1928 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team

The 1928 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1928 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Frank Murray, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 121 to 68.[1] The team played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.

1928 Marquette Golden Avalanche football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMarquette Stadium
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Detroit  900
Butler  620
John Carroll  630
Kent State  422
Marquette  531
Ball Teachers  322
Notre Dame  540
DePaul  441
Haskell  550
Saint Louis  441
Wabash  441
Loyola (IL)  440
Lombard  341
Michigan State  341
Detroit City College  251
Valparaiso  160

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 29St. ViatorW 31–0[2]
October 6at LawrenceAppleton, WIW 19–75,000[3]
October 13Drake
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
L 7–266,000[4]
October 20Oklahoma A&M
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 26–07,000[5]
October 27at Holy CrossT 6–610,000[6]
November 3at GrinnellGrinnell, IAL 13–20[7]
November 10Kansas
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 7–0[8]
November 29Iowa State
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 6–015,000[9]
December 8Creighton
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
L 6–95,000[10]

References