Livingston	View https://therangersarchives.co.uk/livingston-v-rangers-3-march-2021	1-0	League	Almondvale Stadium	W

                
On This Day
Every match played on today's date
3rd March

        27
        matches played on 3rd March
    
                    1888
                    1887 - 1888
                
LOSS
Renton
3-7

                    Challenge Match
                
                    First Ibrox Park
                
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                    1900
                    1899 - 1900
                
LOSS
Queen's Park
1-3

                    Inter-City League
                
                    Ibrox Park
                
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                    1906
                    1905 - 1906
                
DRAW
Hibs
1-1

                    League
                
                    Ibrox Park
                
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                    1910
                    1909 - 1910
                
WIN
Stranraer
4-0

                    Challenge Match
                
                    Stair Park
                
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                    1917
                    1916 - 1917
                
WIN
Aberdeen
1-0

                    League
                
                    Ibrox Park
                
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                    1923
                    1922 - 1923
                
WIN
Clyde
2-1

                    League
                
                    Ibrox Park
                
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                    1928
                    1927 - 1928
                
WIN
Albion Rovers
1-0

                    Scottish Cup
                
                    Cliftonhill Park
                
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                    1934
                    1933 - 1934
                
WIN
Aberdeen
1-0

                    Scottish Cup
                
                    Ibrox Park
                
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                    1945
                    1944 - 1945
                
DRAW
Hibs
1-1

                    Southern League Cup
                
                    Easter Road
                
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                    1951
                    1950 - 1951
                
WIN
Falkirk
5-2

                    League
                
                    Ibrox Park
                
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