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1931 Marquette Golden Avalanche football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
Home stadium Marquette Stadium
Seasons
←  1930
1932 →
1931 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wilberforce   –   8 – 0 – 0
Marquette   –   8 – 1 – 0
Saint Louis   –   8 – 1 – 0
Detroit   –   7 – 2 – 1
Western State Teachers (MI)   –   5 – 2 – 0
No. 11 Notre Dame   –   6 – 2 – 1
DePaul   –   6 – 3 – 0
Michigan State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Haskell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   3 – 2 – 1
Central State (MI)   –   4 – 3 – 0
John Carroll   –   4 – 4 – 2
Wittenberg   –   3 – 3 – 3
Kent State   –   3 – 4 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

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.

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 Lawrence Appleton, WIW 39–0 [2]
October 9at Ripon Ripon, WIW 40–0 [3]
October 16 Detroit
L 0–715,000 [4]
October 24at Boston College
W 7–05,000 [5] [6]
October 30 Ole Miss
W 13–68,000 [7]
November 7 Washington & Jefferson
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 13–6 [8]
November 14 Butler
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 21–0 [9]
November 21 Creighton
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 7–07,500 [10]
November 28at Drake
W 32–6 [11]

References

  1. ^ "1931 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "Marquette Trims Lawrence, 39-0". The Wisconsin State Journal. October 3, 1931. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Marquette Swamps Ripon College, 40-0". The Wisconsin State Journal. October 10, 1931. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ W. W. Edgar (October 17, 1931). "Parsaca's Touchdown Gives Titans 7–0 Victory". Detroit Free Press. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Eagles Out To Win Against Marquette". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 24, 1931. p. 10. Retrieved May 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Marquette Noses Out Boston College". The Pittsburgh Press. October 25, 1931. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Marquette Wins On Long Pass Late In Game". The Daily Northwestern. October 31, 1931. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Marquette in 13-6 Victory Over W. and J." The Capital Times. November 8, 1931. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Hilltop Air Attack Beats Butler, 21-0". The Capital Times. November 15, 1931. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bluejays lose to Marquette". The Omaha Bee-News. November 22, 1931. Retrieved June 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Second half offense wins for Marquette U." Des Moines Tribune. November 27, 1931. Retrieved June 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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