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1929 Marquette Golden Avalanche football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMarquette Stadium
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –   9 – 0 – 0
Detroit   –   7 – 1 – 1
Haskell   –   8 – 2 – 0
Loyola (IL)   –   5 – 2 – 1
Michigan State   –   5 – 3 – 0
John Carroll   –   5 – 3 – 1
Marquette   –   4 – 3 – 1
Butler   –   4 – 4 – 0
Michigan Tech   –   2 – 2 – 1
Wabash   –   4 – 5 – 0
Saint Louis   –   3 – 4 – 1
DePaul   –   2 – 7 – 0
Kent State   –   1 – 7 – 0
Valparaiso   –   1 – 7 – 0
Ball State   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Frank Murray, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 118 to 53.[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
October 5at LawrenceAppleton, WIW 40–0[2]
October 12Grinnell
L 7–9[3]
October 18Iowa Statedagger
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 14–619,000[4]
October 26at Holy Cross
L 0–78,000[5]
November 2at Detroit
T 6–6> 17,000[6]
November 8Creighton
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
L 6–1316,000[7]
November 16Boston College
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 20–6[8]
November 28Kansas State
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 25–6[9]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "1929 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  2. ^ "Hilltop Eleven Tops Lawrence By 40-0 Score". The Capital Times. October 6, 1929. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Reserve Back Boots 9-7 Win for Grinnell". Chicago Tribune. October 13, 1929. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Golden Avalanche Romps Over Iowa State Eleven". The Sheboygan Press. October 19, 1929. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Last Quarter Attack Finishes Marquette, 7-0". Chicago Tribune. October 27, 1929. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ W. W. Edgar (November 3, 1929). "University of Detroit Winning Streak Halted By 6-6 Deadlock With Marquette: Missed Goal Kick Costly To Titans". Detroit Free Press. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Howard Wolff (November 9, 1929). "Creighton "Iron Men" Play Great Game in Beating Gold". Omaha World-Herald. pp. 9, 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Marquette Nips Boston 20 to 6". The Capital Times. November 17, 1929. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Defeat Aggies At Pass Game". The Manhattan Mercury. Manhattan, Kansas. November 28, 1929. p. 6. Retrieved March 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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