1950 Marquette Hilltoppers football team

1950 Marquette Hilltoppers football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–1
Head coach	Lisle Blackbourn (1st season)
Home stadium	Marquette Stadium

1950 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Valparaiso			–					9	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Michigan State			–					8	–	1	–	0
Xavier			–					8	–	1	–	0
John Carroll			–					8	–	2	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					5	–	2	–	1
Marquette			–					5	–	3	–	1
Wabash			–					4	–	2	–	3
Butler			–					4	–	4	–	1
Notre Dame			–					4	–	4	–	1
Toledo			–					4	–	5	–	0
Bowling Green			–					3	–	4	–	2
Dayton			–					4	–	6	–	0
Youngstown			–					3	–	5	–	0
Ball State			–					2	–	4	–	1
Washington University			–					2	–	7	–	0
Wayne			–					2	–	7	–	0
Indiana State			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rose Poly			–					0	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Marquette Hilltoppers football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1950 college football season. In its first season under head coach Lisle Blackbourn, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored all opponents by a total of 204 to 145.[1] The team played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	North Dakota State	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 57–0		[2]
September 30	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 6–28	45,000
October 7	Kansas State	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 46–6
October 13	at Detroit	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 27–13	12,356	[3]
October 21	at Michigan State	Macklin Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 6–34	29,029
October 28	Santa Clara	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 21–14	14,000	[4]
November 3	at South Carolina	Carolina Stadium Columbia, SC	T 13–13
November 11	Holy Cross	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 21–19	16,500	[5]
November 18	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 7–18

References

1. "1950 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
2. "Marquette romps to easy win". Wisconsin State Journal. September 24, 1950. Retrieved October 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Dick Peters (October 14, 1950). "U-D 'Gives' Game to Marquette, 27–14". Detroit Free Press. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Harry M. Hayward (October 29, 1950). "Broncos Lose Tilt And Star". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Thisted, Red (November 12, 1950). "Marquette Nips Holy Cross, 21 to 19". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 46 – via Newspapers.com.