1936 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team
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The 1936 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team represented Marquette University
in the 1936 college football season
. Marquette was led by long-time head coach Frank Murray
. The team competed as a football independent and played their home games at Marquette Stadium
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
. The squad finished the season with a 7–2 record after losing to TCU in the inaugural Cotton Bowl Classic
.
In their 1935 meeting, Marquette defeated the rival Wisconsin
Badgers
33–0 and with many players returning from that squad entered the game as an eight to five favorite. On the road at Camp Randall Stadium
the Golden Avalanche were victorious 12–6. Both of Marquette's touchdowns came on a pair of Arthur Guepe
receptions from Ray Buivid
in the first and third quarters. The Badgers responded with their lone touchdown in the fourth quarter when Irv Windward threw a three-yard touchdown pass to Roy Bellin. Although the Badgers outgained the Golden Avalanche in total offense 201 yards to 177, they lost the game 12–6.
A week after their victory over Wisconsin to open the season, Marquette traveled to Soldier Field
in Chicago and defeated the St. Louis
Billikens 32–6. The Golden Avalanche took a 6–0 lead on their first possession after driving 65-yards with Ray Buivid
making the touchdown score after he recovered his own fumble
from six-yards out. Their lead was then extended further to 13–0 on the second play of the second quarter when Arthur Guepe
scored on a 72-yard touchdown run. After a Guepe touchdown run extended the Marquette lead to 20–0 in the third, the Golden Avalanche scored on a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns. Both scores came on touchdown passes to Raymond Sonnenberg, the first from Guepe and the second from Buivid. The Billikens did score a late touchdown to ruin the shutout
after Ralph Hemp connected with Carl Totsch for a 35-yard touchdown. Marquette outgained St. Louis in total offense 318 yards to 91 in their 32–6 victory.
In the first game played at Marquette Stadium
for the season, the Golden Avalanche defeated the Kansas State
Wildcats
13–0. After a scoreless tie through three quarters, Marquette scored a touchdown on the second play of the fourth quarter when Al Guepe scored on a three-yard run. Arthur Guepe
then scored the final Golden Avalanche points later in the quarter. Although the Wildcats outgained Marquette in total offensive yardage 164 to 127 yards, the Golden Avalanche won 13–0.
On homecoming
at Marquette, the Golden Avalanche defeated the previously unbeaten Michigan State
Spartans
13–7. After a scoreless first quarter, Marquette scored first after Ray Buivid
threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Arthur Guepe
to give the Golden Avalanche a 6–0 halftime lead. In the third quarter, the Spartans took a 7–6 lead after John Pingel
threw a seven-yard touchdown strike to Ernest Bremer. Trailing for the first time all season, Marquette secured the 13–7 victory with a fourth quarter touchdown. The score came on a Ray Buivid
touchdown pass to Herbert Anderson.
Before the largest crowd to ever witness a Marquette football game at Chicago's Soldier Field, the Golden Avalanche defeated the St. Mary's
Gaels 20–6. Ray Buivid
scored the first touchdown of the game on a 13-yard run to give Marquette a 7–0 lead. On the ensuing Gaels drive, St. Mary's quarterback Edward O'Laughlin thew an interception that was returned by Buivid 75-yards for a touchdown and a 13–0 Golden Avalanche lead. O'Laughlin responded on the ensuing 65-yard drive with a rushing touchdown to cut the Marquette lead to 13–6. The final points of the game came late in the fourth quarter when Red Higgins caught a deflected Buivid pass for a touchdown. The 20–6 loss by the Gaels was their worst intersectional defeat since Slip Madigan
took over as their head coach in 1921.
In the 1936 homecoming
game for the Creighton
Bluejays
, the visiting Golden Avalanche did not score an offensive touchdown, but was able to secure a 7–6 victory to remain undefeated for the season. After a scoreless first, Creighton scored the first points of the game in the second quarter. Frank Wilcox intercept
ed a Ray Buivid
pass and returned it for a touchdown. Frank Jones then missed the extra point
and the Bluejays took a 6–0 lead, which they retained through the fourth quarter. In the fourth, Arthur Guepe
returned a Creighton punt
80-yards for an apparent touchdown only to be called back due to a Marquette offsides penalty. After failing to score on the ensuing drive and holding the Bluejays scoreless on their next possession, Guepe returned the next Creighton punt 75-yards for a game tying touchdown. Ward Cuff
then successfully converted the extra point and the Golden Avalanche took a 7–6 lead that they would not relinquish to remain undefeated.
