1927 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team

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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.

ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Headcoach
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1927 Marquette Golden Avalanche football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumMarquette Stadium
Seasons
← 1926
1928 â†’
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1927 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Notre Dame â€“ 7–2–1
Detroit â€“ 7–2–0
Ball Teachers â€“ 5–2–1
Marquette â€“ 6–3–0
Michigan Tech â€“ 2–1–0
Haskell â€“ 5–3–1
Butler â€“ 4–3–1
John Carroll â€“ 3–2–3
Saint Louis â€“ 5–5–0
Lombard â€“ 4–4–0
Loyola (IL) â€“ 4–4–0
Michigan State â€“ 4–5–0
Northern Illinois State â€“ 1–4–1
Kent State â€“ 1–5–1
Valparaiso â€“ 1–5–0
Rankings from Dickinson System
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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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24St. ViatorW 29–0[2]
October 1Lawrence
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 9–0[3]
October 8at ArmyL 12–21[4]
October 15at Oklahoma A&ML 0–88,000[5]
October 22at CreightonOmaha, NEL 0–1410,000[6][7]
October 29at Grinnell
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 31–010,000[8]
November 5at Saint LouisW 26–07,000[9]
November 12Holy Cross
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 12–610,000[10]
November 24Iowa State
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 34–015,000[11]
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