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In its 15th and final season under head coach Frank Murray, the team compiled a 7\u20132 record (7\u20131 in the regular season) and outscored opponents by a total of 136 to 60.[1] The team played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.In the post-season, Marquette played TCU in the inaugural Cotton Bowl Classic, losing to by a 16\u20136 score. Marquette led, 6\u20133, in the first quarter, but TCU quarterback Sammy Baugh threw a 55-yard touchdown pass to give TCU the lead.[2]Marquette was led by quarterback Ray Buivid. Buivid finished third in the voting for the 1936 Heisman Trophy and later became the first quarterback to throw five touchdown passes in a National Football League game. Arthur Guepe also starred in the backfield for the 1936 Marquette team. Guepe returned a punt 60 yards in the 1937 Cotton Bowl, the first touchdown in Cotton Bowl history.Table of ContentsSchedule[edit]Rankings[edit]Game summaries[edit]Wisconsin[edit]Saint Louis[edit]Kansas State[edit]Michigan State[edit]Saint Mary’s[edit]Creighton[edit]Ole Miss[edit]Duquesne[edit]TCU[edit]Personnel[edit]Coaching staff[edit]Players[edit]References[edit]Schedule[edit]DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSourceOctober 3at WisconsinW 12\u2013632,000[3]October 10vs. Saint LouisW 32\u2013610,000[4]October 17Kansas StateW 13\u201308,000[5]October 24Michigan StateNo. 20Marquette StadiumMilwaukee, WIW 13\u2013720,000[6]October 30vs. No.\u00a020 Saint Mary’sNo. 10W 20\u2013650,000\u201360,000[7][8]November 7at CreightonNo. 4W 7\u201368,000[9]November 14Ole MissNo. 8Marquette StadiumMilwaukee, WIW 33\u2013017,000[10]November 21at No.\u00a020 DuquesneNo. 7L 13\u2013027,871[11]January 1vs. No.\u00a016 TCUNo. 20L 16\u2013615,000[12]HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameRankings[edit]Ranking movementsLegend: \u2588\u2588 Increase in ranking. \u2588\u2588 Decrease in ranking.WeekPoll123456FinalAP20104871520Game summaries[edit]Wisconsin[edit] 1234Total\u2022  Marquette606012 Wisconsin00066Location: Madison, WisconsinGame attendance: 34,000Source:[13]In their 1935 meeting, Marquette defeated the rival Wisconsin Badgers 33\u20130 and with many players returning from that squad entered the game as an eight to five favorite.[14] On the road at Camp Randall Stadium the Golden Avalanche were victorious 12\u20136.[13][15] Both of Marquette’s touchdowns came on a pair of Arthur Guepe receptions from Ray Buivid in the first and third quarters.[13][15] The Badgers responded with their lone touchdown in the fourth quarter when Irv Windward threw a three-yard touchdown pass to Roy Bellin.[13] Although the Badgers outgained the Golden Avalanche in total offense 201 yards to 177, they lost the game 12\u20136.[15]Saint Louis[edit] 1234Total  Saint Louis00066\u2022 Marquette6771232Location: Chicago, IllinoisGame attendance: 30,000Source:[16]A week after their victory over Wisconsin to open the season, Marquette traveled to Soldier Field in Chicago and defeated the Saint Louis Billikens, 32\u20136.[16][17] The Golden Avalanche took a 6\u20130 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.[18] Their lead was then extended further to 13\u20130 on the second play of the second quarter when Arthur Guepe scored on a 72-yard touchdown run.[16][18] After a Guepe touchdown run extended the Marquette lead to 20\u20130 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 Saint Louis in total offense 318 yards to 91 in their 32\u20136 victory.[18]Kansas State[edit] 1234Total  Kansas State00000\u2022 Marquette0001313Location: Milwaukee, WisconsinGame attendance: 9,000Source:[19]In the first game played at Marquette Stadium for the season, the Golden Avalanche defeated the Kansas State Wildcats 13\u20130.[19][20] 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.[19]Arthur Guepe then scored the final Golden Avalanche points later in the quarter.[19] Although the Wildcats outgained Marquette in total offensive yardage 164 to 127 yards, the Golden Avalanche won 13\u20130.[20]Michigan State[edit] 1234Total  Michigan State00707\u2022 Marquette060713Location: Milwaukee, WisconsinGame attendance: 19,000Source:[21]On homecoming at Marquette, the Golden Avalanche defeated the previously unbeaten Michigan State Spartans 13\u20137.[21][22] 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\u20130 halftime lead.[22] In the third quarter, the Spartans took a 7\u20136 lead after John Pingel threw a seven-yard touchdown strike to Ernest Bremer.[22] Trailing for the first time all season, Marquette secured the 13\u20137 victory with a fourth-quarter touchdown. The score came on a Ray Buivid touchdown pass to Herbert Anderson.