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.
[15] A week after their victory over Wisconsin to open the season, Marquette traveled to Soldier Field in Chicago and defeated the Saint Louis Billikens, 32–6.
[16][17] The Golden Avalanche took a 6–0 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.
[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 6–0 halftime lead.
[22] 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, 20–6.
[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 13–0 Golden Avalanche lead.
[24] The final points of the game came late in the fourth quarter when Red Higgins caught a deflected Buivid pass for a touchdown.
[8] 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 7–6 victory to remain undefeated for the season.
[25] 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.
[26] 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.
[29] With a regular season record of 7–1, 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.
[32][33] 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 16–6.