In the final regular season home game, Marquette shutout the Mississippi
Rebels
33–0. After a scoreless first, Arthur Guepe
scored the first of his three touchdowns on a 14-yard run in the second quarter to give Marquette a 7–0 lead after a successful extra point. Later in the period, Ray Buivid
threw a five-yard touchdown strike to Raymond Sonnenberg to cap an 11 play, 80-yard drive. The Golden Avalanche lead was then extended to 20–0 after a one-yard Guepe touchdown run in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Guepe scored his final touchdown of the game on a 40-yard punt return and Buivid connected with LeRoy McMahon on a 27-yard touchdown pass to make the final score 33–0.
Before the largest crowd to ever see Duquesne
play at Forbes Field
, the Dukes shutout the favored Golden Avalanche 13–0 for their first loss of the season. Boyd Brumbaugh
was responsible for both of the Dukes' touchdowns. The first came on a Brumbaugh pass to Ernie Hefferle
in the first and the second on a three-yard run in the fourth quarter.
With a regular season record of 7–1, on December 16 the TCU
Horned Frogs
were granted permission from the Southwest Conference to compete against the Golden Avalanche in the inaugural Cotton Bowl Classic in Dallas, Texas
. Billed as a battle between college football's two most prolific passes of the previous two seasons, TCU's Sammy Baugh
and Marquette's Ray Buivid
, the Horned Frogs prevailed 16–6. L. D. Meyer
opened the scoring with a 33-yard field goal to give TCU an early 3–0 lead. The Avalanche responded with their only points of the game later in the quarter when Arthur Guepe
returned a punt 60-yards to give Marquette their only lead of the game at 6–3. The Horned Frogs retook the lead at the end of the first quarter when Baugh threw a 55-yard touchdown pass to Meyer to give TCU a 10–6 lead which they would not relinquish. The final points of the game came in the second quarter on an 18-yard Vic Montgomery touchdown strike again to Meyer to give the Horned Frogs the 16–6 victory.
who entered his 15th season in that role at Marquette. He resigned his position in February 1937 to assume the role of head coach at Virginia
.
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Marquette University
Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...
in the 1936 college football season
1936 college football season
The 1936 college football season was the first in which the Associated Press writers' poll selected a national champion. The first AP poll, taken of 35 writers, was released on October 20, 1936...
. Marquette was led by long-time head coach Frank Murray
Frank Murray
Frank J. Murray was an American football and basketball coach. He is one of the few head football coaches to have non-consecutive tenure at the same college or university. Murray was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.-Marquette:Murray was the 13th head football at the...
. The team competed as a football independent and played their home games at Marquette Stadium
Marquette Stadium
Marquette Stadium was a stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It hosted the NFL's Green Bay Packers in 1952 when the team played some of its home games in Milwaukee, as well as Marquette University until the school dropped football in 1960. The stadium held 15,000 people at its peak....
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
. The squad finished the season with a 7–2 record after losing to TCU in the inaugural Cotton Bowl Classic
1937 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 1937 Cotton Bowl Classic, part of the 1936–37 bowl game season, took place on January 1, 1937, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. The competing teams were the Marquette Golden Avalanche, competing as a football independent, and the TCU Horned Frogs, representing the Southwest Conference as...
.
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Wisconsin
Source:In their 1935 meeting, Marquette defeated the rival Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
Badgers
Wisconsin Badgers football
The Wisconsin Badgers are a college football program that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium, the fourth-oldest stadium in college football...
