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1928 Marquette Golden Avalanche football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMarquette Stadium
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Detroit   –   9 – 0 – 0
Butler   –   6 – 2 – 0
John Carroll   –   6 – 3 – 0
Kent State   –   4 – 2 – 2
Marquette   –   5 – 3 – 1
Ball Teachers   –   3 – 2 – 2
Notre Dame   –   5 – 4 – 0
DePaul   –   4 – 4 – 1
Haskell   –   5 – 5 – 0
Michigan Tech   –   2 – 2 – 1
Saint Louis   –   4 – 4 – 1
Wabash   –   4 – 4 – 1
Loyola (IL)   –   4 – 4 – 0
Lombard   –   3 – 4 – 1
Michigan State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Detroit City College   –   2 – 5 – 1
Valparaiso   –   1 – 6 – 0

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.

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. Viator
W 31–0
October 6Lawrence
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 19–7
October 13Drake
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
L 7–266,000[2]
October 20Oklahoma A&M
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 26–0
October 27at Holy Cross
T 6–610,000[3]
November 3at GrinnellGrinnell, IAL 13–20
November 10Kansas
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 7–0
November 29Iowa State
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 6–07,779
December 8Creighton
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
L 6–95,000[4]

References

  1. ^ "1928 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "Drake Beats Marquette, 26-7: Nesbitt, King Lead Bulldogs at Milwaukee". The Des Moines Register. October 14, 1928. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Marquette Draws With Holy Cross". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. Associated Press. October 28, 1928. p. 40. Retrieved May 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Creighton Blue Jays Vanquish Marquette Eleven, Score, 9 to 6". The Capital Times. December 9, 1928. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
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