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1931 Southern Conference football season

1931 Southern Conference football season
LeagueNCAA
SportCollege football
DurationSeptember 19, 1931
through January 1, 1933
Number of teams23
Regular Season
Season championsTulane
Football seasons
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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 Southern Conference football season was the college football games played by the member schools of the Southern Conference as part of the 1931 college football season. The season began on September 19.

In the annual Rose Bowl game, the SoCon champion Tulane Green Wave lost to the PCC champion USC Trojans 21–12. The Georgia Bulldogs suffered their only two losses to Tulane and USC.

It was Wallace Wade's first year as Duke head coach.

Regular season

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Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member won
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup

SoCon teams in bold.

Week One

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 19 Western Kentucky State Teachers Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 13–6 [1]
September 19 Jacksonville State Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 18–0 [2]
September 19 Roanoke Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia W 18–0 [3]
September 19 Hampden–Sydney VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia W 6–0 [4]

Week Two

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
September 25 Birmingham–Southern Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama W 24–6 [5]
September 26 Howard (AL) Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama W 42–6 5,000 [6]
September 25 Presbyterian Clemson Riggs Field • Calhoun, South Carolina T 0–0 [7]
September 26 LSU TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX L 3–0 [8]
September 26 Washington College Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland W 13–0 [9]
September 26 Mississippi A&M Millsaps Alumni Field • Jackson, Mississippi W 10–7 [10]
September 26 Wake Forest North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 37–0 10,000 [11]
September 26 Davidson NC State World War Memorial Stadium • Greensboro, North Carolina W 18–7 7,000 [12]
September 26 Tennessee Tech Sewanee McGee Field • Sewanee, Tennessee W 24–7 [13]
September 26 Duke South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 7–0 [14]
September 26 Maryville (TN) Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 33–0 [15]
September 26 Ole Miss Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana TUL 31–0 12,000 [16]
September 26 Western Kentucky State Teachers Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee W 52–0 [17]
September 26 Randolph–Macon Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia T 7–7 [18]
September 26 Richmond VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia L 7–0 [19]
September 26 King (TN) VPI Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia W 33–0 [20]
September 26 Hampden–Sydney Washington & Lee Stadium Field • Lynchburg, Virginia W 32–0 [21]

Week Three

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 3 Ole Miss Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALA 55–6 [22]
October 3 Clemson Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN TENN 44–0 [23]
October 3 VMI Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina DUKE 13–0 [24]
October 3 Florida NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina FLA 34–0 [25]
October 3 VPI Georgia Sanford Field • Athens, Georgia UGA 40–0 [26]
October 3 South Carolina Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia GT 25–13 [27]
October 3 Maryville (TN) Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky W 19–0 [28]
October 3 Spring Hill LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana W 35–0 [29]
October 3 Virginia Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland MD 7–6 [30]
October 3 Mississippi College Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi L 6–2 [31]
October 3 Sewanee Southwestern (TN) Fargason Field • Memphis, Tennessee T 0–0 [32]
October 3 Texas A&M Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana W 7–0 [33]
October 3 North Carolina Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 13–6 7,000 [34]
October 3 Davidson Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia L 7–0 [35]

Week Four

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 10 Alabama Mississippi A&M Greer Memorial Field • Meridian, Mississippi ALA 53–0 [36]
October 10 Wisconsin Auburn Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI T 7–7 [37]
October 10 Clemson NC State Central High School Stadium • Charlotte, North Carolina CLEM 6–0 [38]
October 10 Villanova Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina W 18–0 [39]
October 10 North Carolina Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL T 0–0 8,000 [40]
October 10 Georgia Yale Yale Bowl • New Haven, Connecticut W 26–7 70,000 [41]
October 10 Carnegie Tech Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia L 13–0 [42]
October 10 South Carolina LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU 19–12 [43]
October 10 Navy Maryland Griffith Stadium • Washington, D. C. W 6–0 16,000 [44]
October 10 Ole Miss Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 38–0 [45]
October 10 Spring Hill Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana W 40–0 [46]
October 10 Vanderbilt Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio W 26–21 24,920 [47]
October 10 Sewanee Virginia Lambeth Field • Charlottesville, Virginia SEW 3–0 [48]
October 10 The Citadel VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia T 13–13 [49]
October 10 Davidson VPI Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia W 18–6 [50]
October 10 Washington & Lee Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky UK 45–0 6,500 [51]