33–0 and with many players returning from that squad entered the game as an eight to five favorite. On the road at Camp Randall Stadium
Camp Randall Stadium
Camp Randall Stadium is an outdoor stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. It has been the home of the Wisconsin Badgers football team in rudimentary form since 1895, and as a complete stadium since 1917. It is located on the center-southern region of the University of Wisconsin campus. The stadium seats...
the Golden Avalanche were victorious 12–6. Both of Marquette's touchdowns came on a pair of Arthur Guepe
Arthur Guepe
Arthur L. "Art" Guepe was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Virginia from 1946 to 1952 and Vanderbilt University from 1953 to 1962, compiling a career college football record of 86–71–9.-Playing and assistant coaching career:Guepe...
receptions from Ray Buivid
Ray Buivid
Raymond Vincent Buivid was an American football player who played quarterback for the Chicago Bears. Buivid played for the Marquette "Golden Avalanche" football team in the first Cotton Bowl Classic. In 1936, he finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was named to Collier's...
in the first and third quarters. The Badgers responded with their lone touchdown in the fourth quarter when Irv Windward threw a three-yard touchdown pass to Roy Bellin. Although the Badgers outgained the Golden Avalanche in total offense 201 yards to 177, they lost the game 12–6.
St. Louis
Source:A week after their victory over Wisconsin to open the season, Marquette traveled to Soldier Field
Soldier Field
Soldier Field is located on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in the Near South Side. It is home to the NFL's Chicago Bears...
in Chicago and defeated the St. Louis
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1818 by the Most Reverend Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg SLU is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River. It is one of 28 member institutions of the...
Billikens 32–6. The Golden Avalanche took a 6–0 lead on their first possession after driving 65-yards with Ray Buivid
Ray Buivid
Raymond Vincent Buivid was an American football player who played quarterback for the Chicago Bears. Buivid played for the Marquette "Golden Avalanche" football team in the first Cotton Bowl Classic. In 1936, he finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was named to Collier's...
making the touchdown score after he recovered his own fumble
Fumble
A fumble in American and Canadian football occurs when a player, who has possession and control of the ball loses it before being downed or scoring. By rule, it is any act other than passing, kicking or successful handing that results in loss of player possession...
from six-yards out. Their lead was then extended further to 13–0 on the second play of the second quarter when Arthur Guepe
Arthur Guepe
Arthur L. "Art" Guepe was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Virginia from 1946 to 1952 and Vanderbilt University from 1953 to 1962, compiling a career college football record of 86–71–9.-Playing and assistant coaching career:Guepe...
scored on a 72-yard touchdown run. After a Guepe touchdown run extended the Marquette lead to 20–0 in the third, the Golden Avalanche scored on a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns. Both scores came on touchdown passes to Raymond Sonnenberg, the first from Guepe and the second from Buivid. The Billikens did score a late touchdown to ruin the shutout
Shutout
In team sports, a shutout refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball....
after Ralph Hemp connected with Carl Totsch for a 35-yard touchdown. Marquette outgained St. Louis in total offense 318 yards to 91 in their 32–6 victory.
Kansas State
Source:In the first game played at Marquette Stadium
Marquette Stadium
Marquette Stadium was a stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It hosted the NFL's Green Bay Packers in 1952 when the team played some of its home games in Milwaukee, as well as Marquette University until the school dropped football in 1960. The stadium held 15,000 people at its peak....
for the season, the Golden Avalanche defeated the Kansas State
Kansas State University
Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
Wildcats
Kansas State Wildcats football
The Kansas State Wildcats football program is the intercollegiate football program of the Kansas State University Wildcats. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I Bowl Subdivision, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference...
13–0. After a scoreless tie through three quarters, Marquette scored a touchdown on the second play of the fourth quarter when Al Guepe scored on a three-yard run. Arthur Guepe
Arthur Guepe
Arthur L. "Art" Guepe was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Virginia from 1946 to 1952 and Vanderbilt University from 1953 to 1962, compiling a career college football record of 86–71–9.-Playing and assistant coaching career:Guepe...
then scored the final Golden Avalanche points later in the quarter. Although the Wildcats outgained Marquette in total offensive yardage 164 to 127 yards, the Golden Avalanche won 13–0.
Michigan State
Source:On homecoming
Homecoming
Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni of a school. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many universities, colleges and high schools in North America...
at Marquette, the Golden Avalanche defeated the previously unbeaten Michigan State
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
Spartans
Michigan State Spartans football
The Michigan State Spartans football program represents Michigan State University in college football as members of the Big Ten Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level...
