1931 Muskingum Fighting Muskies football team

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1931 Muskingum Fighting Muskies football
OAC champion
Conference Ohio Athletic Conference
Record8–0 (4–0 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcConagha Stadium
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Muskingum $ 4 –0 –08 –0 –0
Western Reserve 3 –0 –03 –5 –1
Baldwin–Wallace 4 –0 –15 –0 –3
Otterbein 5 –1 –05 –3 –0
Mount Union 4 –1 –07 –2 –1
Ohio Northern 3 –1 –06 –2 –0
Case 4 –1 –14 –3 –1
Xavier 1 –0 –14 –3 –1
Heidelberg 2 –1 –03 –4 –0
Dayton 0 –0 –15 –3 –2
Kenyon 3 –3 –04 –3 –0
Oberlin 2 –3 –03 –4 –1
Wooster 2 –4 –04 –5 –0
Ashland 2 –6 –02 –6 –0
Capital 1 –4 –01 –5 –1
Marietta 1 –4 –01 –7 –0
Akron 0 –6 –01 –7 –0
Hiram 0 –6 –00 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1931 Muskingum Fighting Muskies football team was an American football team that represented Muskingum University of New Concord, Ohio, as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1931 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Bill Lange, the Fighting Muskies compiled a perfect 8–0 record (4–0 against OAC opponents), won the OAC championship, shut out six of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 138 to 12. [1] [2]

The 1931 season was one of four perfect seasons in Muskingum football history, along with 1926, 1955, and 1960. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Wilmington (OH) * New Concord, OH W 12–0 [4]
October 2Findlay*New Concord, OHW 21–0
October 10at Mount Union Alliance, OH W 7–0
October 16 Bethany (WV) *
  • Student Stadium
  • New Concord, OH
W 19–62,500 [5]
October 23 Heidelberg
  • Student Stadium
  • New Concord, OH
W 21–64,500 [6]
October 31at Cincinnati *
W 15–0 [7]
November 7 Wooster New Concord, OHW 19–0 [8]
November 14at Ashland Ashland, OH W 24–0 [9]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. 1 2 "1931 - Muskingum (OH)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2019 Ohio Athletic Conference Football Record Book" (PDF). Ohio Athletic Conference. 2019. p. 43. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Muskingum (OH) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Quakers Drop First Grid Clash To Muskies, 12-0". The Daily News-Journal. September 26, 1931. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Muskingum Gridders Score Fourth Straight Victory; Trim Bethany by 19 to 6". The Times Recorder. October 17, 1931. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Muskies Beat Heidelberg For Fifth Straight Win". The Times Recorder. October 24, 1931. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Saul Straus (November 1, 1931). "Muskingum Rides Over Bearcats To Win By 15-0 Score". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Muskies Eleven to Close Season at Ashland Saturday". The Times Recorder. November 9, 1931. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Conference Title Goes To Muskies". The Coshocton Tribune. November 15, 1931. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
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