1929 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team

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.

1929 Marquette Golden Avalanche football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–3–1
Head coach	Frank Murray (8th season)
Home stadium	Marquette Stadium
Seasons ← 1928 1930 →

1929 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	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

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
October 5	at Lawrence	Appleton, WI	W 40–0		[2]
October 12	Grinnell	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	L 7–9		[3]
October 18	Iowa State	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 14–6	19,000	[4]
October 26	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–7	8,000	[5]
November 2	at Detroit	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	T 6–6	> 17,000	[6]
November 8	Creighton	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	L 6–13	16,000	[7]
November 16	Boston College	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 20–6		[8]
November 28	Kansas State	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 25–6		[9]
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