13–7. After a scoreless first quarter, Marquette scored first after Ray Buivid
Ray Buivid
Raymond Vincent Buivid was an American football player who played quarterback for the Chicago Bears. Buivid played for the Marquette "Golden Avalanche" football team in the first Cotton Bowl Classic. In 1936, he finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was named to Collier's...
threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Arthur Guepe
Arthur Guepe
Arthur L. "Art" Guepe was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Virginia from 1946 to 1952 and Vanderbilt University from 1953 to 1962, compiling a career college football record of 86–71–9.-Playing and assistant coaching career:Guepe...
to give the Golden Avalanche a 6–0 halftime lead. In the third quarter, the Spartans took a 7–6 lead after John Pingel
John Pingel
John Spenser Pingel was an American football halfback. He played for the Michigan State Spartans and was selected as a first-team All-American in both 1937 and 1938. He holds the all-time NCAA record for most punting yards in a season with 4,138 yards in 1938...
threw a seven-yard touchdown strike to Ernest Bremer. Trailing for the first time all season, Marquette secured the 13–7 victory with a fourth quarter touchdown. The score came on a Ray Buivid
Ray Buivid
Raymond Vincent Buivid was an American football player who played quarterback for the Chicago Bears. Buivid played for the Marquette "Golden Avalanche" football team in the first Cotton Bowl Classic. In 1936, he finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was named to Collier's...
touchdown pass to Herbert Anderson.
St. Mary's
Source:Before the largest crowd to ever witness a Marquette football game at Chicago's Soldier Field, the Golden Avalanche defeated the St. Mary's
Saint Mary's College of California
Saint Mary's College of California is a private, coeducational college located in Moraga, California, United States, a small suburban community about east of Oakland and 20 miles east of San Francisco. It has a 420-acre campus in the Moraga hills. It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church...
Gaels 20–6. Ray Buivid
Ray Buivid
Raymond Vincent Buivid was an American football player who played quarterback for the Chicago Bears. Buivid played for the Marquette "Golden Avalanche" football team in the first Cotton Bowl Classic. In 1936, he finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was named to Collier's...
scored the first touchdown of the game on a 13-yard run to give Marquette a 7–0 lead. On the ensuing Gaels drive, St. Mary's quarterback Edward O'Laughlin thew an interception that was returned by Buivid 75-yards for a touchdown and a 13–0 Golden Avalanche lead. O'Laughlin responded on the ensuing 65-yard drive with a rushing touchdown to cut the Marquette lead to 13–6. The final points of the game came late in the fourth quarter when Red Higgins caught a deflected Buivid pass for a touchdown. The 20–6 loss by the Gaels was their worst intersectional defeat since Slip Madigan
Slip Madigan
Edward Patrick "Slip" Madigan was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head coach at Saint Mary's College of California from 1921 to 1939 and at the University of Iowa from 1943 to 1944, compiling a career college football record of...
took over as their head coach in 1921.
Creighton
Source:In the 1936 homecoming
Homecoming
Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni of a school. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many universities, colleges and high schools in North America...
game for the Creighton
Creighton University
Creighton University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by...
Bluejays
Creighton Bluejays football
The first year of Creighton Bluejays football was in 1900. They fielded a football team every year from 1900-1942.-Conference championships:Creighton has won three conference titles...
, the visiting Golden Avalanche did not score an offensive touchdown, but was able to secure a 7–6 victory to remain undefeated for the season. After a scoreless first, Creighton scored the first points of the game in the second quarter. Frank Wilcox intercept
Intercept
Intercept may refer to:*X-intercept, the point where a line crosses the x-axis*Y-intercept, the point where a line crosses the y-axis*Interception *The Mona Intercept, a 1980 thriller novel by Donald Hamilton...
ed a Ray Buivid
Ray Buivid
Raymond Vincent Buivid was an American football player who played quarterback for the Chicago Bears. Buivid played for the Marquette "Golden Avalanche" football team in the first Cotton Bowl Classic. In 1936, he finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was named to Collier's...
