Marquette Golden Eagles
Marquette has played football since at least 1903 and is 137–176–18 in the 331 games on record. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 20, in 1936. Since 1936, the NFL Draft has taken 14 players from here in its first seven rounds, 3 of them in the first round. The AAFC draft also took one player from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 1 coach from Marquette. Frank Murray (1927–1949) won more games here than any other coach: 70. The most-played rival is Wisconsin: 36 meetings, Wisconsin leads 32–4. This season, they’re 3–6.
On this date in 1957Marquette lost to Cincinnati 14–0 on the road.
Résumé
- Record on file
- 137–176–18 .441; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–1 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 6 ranked
- Elo now
- 1331
- Seasons
- 50 since 1903, 331 games
1960 season 3–6
RosterFull 1960 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs Villanova | W 23–13 | 64% |
| Sep 24 | atPacific | W 20–0 | 37% |
| Oct 1 | at Wisconsin | L 6–35 | 25% |
| Oct 8 | vs Boston College | W 13–12 | 54% |
| Oct 15 | at Indiana | L 8–34 | 46% |
| Oct 22 | vs Vanderbilt | L 6–23 | 53% |
| Oct 29 | at Holy Cross | L 0–20 | 30% |
| Nov 4 | atDetroit Mercy | L 12–32 | 24% |
| Nov 12 | vs Cincinnati | L 13–33 | 52% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 1960 rosterProgram greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Marquette.
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1903
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Murray | 1927–1949 | 70–48–5 |
| Tom Stidham | 1941–1945 | 20–22–2 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Wisconsin
4–32 in 36
- 1951 L 6–22
- 1952 L 19–42
- 1953 L 11–13
- 1954 L 14–52
- 1955 L 14–28
- 1956 L 0–41
- 1957 L 6–60
- 1958 L 0–50
- 1959 L 6–44
- 1960 L 6–35
Lost the last 10.
- Detroit Mercy
10–12–3 in 25
- 1951 W 26–13
- 1952 W 37–27
- 1953 W 19–0
- 1954 W 14–13
- 1955 L 7–20
- 1956 L 7–20
- 1957 L 0–14
- 1958 T 14–14
- 1959 L 0–14
- 1960 L 12–32
Lost the last two.
- Michigan State
5–15–1 in 21
- 1946 L 0–20
- 1947 L 7–13
- 1948 L 0–47
- 1949 L 7–48
- 1950 L 6–34
- 1951 L 14–20
- 1952 L 13–62
- 1953 L 15–21
- 1954 L 10–40
- 1955 L 0–33
Lost the last 10.
| Opponent | Games | Marquette record |
|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 36 | 4–32 |
| Detroit Mercy | 25 | 10–12–3 |
| Michigan State | 21 | 5–15–1 |
| Holy Cross | 14 | 6–7–1 |
| Kansas State | 13 | 7–6 |
| Boston College | 11 | 5–5–1 |
| Creighton | 11 | 6–3–2 |
| Iowa State | 11 | 8–2–1 |
Every opponent (73)
Every program Marquette has played, A to Z, with Marquette’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Arizona 6–4
- Arizona State 0–1
- Army 0–1
- Auburn 1–0
- Beloit 2–0
- Boston College 5–5–1
- Boston University 2–0
- Butler 2–0
- Camp Grant 1–0–1
- Centre 1–0
- Cincinnati 2–6
- Creighton 6–3–2
- Denver 1–0–1
- Detroit Mercy 10–12–3
- Drake 3–1
- Duquesne 1–4
- Fordham 0–0–1
- Great Lakes Navy 0–6
- Grinnell 2–3
- Haskell 1–0
- Holy Cross 6–7–1
- Idaho 1–0
- Illinois 0–0–1
- Indiana 0–6
- Iowa 1–1
- Iowa Pre-Flight 0–2
- Iowa State 8–2–1
- Kansas 4–0
- Kansas State 7–6
- Kentucky 1–2
- Lawrence 9–1
- Lincoln Field 0–1
- Manhattan 1–1
- Mercer 0–1
- Miami 0–1
- Miami (OH) 1–2
- Michigan 0–2
- Michigan State 5–15–1
- Navy 1–1
- New Mexico 1–0
- North Dakota State 3–0
- Northern Colorado 1–0
- Northwestern 0–2
- Notre Dame 0–1
- Oklahoma 0–1
- Oklahoma State 1–2
- Ole Miss 3–2
- Oregon State 0–1
- Pacific 3–4–2
