1931 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team

The 1931 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In its 10th season under head coach Frank Murray, the team compiled an 8–1 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 172 to 25. The sole setback was a loss to Gus Dorais' Detroit Titans on October 16.[1] Marquette played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.

1931 Marquette Golden Avalanche football
ConferenceIndependent
1931 record8–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMarquette Stadium
1931 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Wilberforce      8 0 0
Marquette      8 1 0
Saint Louis      8 1 0
Detroit      7 2 1
Notre Dame      6 2 1
DePaul      6 3 0
Michigan State      5 3 1
Haskell      6 4 0
Western State (MI)      5 2 0
Michigan State Normal      3 2 1
John Carroll      4 4 2
Wittenberg      3 3 3
Kent State      3 4 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
October 2at LawrenceAppleton, WIW 39–0
October 9at RiponRipon, WIW 40–0
October 16DetroitL 0–715,000[2]
October 24at Boston CollegeW 7–05,000[3]
October 30Ole MissW 13–68,000[4]
November 7Washington & Jefferson
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee
W 13–6
November 14Butler
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee
W 21–0
November 21 Creighton
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee
W 7–0
November 28at DrakeW 32–6

References

  1. "1931 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  2. W. W. Edgar (October 17, 1931). "Parsaca's Touchdown Gives Titans 7–0 Victory". Detroit Free Press. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Marquette Noses Out Boston College". The Pittsburgh Press. October 25, 1931. p. 23 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Marquette Wins On Long Pass Late In Game". The Daily Northwestern. October 31, 1931. p. 14 via Newspapers.com.
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