pass and returned it for a touchdown. Frank Jones then missed the extra point
Convert
The convert or try, in American football known as "point after", and Canadian football "Point after touchdown", is a one-scrimmage down played immediately after a touchdown during which the scoring team is allowed to attempt to score an extra one point by kicking the ball through the uprights , or...
and the Bluejays took a 6–0 lead, which they retained through the fourth quarter. In the fourth, Arthur Guepe
Arthur Guepe
Arthur L. "Art" Guepe was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Virginia from 1946 to 1952 and Vanderbilt University from 1953 to 1962, compiling a career college football record of 86–71–9.-Playing and assistant coaching career:Guepe...
returned a Creighton punt
Punt (football)
In some codes of football, a punt is a play in which a player drops the ball and kicks it before it touches the ground. A punt is in contrast to a drop kick, in which the ball touches the ground before being kicked....
80-yards for an apparent touchdown only to be called back due to a Marquette offsides penalty. After failing to score on the ensuing drive and holding the Bluejays scoreless on their next possession, Guepe returned the next Creighton punt 75-yards for a game tying touchdown. Ward Cuff
Ward Cuff
Ward Lloyd Cuff was an American football running back and place kicker in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Chicago Cardinals, and Green Bay Packers...
then successfully converted the extra point and the Golden Avalanche took a 7–6 lead that they would not relinquish to remain undefeated.
Mississippi
Source:In the final regular season home game, Marquette shutout the Mississippi
University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1844, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in Booneville, Grenada, Tupelo, and Southaven as well as the...
Rebels
Ole Miss Rebels football
The football history of the University of Mississippi , includes the formation of the first football team in the state and is 26th on the list of college football's all-time winning programs...
33–0. After a scoreless first, Arthur Guepe
Arthur Guepe
Arthur L. "Art" Guepe was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Virginia from 1946 to 1952 and Vanderbilt University from 1953 to 1962, compiling a career college football record of 86–71–9.-Playing and assistant coaching career:Guepe...
scored the first of his three touchdowns on a 14-yard run in the second quarter to give Marquette a 7–0 lead after a successful extra point. Later in the period, Ray Buivid
Ray Buivid
Raymond Vincent Buivid was an American football player who played quarterback for the Chicago Bears. Buivid played for the Marquette "Golden Avalanche" football team in the first Cotton Bowl Classic. In 1936, he finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was named to Collier's...
threw a five-yard touchdown strike to Raymond Sonnenberg to cap an 11 play, 80-yard drive. The Golden Avalanche lead was then extended to 20–0 after a one-yard Guepe touchdown run in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Guepe scored his final touchdown of the game on a 40-yard punt return and Buivid connected with LeRoy McMahon on a 27-yard touchdown pass to make the final score 33–0.
Duquesne
Source:Before the largest crowd to ever see Duquesne
Duquesne University
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of...
play at Forbes Field
Forbes Field
Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League franchise...
, the Dukes shutout the favored Golden Avalanche 13–0 for their first loss of the season. Boyd Brumbaugh
Boyd Brumbaugh
Urban Boyd Brumbaugh was a professional football player in the National Football League for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates .-College football:...
was responsible for both of the Dukes' touchdowns. The first came on a Brumbaugh pass to Ernie Hefferle
Ernie Hefferle
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in the first and the second on a three-yard run in the fourth quarter.
TCU
Source:With a regular season record of 7–1, on December 16 the TCU
Texas Christian University
Texas Christian University is a private, coeducational university located in Fort Worth, Texas, United States and founded in 1873. TCU is affiliated with, but not governed by, the Disciples of Christ...
Horned Frogs
TCU Horned Frogs football
The TCU Horned Frogs football team is the intercollegiate football team of Texas Christian University. TCU competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, but will move to the Big 12 Conference for the 2012 season. TCU began playing football...
were granted permission from the Southwest Conference to compete against the Golden Avalanche in the inaugural Cotton Bowl Classic in Dallas, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. Billed as a battle between college football's two most prolific passes of the previous two seasons, TCU's Sammy Baugh
Sammy Baugh
Samuel Adrian "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University, where he was a two-time All-American. He then played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1937 to 1952...
and Marquette's Ray Buivid
Ray Buivid
Raymond Vincent Buivid was an American football player who played quarterback for the Chicago Bears. Buivid played for the Marquette "Golden Avalanche" football team in the first Cotton Bowl Classic. In 1936, he finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was named to Collier's...
