1930 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team

The 1930 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Frank Murray, the team compiled an undefeated 8–0–1 record, shut out eight of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 155 to 7. The sole setback was a scoreless tie with Gus Dorais' Detroit Titans on November 15.[1] Marquette played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.

1930 Marquette Golden Avalanche football
ConferenceIndependent
1930 record8–0–1
Head coachFrank Murray (9th season)
Home stadiumMarquette Stadium
1930 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Notre Dame      10 0 0
Marquette      8 0 1
Haskell      9 1 0
Ball State      6 1 0
Michigan State      5 1 2
DePaul      4 2 1
Detroit      5 3 2
Valparaiso      5 4 0
Kent State      3 3 1
Saint Louis      3 3 2
John Carroll      3 5 2
Wabash      3 6 0
Loyola (IL)      2 6 0
Butler      2 7 0

Frank Murray was Marquette's head football coach for 19 years and was posthumously inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27LawrenceW 27–0
October 3at GrinnellGrinnell, IAW 6–0
October 11Drake
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee
W 12–0
October 18at CreightonW 19–7
October 24Ripon
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee
W 53–0
November 1at Boston CollegeW 6–07,000[2]
November 8Iowa
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee
W 7–017,000[3]
November 15Detroit
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee
T 0–023,000[4][5]
November 27at ButlerW 25–0[6]
  • Homecoming

References

  1. "1930 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  2. "Two Field Goals Tally For Marquette Over Boston College – Graney Boots 'Em Both". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 2, 1930. p. 30 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Long Marquette Pass Brings 7–0 Win Over Iowa". Chicago Tribune. November 9, 1930. p. II-3 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Marquette and Detroit U. Tie". The Jacksonville Daily Journal. November 16, 1940. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.(attendance 23,000)
  5. W. W. Edgar (November 16, 1930). "University of Detroit and Marquette Teams Struggle to Scoreless Tie: Game Ends With Titans Scant Yard from Goal". Detroit Free Press. pp. Sports 1, 4 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Marquette Crushes Butler". The Indianapolis Star. November 28, 1930. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
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