1931 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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1931 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference Southern Conference
Record9–0–1 (6–0–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Single-wing
CaptainEugene S. Mayer
Home stadium Shields–Watkins Field
Seasons
  1930
1932  
1931 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Tulane $ 8 0 011 1 0
No. 3 Tennessee 6 0 19 0 1
Alabama 7 1 09 1 0
No. 6 Georgia 6 1 08 2 0
Maryland 4 1 18 1 1
Kentucky 4 2 25 2 2
LSU 3 2 05 4 0
South Carolina 3 3 15 4 1
Duke 3 3 15 3 2
Auburn 3 3 05 3 0
Sewanee 3 3 06 3 1
Vanderbilt 3 4 05 4 0
North Carolina 2 3 34 3 3
Washington and Lee 2 3 04 5 1
Florida 2 4 22 6 2
Georgia Tech 2 4 12 7 1
VMI 2 4 03 6 1
NC State 2 4 03 6 0
VPI 1 4 13 4 2
Clemson 1 4 01 6 2
Ole Miss 1 5 02 6 1
Virginia 0 5 12 6 1
Mississippi A&M 0 5 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1931 Southern Conference football season. Playing as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon), the team was led by head coach Robert Neyland, in his sixth year, and played their home games at Shields–Watkins Field in Knoxville, Tennessee. The 1931 Vols won nine, lost zero and tied one game (9–0–1 overall, 6–0–1 in the SoCon). On October 17, Tennessee avenged their only loss from the previous season and beat Alabama; this was the only loss for the Crimson Tide in 1931. For the third time in four years, Kentucky spoiled Tennessee's bid for a perfect season with a tie. Tennessee concluded the 1931 season on December 7 with a charity game at Yankee Stadium against NYU. The 1931 Vols outscored their opponents 243 to 15 and posted eight shutouts.

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Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Maryville (TN) *W 33–0 [1]
October 3 Clemson
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 44–0 [2]
October 10 Ole Miss
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 38–0 [3]
October 17 Alabama Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 25–023,000 [4]
October 24at North Carolina W 7–012,000 [5]
October 31 Duke
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 25–212,000 [6]
November 7 Carson–Newman *
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
W 31–0 [7]
November 14 Vanderbilt
  • Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)
W 21–725,000 [8]
November 26at Kentucky T 6–618,000 [9]
December 5at NYU *W 13–040,684 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

Players

Line

NumberPlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
62 Malcolm Aitken tackle
58Bert Bibeecenter
51Thomas Boundstackle
31Fritz Brandtend
33James Clemmerend
61Oscar Derryberryend
60James Eldridgetackle
21J. B. Ellisguard
30Milton Frankguard
37John Franklinguard
57G. B. Goodrichguard
45 Herman Hickman guard
25Laird Holtend
26 Paul Hug end
34Alton Markend
46Talmadge Maplescenter
20Eugene S. Mayercenter
35C. L. McPhersonend
47David K. Mitchellcenter
39 Virgil Rayburn end
44Ben Redmanguard
42 Ray Saunders tackle
55Francis Shullend
66B. Smithend
23Gordon Smithguard
64Howard Stewartguard
22J. Ralph Stilltackle
17Herman Snipesend
56A. H. Vossguard
26 Murray Warmath end

Backfield

NumberPlayerPositionGames
started
HometownPrep schoolHeightWeightAge
41John Allenhalfback
32Malcolm Andersonfullback
15John D. Baylesshalfback
43 Deke Brackett quarterback
40William G. Coxfullback
16Theodore Disneyhalfback
48 Beattie Feathers halfback
18Charles Kohlhasequarterback
53James McAuliffehalfback
36Ira McCollisterhalfback
52 Gene McEver halfback
38Leo Petruzzequarterback
63Herman Wynnfullback

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