1931 Sewanee Tigers football team

1931 Sewanee Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–3–1 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumHardee Field
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Tulane $ 8 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 3 Tennessee 6 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
Alabama 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 6 Georgia 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Maryland 4 – 1 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
Kentucky 4 – 2 – 2 5 – 2 – 2
LSU 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
South Carolina 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Duke 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 2
Auburn 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Sewanee 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Vanderbilt 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
North Carolina 2 – 3 – 3 4 – 3 – 3
Washington and Lee 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 1
Florida 2 – 4 – 2 2 – 6 – 2
Georgia Tech 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
VMI 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
NC State 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
VPI 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 4 – 2
Clemson 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 2
Ole Miss 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Virginia 0 – 5 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Mississippi A&M 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Sewanee: The University of the South as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1931 college football season. In their first season under head coach Harry E. Clark, Sewanee compiled a 6–3–1 record.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19Jacksonville State*
W 18–0[2]
September 26Tennessee Tech*
  • Hardee Field
  • Sewanee, TN
W 24–7[3]
October 3at Southwestern (TN)*
T 0–0[4]
October 10at Virginia
W 3–0[5]
October 17at Chattanooga
W 6–0[6]
October 24at Alabama
L 0–335,000[7]
October 31at LSU
W 12–6[8]
November 7at Ole Miss
W 7–0[9]
November 14at Auburn
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
L 0–12[10]
November 21at Tulane
L 0–408,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1931 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "Sewanee takes first test from Jacksonville, 18–0". The Birmingham News. September 20, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Sewanee Bengals defeat Poly, 24–7". The Chattanooga Times. September 27, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Sewanee is held to scoreless tie". The Knoxville Journal. October 4, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Jeffries' dropkick enables Sewanee to defeat Cavaliers by 3 to 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 11, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Joe Gee splits through Moccasins for 47-yard jaunt and Sewanee wins, 6 to 0". The Chattanooga Times. October 18, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Alabama piles up 33–0 score on Sewanee". Chattanooga Daily Times. October 25, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Sewanee defeats Louisiana State". The Shreveport Times. November 1, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Sewanee upsets Ole Miss by 7–0". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 8, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Auburn plays consistent game to beat Sewanee, 12–0". The Birmingham News. November 15, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Hodgins leading scorer as Tulane beats Sewanee". The Shreveport Times. November 22, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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