1931 St. John's Redmen football team

1931 St. John's Redmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	Ray Lynch (9th season)
Captain	Albert Pace [1]
Home stadium	Dexter Park
Seasons ←  1930 1965  →

1931 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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 St. John's Redmen football team was an American football team that represented St. John's College of New York City during the 1931 college football season. It would be the final season of varsity football at St. John's for over four decades, as on April 29, 1931, the board of trustees announced that the football program would be dropped at the conclusion of the 1931 season for financial reasons. ^[2] Football returned as a student-operated club sport in 1965 and became a varsity program in 1978 before being dropped again in 2002 due to Title IX concerns. ^{[3] [4]} Led by ninth-year head coach Ray Lynch and quarterback Bob Sheppard, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record. The team played its home games at Dexter Park in Queens.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 25	LIU	Dexter Park Queens, NY	W 22–0	[5]
October 3	Vermont	Dexter Park Queens, NY	W 38–7	[6]
October 12	at Niagara	Niagara, NY	T 6–6	[7]
October 16	Davis & Elkins	Dexter Park Queens, NY	L 0–59	[8]
October 23	Loyola (MD)	Dexter Park Queens, NY	L 6–26	[9]
October 30	St. Thomas (PA)	Dexter Park Queens, NY	L 0–34	[10]
November 7	at CCNY	Lewisohn Stadium New York, NY	W 13–0	[11]
November 14	at Providence	Providence, RI	L 12–33	[12]
November 21	at Manhattan	Jasper Field New York, NY	L 8–7	[13]

References

1. "St. John's To Play Friday". The New York Times. September 22, 1931.
2. "St. John's, Because of Expense, to Drop Football and Baseball After This Year". The New York Times. April 30, 1931.
3. Rhoden, William (October 21, 1983). "St. John's Making a Name in Football". The New York Times.
4. "St. John's makes cuts based on Title IX". San Antonio Express-News. December 15, 2002.
5. "St. John's Repels L.I.U. By 22 to 0". The New York Times. September 26, 1931.
6. "Redmen bury U. of Vermont eleven under 38 to 7 score". Times Union. October 4, 1931. Retrieved June 13, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Niagara Team Ties St. John's, 6 to 6". The New York Times. October 13, 1931.
8. "Davis and Elkins Crushes St. John's". The New York Times. October 17, 1931.
9. "Loyola Repulses St. John's By 26-6". The New York Times. October 24, 1931.
10. "St. Thomas Tops St. John's, 34-0". The New York Times. October 31, 1931.
11. "Vincentian line stands firm as air attack wins". Times Union. November 8, 1931. Retrieved September 16, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
12. "Redmen Lose To Providence". The Brooklyn Daily Times. November 15, 1931. p. 2A – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Manhattan beats Redmen on safety in last period". Times Union. November 22, 1931. Retrieved June 22, 2022– via Newspapers.com.