[22]Saint Mary’s[edit] 1234Total  Saint Mary’s60006\u2022 Marquette1300720Location: Chicago, IllinoisGame attendance: 50,000\u201360,000Source:[23]Before the largest crowd to ever witness a Marquette football game at Chicago’s Soldier Field, the Golden Avalanche defeated the Saint Mary’s Gaels, 20\u20136.[23][24]Ray Buivid scored the first touchdown of the game on a 13-yard run to give Marquette a 7\u20130 lead.[24] On the ensuing Gaels drive, Saint Mary’s quarterback Edward O’Laughlin threw an interception that was returned by Buivid 75-yards for a touchdown and a 13\u20130 Golden Avalanche lead.[24] O’Laughlin responded on the ensuing 65-yard drive with a rushing touchdown to cut the Marquette lead to 13\u20136.[24] The final points of the game came late in the fourth quarter when Red Higgins caught a deflected Buivid pass for a touchdown.[23] The 20\u20136 loss by the Gaels was their worst intersectional defeat since Slip Madigan took over as their head coach in 1921.[25]Creighton[edit] 1234Total\u2022  Marquette00077 Creighton06006Location: Omaha, NebraskaGame attendance: 8,000Source:[26]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\u20136 victory to remain undefeated for the season.[26][27] After a scoreless first, Creighton scored the first points of the game in the second quarter. Frank Wilcox intercepted a Ray Buivid pass and returned it for a touchdown.[26] Frank Jones then missed the extra point and the Bluejays took a 6\u20130 lead, which they retained through the fourth quarter.[26] 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.[27] 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.[27]Ward Cuff then successfully converted the extra point and the Golden Avalanche took a 7\u20136 lead that they would not relinquish to remain undefeated.[27]Ole Miss[edit] 1234Total  Ole Miss00000\u2022 Marquette01371333Location: Milwaukee, WisconsinGame attendance: 17,000Source:[28]In the final regular season home game, Marquette shutout the Ole Miss, 33\u20130.[28][29] 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\u20130 lead after a successful extra point.[29] Later in the period, Ray Buivid threw a five-yard touchdown strike to Raymond Sonnenberg to cap an 11-play, 80-yard drive.[29] The Golden Avalanche lead was then extended to 20\u20130 after a one-yard Guepe touchdown run in the third quarter.[29] 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\u20130.[28][29]Duquesne[edit] 1234Total  Marquette00000\u2022 Duquesne600713Location: Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaGame attendance: 27,871Source:[30]Before the largest crowd to ever see Duquesne play at Forbes Field, the Dukes shutout the favored Golden Avalanche 13\u20130 for their first loss of the season.[30][31][32]Boyd Brumbaugh was responsible for both of the Dukes’ touchdowns. The first came on a Brumbaugh pass to Ernie Hefferle on a faked reverse in the first and the second on a three-yard run in the fourth quarter.[30]TCU[edit] 1234Total  #20 Marquette60006\u2022 #16 TCU1060016Location: Dallas, TexasGame attendance: 17,000Source:[33][34]With a regular season record of 7\u20131, 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.[34][35] 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\u20136.[36][37]L. D. Meyer opened the scoring with a 33-yard field goal to give TCU an early 3\u20130 lead.[2] The Avalanche responded with its only points of the game later in the quarter when Arthur Guepe returned a punt 60-yards to give Marquette its only lead of the game at 6\u20133.[34][37] 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\u20136 lead which they would not relinquish.[2] 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\u20136 victory.[2]Personnel[edit]Coaching staff[edit]The Golden Avalanche was led by head coach Frank Murray 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.[38]Players[edit]Herbert AndersonRobert BoylanRay Buivid, left halfbackMorgan BuschOliver ButlerJames Fenimore CooperJoseph CuchettiWard CuffWalter EichenbergerAl GuepeArthur Guepe, quarterbackRobert HanelHoward HansenNorman HeldingVincent HottonRoy HovelWilliam JenningsHarold KiefferGeorge KnippRalph KuhnJoseph LauterbachWallace LauterbachRoger LumbJoseph MattEarl McEssyLeRoy McMahonElroy MieritzJoseph MosovskyEdwin NiemiJohn O’MeliaJohn PuestowMyles ReifDelbert RiderEdward St. EveRoy SchoemannCarl SiefertRaymond SonnenbergLloyd TappaPatrick ToalAnthony WeilerBrendan WilliamsReferences:[40][41]References[edit]GeneralKneeland, Joseph; Riordan, Robert, eds. (1937). The Hilltop. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Raynor Memorial Libraries, Marquette University. pp.\u00a072\u201391. Retrieved October 11, 2011.[permanent dead link]Specific^ “1936 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results”. SR\/College Football. 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