, the Horned Frogs prevailed 16–6. L. D. Meyer
L. D. Meyer
Lambert Dalton "Little Dutch" Meyer was college football player and baseball manager, as well as the nephew of the famous and similarly named Texas Christian University football coach Leo "Dutch" Meyer....
opened the scoring with a 33-yard field goal to give TCU an early 3–0 lead. The Avalanche responded with their only points of the game later in the quarter when Arthur Guepe
Arthur Guepe
Arthur L. "Art" Guepe was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Virginia from 1946 to 1952 and Vanderbilt University from 1953 to 1962, compiling a career college football record of 86–71–9.-Playing and assistant coaching career:Guepe...
returned a punt 60-yards to give Marquette their only lead of the game at 6–3. The Horned Frogs retook the lead at the end of the first quarter when Baugh threw a 55-yard touchdown pass to Meyer to give TCU a 10–6 lead which they would not relinquish. The final points of the game came in the second quarter on an 18-yard Vic Montgomery touchdown strike again to Meyer to give the Horned Frogs the 16–6 victory.
Coaching staff
The Golden Avalanche was led by head coach Frank MurrayFrank Murray
Frank J. Murray was an American football and basketball coach. He is one of the few head football coaches to have non-consecutive tenure at the same college or university. Murray was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.-Marquette:Murray was the 13th head football at the...
who entered his 15th season in that role at Marquette. He resigned his position in February 1937 to assume the role of head coach at Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers football
Virginia Cavaliers football is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I-FBS and the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
.
| Name | Position | Seasons at Marquette | Alma Mater |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Murray Frank Murray Frank J. Murray was an American football and basketball coach. He is one of the few head football coaches to have non-consecutive tenure at the same college or university. Murray was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.-Marquette:Murray was the 13th head football at the... |
Head coach Head coach A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches... |
15 | Tufts Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France... (1908) |
| Red Dunn | Backfield coach | Marquette (1923) | |
| John Taylor | Line coach | 8 | Ohio State Ohio State Buckeyes football The Ohio State Buckeyes football team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of The Ohio State University. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA, playing at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, formerly Division I-A, level. The team nickname is derived from the state... |
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Players
- Herbert Anderson
- Robert Boylan
- Ray BuividRay BuividRaymond Vincent Buivid was an American football player who played quarterback for the Chicago Bears. Buivid played for the Marquette "Golden Avalanche" football team in the first Cotton Bowl Classic. In 1936, he finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was named to Collier's...
, left halfback - Morgan Busch
- Oliver Butler
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Joseph Cuchetti
- Ward CuffWard CuffWard Lloyd Cuff was an American football running back and place kicker in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Chicago Cardinals, and Green Bay Packers...
- Walter Eichenberger
- Al Guepe
- Arthur GuepeArthur GuepeArthur L. "Art" Guepe was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Virginia from 1946 to 1952 and Vanderbilt University from 1953 to 1962, compiling a career college football record of 86–71–9.-Playing and assistant coaching career:Guepe...
, quarterback
- Robert Hanel
- Howard Hansen
- Norman Helding
- Vincent Hotton
- Roy Hovel
- William Jennings
- Harold Kieffer
- George Knipp
- Ralph Kuhn
- Joseph Lauterbach
- Wallace Lauterbach
- Roger Lumb
- Joseph Matt
- Earl McEssy
- LeRoy McMahon
- Elroy Mieritz
- Joseph Mosovsky
- Edwin Niemi
- John O'Melia
- John Puestow
- Myles Reif
- Delbert Rider
- Edward St. Eve
- Roy SchoemannRoy SchoemannRoy Schoemann is a former center in the National Football League. He played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1938 NFL season....
- Carl Siefert
- Raymond Sonnenberg
- Lloyd Tappa
- Patrick Toal
- Anthony Weiler
- Brendan Williams
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