Week Five

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 16 Clemson The Citadel Florence Memorial Stadium • Florence, South Carolina L 6–0 [52]
October 16 Wake Forest NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina L 6–0 [53]
October 17 Alabama Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 25–0 23,000 [54]
October 17 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia AUB 13–0 17,000 [55]
October 17 Davidson Duke Richardson Field • Davidson, North Carolina T 0–0 5,000 [56]
October 17 Florida Syracuse Archbold Stadium • Syracuse, New York L 33–12 14,000 [57]
October 17 Georgia North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina UGA 32–7 18,000 [58]
October 17 Mississippi A&M LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU 31–0 [59]
October 17 Kentucky Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland T 6–6 > 10,000 [60]
October 17 Sewanee Chattanooga Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee W 6–0 [61]
October 17 Tulane Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee TUL 19–0 [62]
October 17 VMI Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia VMI 18–3 [63]
October 17 William & Mary VPI City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia T 6–6 [64]
October 17 Washington & Lee West Virginia Laidley Field • Charleston, West Virginia L 19–0 12,000 [65]

Week Six

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 22 Clemson South Carolina State Fairgrounds • Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 21–0 [66]
October 22 Wake Forest Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina W 28–0 [67]
October 24 Sewanee Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 33–0 5,000 [68]
October 24 Auburn Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida FLA 13–12 15,000 [69]
October 24 Vanderbilt Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia UGA 9–0 [70]
October 24 Georgia Tech Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana TUL 33–0 17,000 [71]
October 24 VPI Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky UK 20–6 6,000 [72]
October 24 Arkansas LSU State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, Louisiana W 13–6 9,000 [73]
October 24 Maryland VMI City Stadium • Richmond, Virginia MD 41–20 [74]
October 24 Ole Miss Southwestern (TN) Fargason Field • Memphis, Tennessee T 20–20 [75]
October 24 Tennessee North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina TENN 7–0 12,000 [76]
October 24 Virginia Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia W&L18–0 [77]

Week Seven

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
October 29 South Carolina The Citadel County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, South Carolina W 26–7 [78]
October 30 Ole Miss Marquette Marquette Stadium • Milwaukee, Wisconsin L 13–6 [79]
October 31 Kentucky Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama ALA 9–7 10,000 [80]
October 31 Spring Hill Auburn Drake Field • Auburn, Alabama W 27–7 [81]
October 31 Duke Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 25–2 12,000 [82]
October 31 Georgia Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida UGA 33–0 20,000 [83]
October 31 Maryland VPI Miles Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia MD 20–0 [84]
October 31 North Carolina NC State Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, North Carolina UNC 18–15 12,000 [85]
October 31 Mississippi A&M Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana TUL 59–7 4,000 [86]
October 31 Vanderbilt Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia VAN 49–7 10,000 [87]
October 31 VMI Davidson Richardson Field • Davidson, North Carolina L 7–0 [88]
October 31 Washington & Lee William & Mary Bain Field • Norfolk, Virginia T 0–0 [89]

Week Eight

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 6 VPI Washington & Lee Maher Field • Roanoke, Virginia W&L 6–0 [90]
November 7 Florida Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama ALA 41–0 7,000 [91]
November 7 Tulane Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama TUL 27–0 [92]
November 7 Clemson VMI Bain Field • Norfolk, Virginia VMI 7–6 [93]
November 7 Georgia NYU Yankee Stadium • Bronx, New York W 7–6 65,000 [94]
November 7 Duke Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky DUKE 7–0 12,000 [95]
November 7 LSU Army Michie Stadium • West Point, NY L 20–0 15,000 [96]
November 7 Sewanee Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi SEW 7–0 [97]
November 7 NC State Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi NCST 6–0 [98]
November 7 North Carolina Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia T 19–19 [99]
November 7 Furman South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina W 27–0 [100]
November 7 Carson–Newman Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee W 31–0 [101]
November 7 Maryland Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee VAN 39–12 [102]
November 7 Virginia Columbia Baker Field • New York City, New York L 27–0 [103]

