The 1930 Marquette Golden Avalanche football team represented

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as an independent during the

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. In its ninth season under head coach Frank Murray, the team compiled an undefeated 8–0–1 record, shut out eight of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 155 to 7. The sole setback was a scoreless tie with

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on November 15. Marquette played its home games at

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. Frank Murray was Marquette's head football coach for 19 years and was posthumously inducted into the

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in 1983.

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Marquette Golden Avalanche football : ''For information on all Marquette University sports, see Marquette Golden Eagles'' The Marquette Golden Avalanche football program, commonly known as the Marquette Hilltoppers from approximately 1940 to 1953 and as the Marquette Warriors from ...