1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2–1
Head coach
Captain Tommy Yarr
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium
Seasons
←  1930
1932  →
1931 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Wilberforce  – 8 –0 –0
Marquette  – 8 –1 –0
Saint Louis  – 8 –1 –0
Detroit  – 7 –2 –1
Western State Teachers  – 5 –2 –0
No. 11 Notre Dame  – 6 –2 –1
DePaul  – 6 –3 –0
Michigan State  – 5 –3 –1
Haskell  – 6 –4 –0
Michigan Tech  – 3 –2 –0
Michigan State Normal  – 3 –2 –1
Central State (MI)  – 4 –3 –0
John Carroll  – 4 –4 –2
Wittenberg  – 3 –3 –3
Kent State  – 3 –4 –0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1931 college football season, led by first-year head coach Hunk Anderson.

Following the death of head coach Knute Rockne in a plane crash on March 31, [1] [2] [3] line coach Anderson was promoted on April 10. [4] [5] [6]

Notre Dame entered the season on a 19-game winning streak and opened with a road win, but then had a scoreless tie with Northwestern in the second game, played at Soldier Field in Chicago. [7] Five straight wins followed and the unbeaten string extended to 26 games, until visiting USC won by two points; [8] the Trojans were the last team to defeat Notre Dame, three years earlier in 1928. [9] The next week, Army shut out the Irish 12–0 at Yankee Stadium to conclude the season. [10]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3at Indiana
W 25–012,098–18,000 [11]
October 10vs. Northwestern
T 0–065,000 [7]
October 17 Drake
W 63–023,835 [12]
October 24 Pittsburgh
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 25–1237,394–42,000 [13]
October 31at Carnegie Tech
W 19–042,271 [14]
November 7 Penn
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 49–039,173
November 14vs. Navy
W 20–056,861
November 21 USC
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 14–1650,731 [15] [8] [9]
November 28vs. Army
L 0–1278,559 [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Report Knute Rockne killed in plane crash". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. March 31, 1931. p. 1.
  2. ↑ "Rockne's tragic death". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 1, 1931. p. 1A.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Sorrow shrouds Notre Dame faculty and students with passing of Knute Rockne". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. April 1, 1931. p. 16.
  4. ↑ "'Hunk' Anderson named Notre Dame coach". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 11, 1931. p. 23.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Anderson named Rockne successor for year". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. April 11, 1931. p. 9.
  6. ↑ "Hunk Anderson lacking wizardry of psychology, but is man of action". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. April 12, 1931. p. 3C.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. 1 2 McIntyre, Ronald (October 11, 1931). "Wildcats and Irish engage in punt duel". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1C.
  8. 1 2 McIntyre, Ronald (November 22, 1931). "Trojans halt Irish victory march". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1C.
  9. 1 2 Smith, Chester L. (November 22, 1931). "Notre Dame loses to U.S.C., 16-14, in breath-taking tilt". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1.
  10. 1 2 Gould, Alan (November 29, 1931). "Army whips Irish grid eleven, 12-0, in surprise upset". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. p. 1C.
  11. ↑ "Notre Dame shows usual power in running over Indiana, 25–0". The Atlanta Constitution. October 4, 1931. Retrieved June 5, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Irish run wild and win, 63 to 0". The Atlanta Constitution. October 18, 1931. Retrieved June 28, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ Ledden, Jack (October 25, 1931). "42,000 Watch Schwartz Put Enemy To Rout". The South Bend Tribune. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ Smith, Chester L. (November 1, 1931). "52,000 see Notre Dame beat Tech". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1.
  15. ↑ Braven Dyer (November 22, 1931). "Stirring Trojan Rally Upsets Irish, 16 to 14". The Los Angeles Times. pp. 1, VI-a-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "1931 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results | College Football at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Retrieved October 8, 2015.


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