1931 Cleveland Indians (NFL) season

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1931 Cleveland Indians season
Head coach Al Cornsweet and Hoge Workman
Home field Cleveland Municipal Stadium
Results
Record2–8
League place8th NFL

The 1931 Cleveland Indians season was their first and only in the league. [1] They played eight of ten games on road, finishing eighth in the league.

Contents

Schedule

GameDateOpponentResultRecordVenueGame
Recap
1September 13at Green Bay Packers L 0–260–1 City Stadium Recap
2September 18at Chicago Bears L 0–210–2Loyola Stadium Recap
3September 26 Brooklyn Dodgers W 6–01–2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium Recap
4October 7at Portsmouth Spartans L 0–61–3 Universal Stadium Recap
5October 18at Providence Steam Roller W 13–62–3 Cycledrome Recap
6November 8 Chicago Cardinals L 6–142–4Cleveland Municipal Stadium Recap
7November 15at Portsmouth Spartans L 6–142–5 Redland Field Recap
8November 21at Providence Steam Roller L 7–132–6 Cycledrome Recap
9November 22at Staten Island Stapletons L 7–162–7 Thompson Stadium Recap
10November 28at Chicago Cardinals L 0–212–8 Wrigley Field Recap

Standings

NFL standings
WLTPCTPFPASTK
Green Bay Packers 1220.85729187L1
Portsmouth Spartans 1130.78617577W1
Chicago Bears 850.61514592L1
Chicago Cardinals 540.556120128W1
New York Giants 761.538154100W2
Providence Steam Roller 443.50078127T1
Staten Island Stapletons 461.40079118W2
Cleveland Indians 280.20045137L5
Brooklyn Dodgers 2120.14364199L8
Frankford Yellow Jackets 161.1431399L2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

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