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
Record8–0–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMarquette Stadium
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Notre Dame  1000
Marquette  801
Haskell  910
Michigan State  512
DePaul  421
Detroit  532
Kent State  331
Saint Louis  332
John Carroll  352
Loyola (IL)  261
Rankings from Dickinson System

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[2]
October 3Grinnell
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 6–0[3]
October 11Drake
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 12–015,000[4]
October 18at CreightonW 19–7[5]
October 24Ripon
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 53–012,000[6]
November 1at Boston CollegeW 6–07,000[7]
November 8Iowa
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 7–017,000[8]
November 15Detroit
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
T 0–023,000[9][10]
November 27at ButlerW 25–0[11]
  • Homecoming

References