1932 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1932

| team = Marquette Golden Avalanche

| sport = football

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| conference = Independent

| record = 4–3–1

| head_coach = Frank Murray

| hc_year = 11th

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| stadium = Marquette Stadium

}}

{{1932 Midwestern college football independents records}}

The 1932 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1932 college football season. In its eleventh season under head coach Frank Murray, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 98 to 48.{{cite web|title=1932 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=April 2, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/marquette/1932-schedule.html}} The team 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

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|October 1|at|Wisconsin|Camp Randall Stadium|Madison, WI|L 2–7|25,000|{{cite news|title=Badgers Beat M.U. 7-2 in Thriller|newspaper=The Capital Times|author=Hank Casserly|date=October 2, 1932|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33219264/badgers_beat_mu_72_in_thriller/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 8|at|Creighton|Creighton Stadium|Omaha, NE|T 0–0||{{cite news|title=Creighton Battles Marquette To A Tie|newspaper=The Nebraska State Journal|date=October 9, 1932|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33076675/creighton_battles_marquette_to_a_tie/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 15||{{cfb link|year=1932|team=Lawrence Vikings|title=Lawrence}}|Marquette Stadium|Milwaukee, WI|W 25–0||

|October 22||Boston College|Marquette Stadium|Milwaukee, WI|W 13–0||{{cite news|title=Marquette U. Eleven Whips Boston, 13 to 0|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|author=Charles Nevada|date=October 23, 1932|page=II-4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121300816/marquette-u-eleven-whips-boston-13-to/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 29||West Virginia|Marquette Stadium|Milwaukee, WI|L 7–34||{{cite news|title=West Virginia Wrecks Marquette Pride, 34-7|newspaper=The Capital Times|date=October 30, 1932|page=14|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121300516/west-virginia-wrecks-marquette-pride/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 5|at|Detroit|University of Detroit Stadium|Detroit, MI|L 0–7||{{cite news|title=Long Titan Pass Defeats Marquette, 7-0|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=W. W. Edgar|date=November 6, 1932|pages=Sports 1, 2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15772120/long_titan_pass_defeats_marquette_70/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 19||Washington & Jefferson|Marquette Stadium|Milwaukee, WI|W 6–0|3,000|{{cite news|title=W. & J. Loses Hard-Fought Battle to Marquette, 6-0|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=November 20, 1932|page=Sports 2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121301100/w-j-loses-hard-fought-battle-to/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |author= |title=Marquette In Win Over W-J |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news/127889810/ |newspaper=Dayton Daily News |location=Dayton, Ohio |date=November 20, 1932 |page=7, sports section |access-date=July 9, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|November 26||Drake|Marquette Stadium|Milwaukee, WI|W 45–0||{{cite news|title=Marquette Eleven Smothers Drake In Final Game, 45-0|newspaper=The Wisconsin State Journal|author=William A. Mueller|date=November 27, 1932|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33086497/marquette_eleven_smothers_drake_in/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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