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
Conference	Independent
Record	8–0–1
Head coach	Frank Murray (9th season)
Home stadium	Marquette Stadium
Seasons ← 1929 1931 →

1930 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Notre Dame			–					10	–	0	–	0
Marquette			–					8	–	0	–	1
Haskell			–					9	–	1	–	0
Michigan State			–					5	–	1	–	2
DePaul			–					4	–	2	–	1
Detroit			–					5	–	3	–	2
Kent State			–					3	–	3	–	1
Saint Louis			–					3	–	3	–	2
John Carroll			–					3	–	5	–	2
Loyola (IL)			–					2	–	6	–	1
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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Lawrence	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 27–0		^[2]
October 3	Grinnell	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 6–0		^[3]
October 11	Drake	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 12–0	15,000	^[4]
October 18	at Creighton	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	W 19–7		^[5]
October 24	Ripon	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 53–0	12,000	^[6]
November 1	at Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA	W 6–0	7,000	^[7]
November 8	Iowa	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 7–0	17,000	^[8]
November 15	Detroit	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	T 0–0	23,000	^[9]^[10]
November 27	at Butler	Sellick Bowl Indianapolis, IN	W 25–0		^[11]
Homecoming

References

1. "1930 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
2. "Marquette in Easy Win Over Lawrence". The Wisconsin State Journal. September 28, 1930. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Hilltop noses out Grinnell in 4th, 6–0". The Capital Times. October 4, 1930. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Sec Taylor (October 11, 1930). "Intercepted Passes Beat Drake: Hilltoppers Outgained But Win, 12 to 0". The Des Moines Register. pp. 7–8 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Marquette trounces Jays". Omaha Sunday Bee-News. October 19, 1930. Retrieved May 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Hilltoppers Beat Ripon by 53-0 Score". The Wisconsin State Journal. October 25, 1930. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Two Field Goals Tally For Marquette Over Boston College – Graney Boots 'Em Both". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 2, 1930. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Long Marquette Pass Brings 7–0 Win Over Iowa". Chicago Tribune. November 9, 1930. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Marquette and Detroit U. Tie". The Jacksonville Daily Journal. November 16, 1940. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.(attendance 23,000)
10. W. W. Edgar (November 16, 1930). "University of Detroit and Marquette Teams Struggle to Scoreless Tie: Game Ends With Titans Scant Yard from Goal". Detroit Free Press. pp. Sports 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Marquette Crushes Butler". The Indianapolis Star. November 28, 1930. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.