Week Nine

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 14 Clemson Alabama Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama ALA 74–7 [104]
November 14 Sewanee Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama AUB 12–0 [105]
November 14 South Carolina Florida Plant Field • Tampa, Florida T 6–6 [106]
November 14 Georgia Tech Penn Franklin Field • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania L 13–12 [107]
November 14 Kentucky VMI Alumni Field • Lexington, Virginia UK 20–12 [108]
November 14 LSU Ole Miss Municipal Stadium • Jackson, Mississippi LSU 26–3 [109]
November 14 Southwestern (TN) Mississippi A&M Scott Field • Starkville, Mississippi W 14–0 [110]
November 14 Davidson North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina W 20–0 7,000 [111]
November 14 NC State Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina NCST 14–0 5,000 [112]
November 14 Tulane Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia TUL 20–7 35,000 [113]
November 14 Vanderbilt Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee TENN 21–7 25,000 [114]
November 14 Virginia VPI Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia T 0–0 [115]
November 14 Washington & Lee Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, New Jersey L 6–0 13,000 [116]

Week Ten

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 21 Auburn Georgia Memorial Stadium • Columbus, Georgia UGA 12–6 [117]
November 21 Florida Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia GT 23–0 10,000 [118]
November 21 North Carolina Duke Duke Stadium • Durham, North Carolina T 0–0 22,000 [119]
November 21 Washington & Lee Maryland Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland MD 13–7 [120]
November 21 NC State South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina SCAR 21–0 [121]
November 21 Sewanee Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana TUL 40–0 8,000 [122]

Week Eleven

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
November 26 Alabama Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, Tennessee ALA 14–6 [123]
November 26 South Carolina Auburn Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama AUB 13–6 [124]
November 26 Clemson Furman Manly Field • Greenville, South Carolina T 0–0 [125]
November 26 Florida UCLA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California L 13–0 20,000 [126]
November 26 Maryland Johns Hopkins Municipal Stadium • Baltimore, Maryland W 35–14 10,000 [127]
November 26 Mississippi A&M Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi MISS 25–14 [128]
November 26 Tennessee Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky T 6–6 18,000 [129]
November 26 Virginia North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, North Carolina UNC 13–6 [130]
November 26 VMI VPI Maher Field • Roanoke, Virginia VPI 13–6 [131]
November 28 Duke Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, Virginia DUKE 6–0 4,000 [132]
November 28 Georgia Tech Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia UGA 35–6 [133]
November 28 LSU Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana TUL 34–7 30,000 [134]

Week Twelve

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 5 Alabama Chattanooga Chamberlain Field • Chattanooga, Tennessee W 39–0 3,000 [135]
December 5 Centre South Carolina Melton Field • Columbia, South Carolina L 9–7 [136]
December 5 Kentucky Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida UK 7–2 [137]
December 5 Maryland Western Maryland Municipal Stadium • Baltimore, Maryland W 41–6 12,000 [138]
December 5 Washington State Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, Louisiana W 28–14 20,000 [139]
December 5 Tennessee NYU Yankee Stadium • Bronx, New York W 13–0 40,684 [140]

Week Thirteen

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 12 Georgia USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California L 60–0 75,000 [141]

Week Fifteen

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Reference
December 26 California Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia L 19–6 [142]

Bowl games

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Date Bowl Game Site SIAA Team Opponent Score
January 1, 1932 Rose Bowl Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California Tulane USC USC 21–12

Awards and honors

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All-Americans

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Main article: 1931 College Football All-America Team

All-Southern team

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Main article: 1931 College Football All-Southern Team

The following is the composite All-Southern team of coaches and sports writers compiled by the Associated Press.[143]

Position Name First-team selectors Team
QB Austin Downes AP, CP Georgia
HB Gene McEver AP, CP Tennessee
HB Don Zimmerman AP, CP Tulane
FB Johnny Cain AP Alabama
E Jerry Dalrymple AP, CP Tulane
T Tex Leyendecker AP, CP Vanderbilt
G Herman Hickman AP, CP Tennessee
C Pete Gracey AP, CP Vanderbilt
G John Scafide AP Tulane
T Ray Saunders AP, CP Tennessee
E Vernon "Catfish" Smith AP, CP Georgia

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