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1926 Marquette Golden Avalanche football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadium Marquette Stadium
Seasons
←  1925
1927 →
1926 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Haskell   –   12 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Notre Dame   –   9 – 1 – 0
Western State Normal (MI)   –   7 – 1 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   6 – 1 – 0
Muncie Normal   –   5 – 1 – 1
Northern Illinois State   –   5 – 1 – 1
Marquette   –   6 – 3 – 0
Lombard   –   5 – 3 – 0
Loyola (IL)   –   4 – 3 – 0
Central Michigan   –   3 – 4 – 1
Michigan State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Detroit   –   3 – 6 – 1
Butler   –   3 – 6 – 0
Saint Louis   –   3 – 6 – 0
John Carroll   –   2 – 5 – 1
Kent State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Valparaiso   –   1 – 4 – 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Frank Murray, the team compiled a 6–3 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at Lawrence Appleton, WIW 10–6
October 9 Grinnell
L 2–174,500 [1]
October 16at Saint Louis
W 28–06,000 [2]
October 23 Saint Mary's (MN)
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 46–05,000 [3]
October 30at Creighton
W 21–010,000 [4]
November 6 Kansas State
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 14–0 [5]
November 13at Auburn
W 19–3 [6]
November 20 North Dakota
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
L 6–93,000 [7]
November 25 Oregon Agricultural
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
L 0–2915,000 [8] [9]

References

  1. ^ "Pioneers Trim Marquette 17-2: Meeter Bears Brunt in Great Victory". Des Moines Sunday Register. October 10, 1926. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Jack Alexander (October 17, 1926). "Marquette Smashes Light St. Louis U. Line To Win, 28-0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Golden Avalanche Crushes St. Mary's Eleven, 46 to 0". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. October 24, 1926. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Homer A. Gruenther (October 31, 1926). "Aerial Bombardment by Golden Avalanche Swamps Creighton: 10,000 See Marquette Win, 21 to 0". The Omaha Sunday News. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Marquette Trims Kansas Aggies with 14-0 Score". The Eau Claire Leader. November 7, 1926. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Zipp Newman (November 14, 1926). "Marquette Beats Auburn In Final Period, 19-3". The Birmingham News. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Marquette is Beaten, 9-6, by North Dakota". The Eau Claire Leader. November 21, 1926. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Oregon Aggies Nip Marquette i 29-0 Tilt". The Capital Times. November 26, 1926. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Beavers beat Oregon team on wet field". The Oregon Statesman. November 21, 1926. Retrieved October 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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