1927 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team

The 1927 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Frank Murray, the team compiled a 6–3 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 153 to 49.^[1] The team played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.

1927 Marquette Golden Avalanche football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Frank Murray (6th season)
Home stadium	Marquette Stadium
Seasons ← 1926 1928 →

1927 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Notre Dame			–					7	–	2	–	1
Detroit			–					7	–	2	–	0
Ball Teachers			–					5	–	2	–	1
Marquette			–					6	–	3	–	0
Michigan Tech			–					2	–	1	–	0
Haskell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Butler			–					4	–	3	–	1
John Carroll			–					3	–	2	–	3
Saint Louis			–					5	–	5	–	0
Lombard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Loyola (IL)			–					4	–	4	–	0
Michigan State			–					4	–	5	–	0
Northern Illinois State			–					1	–	4	–	1
Kent State			–					1	–	5	–	1
Valparaiso			–					1	–	5	–	0
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 24	St. Viator	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 29–0		[2]
October 1	Lawrence	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 9–0		[3]
October 8	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	L 12–21		[4]
October 15	at Oklahoma A&M	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	L 0–8	8,000	[5]
October 22	at Creighton	Omaha, NE	L 0–14	10,000	[6][7]
October 29	at Grinnell	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 31–0	10,000	[8]
November 5	at Saint Louis	Sportsman's Park St. Louis, MO	W 26–0	7,000	[9]
November 12	Holy Cross	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 12–6	10,000	[10]
November 24	Iowa State	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 34–0	15,000	[11]