In its first season under head coach Paddy Driscoll, the team compiled a 3–6 record and was outscored by a total of 124 to 48.
[1] The team played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.
In February 1937, Frank Murray resigned as Marquette's head football coach after 15 years in the position; Murray left to accept the same position at the University of Virginia.
[2] Three weeks later, Marquette hired Paddy Driscoll as its new coach.
[3] Driscoll had previously played both Major League Baseball and in the National Football League; he was later inducted into both the College and Pro Football Hall of Fames.