- Penn State 0–2
- Pittsburgh 0–3
- Purdue 0–5
- Ripon 3–0
- Saint Louis 10–0
- Saint Mary’s (CA) 1–0
- San Francisco 0–2
- San José State 1–0
- Santa Clara 1–2
- SMU 1–1
- South Carolina 0–1–1
- South Dakota 4–0
- South Dakota State 2–0
- St. Viator 2–0
- TCU 0–4
- Temple 0–2
- Texas Tech 1–2
- Tulane 0–1
- Tulsa 1–2
- Vanderbilt 0–1
- Villanova 1–4–1
- Washington & Jefferson 2–0
- West Virginia 0–2–1
- Wisconsin 4–32
Consensus All-Americans 1
| 1936 | Ray Buivid RB |
Led the nation 3
| 1944 | Paul Copoulos kickoff return yards (337 yds) |
| 1943 | Paul Copoulos kickoff return yards (384 yds), kickoff return average (34.9) |
| 1940 | Don Vosberg receiving yards (526 yds), yards per catch (21.9) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
Heisman runners-up and finalists
The votes| 1936 | Ray Buivid RB | 3rd |
Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 0
- Coaches
- 1
| 1983 | Frank Murray coach here, 1927–1949 |
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 14 since 1936
- First-round picks
- 3
- AAFC picks
- 1 1947
| 1955 | Ron Drzewiecki RB | No. 11, Chicago Bears |
| 1946 | Johnny Strzykalski B | No. 6, Green Bay Packers |
| 1937 | Ray Buivid QB | No. 3, Chicago Cardinals |
On the newsreel
- PURDUE 14, MARQUETTE 13
- ALL-AMERICAN TEAM FOR 1932 HAS STARS FROM EVERY SECTION
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3–6 | 1331 | |||||
| 1959 | 3–7 | 1362 | |||||
| 1958 | 2–7–1 | 1296 | |||||
| 1957 | 0–10 | 1219 | |||||
| 1956 | 0–9 | 1249 | |||||
| 1955 | 2–6–1 | 1415 | |||||
| 1954 | 3–5–1 | 1493 | |||||
| 1953 | 6–3–1 | 1574 | |||||
| 1952 | 3–5–1 | 1483 | |||||
| 1951 | 4–6–1 | 1461 | |||||
| 1950 | 5–3–1 | 1470 | |||||
| 1949 | 4–5 | Frank Murray | 1379 | ||||
| 1948 | 2–8 | Frank Murray | 1348 | ||||
| 1947 | 4–5 | Frank Murray | 1435 | ||||
| 1946 | 4–5 | Frank Murray | 1428 | ||||
| 1945 | 5–4–1 | Tom Stidham | 1483 | ||||
| 1944 | 1–7 | Tom Stidham | 1386 | ||||
| 1943 | 3–4–1 | Tom Stidham | 1491 | ||||
| 1942 | 7–2 | Tom Stidham | 1573 | ||||
| 1941 | 4–5 | Tom Stidham | 1477 | ||||
| 1940 | 2–6–1 | 1413 | |||||
| 1939 | 4–4 | 1471 | |||||
| 1938 | 1–7 | 1388 | |||||
| 1937 | 3–6 | 1474 | |||||
| 1936 | 7–2 | 20 | 20 | Frank Murray | 1636 |
Every season back to 1903 (25 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | 7–1 | Frank Murray | 1614 | ||||
| 1934 | 4–5 | Frank Murray | 1488 | ||||
| 1933 | 3–4–1 | Frank Murray | 1494 | ||||
| 1932 | 4–3–1 | Frank Murray | 1542 | ||||
| 1931 | 8–1 | Frank Murray | 1625 | ||||
| 1930 | 8–0–1 | Frank Murray | 1589 | ||||
| 1929 | 4–3–1 | Frank Murray | 1488 | ||||
| 1928 | 5–3–1 | Frank Murray | 1445 | ||||
| 1927 | 6–3 | Frank Murray | 1417 | ||||
| 1926 | 2–2 | 1299 | |||||
| 1925 | 0–3 | 1218 | |||||
| 1924 | 1–0 | 1262 | |||||
| 1921 | 0–1 | 1190 | |||||
| 1919few games on file | 0–1 | 1190 | |||||
| 1915few games on file | 0–1 | 1192 | |||||
| 1914few games on file | 0–1 | 1199 | |||||
| 1913few games on file | 0–1 | 1208 | |||||
| 1911few games on file | 0–0–1 | 1216 | |||||
| 1910few games on file | 0–0–1 | 1218 | |||||
| 1909few games on file | 0–1 | 1216 | |||||
| 1908few games on file | 0–1–1 | 1227 | |||||
| 1907few games on file | 1–0 | 1232 | |||||
| 1905few games on file | 1–3 | 1201 | |||||
| 1904few games on file | 0–1 | 1216 | |||||
| 1903few games on file | 1–0 | 1233 |
No season on file for 1906, 1912, 1916–18, 1920, 1922–23: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
All 50 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.