1931 NYU Violets football team

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1931 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3–1
Head coach
Home stadium Polo Grounds
Yankee Stadium
Seasons
←  1930
1932  →
1931 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell  – 6 –0 –3
Colgate  – 8 –1 –0
No. 9 Pittsburgh  – 8 –1 –0
Cornell  – 7 –1 –0
Drexel  – 7 –1 –0
No. 7 Harvard  – 7 –1 –0
Temple  – 8 –1 –1
Columbia  – 7 –1 –1
Massachusetts State  – 7 –1 –1
Syracuse  – 7 –1 –1
Fordham  – 6 –1 –2
No. 8 Yale  – 5 –1 –2
Army  – 8 –2 –1
Franklin & Marshall  – 6 –2 –0
Manhattan  – 4 –2 –1
Brown  – 7 –3 –0
Providence  – 7 –3 –0
Penn  – 6 –3 –0
NYU  – 6 –3 –1
Boston College  – 6 –4 –0
Washington & Jefferson  – 6 –4 –0
Tufts  – 3 –2 –2
Villanova  – 4 –3 –2
La Salle  – 4 –4 –0
Duquesne  – 3 –5 –3
Carnegie Tech  – 3 –5 –1
St. John's  – 3 –5 –1
CCNY  – 2 –5 –1
Boston University  – 2 –7 –0
Penn State  – 2 –8 –0
Princeton  – 1 –7 –0
Vermont  – 1 –8 –0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. The team was led by head coach Chick Meehan in his seventh season and finished with a 6–3–1 record. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Hobart
W 65–012,000 [2]
October 3 West Virginia Wesleyan
W 54–016,000 [3]
October 10 Georgetown
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 34–035,000 [4]
October 17 Rutgers
W 27–715,000 [5]
October 24 Colgate
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 13–050,000 [6]
October 31 Oregon
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 6–1420,000 [7]
November 7 Georgia
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 6–765,000 [8]
November 14vs. Fordham
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
T 0–080,000 [9]
November 26 Carnegie Tech
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 7–625,000 [10]
December 5 Tennessee
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–1340,000 [11]

References

  1. ↑ "1931 NYU Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  2. ↑ "N.Y.U. runs 'em ragged! Violet blasts weak Hobart eleven, 65–0". Daily News. September 27, 1931. p. 80. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "N.Y.U. drubs W.V. Wesleyan by 54–0 score". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 4, 1931. p. C1. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Violets smother Hoyas". Daily News. October 11, 1931. p. 55. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Rutgers is defeated 27–7, in engagement featured by play of two Grossmans". The Sunday Times. October 18, 1932. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Colgate bows to Violet eleven, 13–0". Democrat and Chronicle. October 25, 1931. p. III-I. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Webfoots upset predictions in beating Violets". The Eugene Register-Guard. November 1, 1931. p. 10. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Georgia jinxes Violets". Daily News. November 8, 1931. p. 84. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "N.Y.U.--Fordham In Scoreless Tie; 80,000 at Game". The Brooklyn Daily Times. November 15, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "N.Y.U. rallies to beat Tech, 7 to 6". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 27, 1931. p. 18. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Tennessee defeats Violets by score of 13–0". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. December 6, 1931. p. B1. Retrieved February 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.


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