1931 Michigan State Spartans football team
1931 Michigan State Spartans football | |
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Conference | Independent |
1931 record | 5–3–1 |
Head coach | Jim Crowley (3rd season) |
The 1931 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College in the 1931 college football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Crowley, the Spartans compiled a 5–3–1 record and played to a scoreless tie in their annual rivalry game with Michigan. In inter-sectional play, the team defeated Georgetown (6-0) and lost to Army (20-7) and Syracuse (15-7). In one of the most one-sided games in Michigan State history, the Spartans also defeated Ripon College on November 7, 1931, by a 100 to 0 score.[1][2]
Quarterback Bob Monnett was selected by the Central Press Association as a first-team player on the 1931 College Football All-America Team.[3]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||
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September 26 | Alma |
| W 74–0 | ||
October 3 | Cornell (IA) |
| W 47–0 | ||
October 10 | at Army | L 7–20 | |||
October 17 | Illinois Wesleyan |
| W 34–6 | ||
October 24 | Georgetown |
| W 6–0 | ||
October 31 | Syracuse![]() |
| L 10–15 | ||
November 7 | Ripon |
| W 100–0 | ||
November 14 | at Michigan | T 0–0 | |||
November 21 | at Detroit | L 13–20 | |||
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Game summaries
Michigan
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On November 14, 1931, the Spartans played the Michigan Wolverines to a scoreless tie at Michigan Stadium.[4]
References
- ↑ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 146, 152. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
- ↑ "1931 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
- ↑ Bitt, Bill (Central Sports Editor) (1931-12-09). "Real 1931 All-American Team Selected by College Captains". The Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio).
- ↑ Charles Bartlett (November 15, 1931). "Michigan State and Michigan Play 0 to 0 Tie". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.