1931 Wisconsin Badgers football team
1931 Wisconsin Badgers football | |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1931 record | 5–4–1 (3–3 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Glenn Thistlethwaite (5th season) |
MVP | Harold Smith |
Captain | Harold Smith |
Home stadium | Camp Randall Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#10 Purdue + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1931 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1931 Big Ten Conference football season. The team compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–3 against conference opponents), finished in sixth place in the Big Ten Conference, and was outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 110 to 104. Glenn Thistlethwaite was in his fifth and final year as Wisconsin's head coach.[1][2]
Guard Greg Kabat was selected by the Associated Press (AP) and Central Press (CP) as a third-team player on the 1931 College Football All-America Team,[3][4] and by the AP and the Big Ten team captains as a first-team player on the 1931 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[5][6]
Tackle Harold Smith was selected as the team's most valuable player.[7] Smith was also the team captain.[8]
The team played its home games at Camp Randall Stadium, which had a capacity of 38,293.[9] During the 1931 season, the average attendance at home games was 15,068.[10]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | |||||
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October 3 | Bradley* | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 33–6 | ||||||
October 3 | North Dakota State* | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 12–7 | ||||||
October 10 | Auburn* | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | T 7–7 | ||||||
October 17 | Purdue | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | W 21–14 | ||||||
October 24 | at Pennsylvania* | Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA | L 13–27 | ||||||
October 31 | at Minnesota | Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Slab of Bacon) | L 0–14 | ||||||
November 7 | at Illinois | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 7–6 | ||||||
November 14 | Ohio State |
Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | L 0–6 | ||||||
November 21 | at Chicago | Stagg Field • Chicago, IL | W 12–7 | ||||||
November 28 | at Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI | L 0–16 | ||||||
*Non-conference game. |
References
- 1 2 "1931 Wisconsin Badgers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. March 14, 2017.
- 1 2 "Wisconsin Football 2016 Fact Book" (PDF). University of Wisconsin. 2016. pp. 212, 218. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
- ↑ "All Sections of Country Represented on Team; National Honors Given 1931 Grid Star". Reno Evening Gazette. December 5, 1931.
- ↑ Bitt, Bill (Central Sports Editor) (December 9, 1931). "Real 1931 All-American Team Selected by College Captains". The Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio).
- ↑ Paul Mickelson (November 24, 1931). "Northwestern Places Five Players on Two All-Western Elevens". The Independent, St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP story). p. 4A.
- ↑ Claire M. Burcky (December 13, 1931). "Captains Pick Outstanding Players". The Sunday Spartanburg Herald-Journal. p. 32.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 181.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 185.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 280.
- ↑ 2016 Fact Book, p. 258.