1931 Texas Longhorns football team

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1931 Texas Longhorns football
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Conference Southwest Conference
Record6–4 (2–3 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium War Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1930
1932  →
1931 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
SMU $ 5 –0 –19 –1 –1
TCU 4 –1 –18 –2 –1
Texas A&M 3 –2 –07 –3 –0
Rice 3 –3 –06 –4 –0
Texas 2 –3 –06 –4 –0
Baylor 1 –5 –03 –6 –0
Arkansas 0 –4 –03 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1931 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference during the 1931 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Clyde Littlefield, Texas compiled an 6–4 record and finished fifth in the SWC. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26 Simmons (TX) *
W 36–0 [2]
October 3 Missouri *
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 31–0 [3]
October 10 Rice
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 0–7 [4]
October 17vs. Oklahoma *
W 3–0 [5]
October 24at Harvard *
L 7–35 [6]
October 31at SMU
  • Fair Park Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
L 7–9 [7]
November 7 Baylor
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 25–0 [8]
November 14 TCU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 10–0 [9]
November 20at Centenary *
W 6–0 [10]
November 26at Texas A&M
L 6–7 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ↑ "1931 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Champions beat Simmons in first game of season". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 27, 1931. Retrieved June 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Powerful Longhorns defeat Missouri eleven by 31 to 0". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 4, 1931. Retrieved June 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Rice defeats Texas, 7 to 0, in sensational upset". The Abilene Morning Reporter-News. October 11, 1931. Retrieved June 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ ""Ox" Blanton place kicks field goal in final period to give Longhorns three-point victory over Oklahoma". The Shreveport Times. October 11, 1931. Retrieved June 9, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Barry Wood pilots powerful Crimson eleven to 35 to 7 triumph over Longhorns". The Hartford Courant. October 25, 1931. Retrieved June 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Ponies defeat Longhorns, 9–7". The Brownsville Herald. November 1, 1931. Retrieved June 9, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Texas swamps Baylor Bears". The El Paso Times. November 8, 1931. Retrieved June 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Longhorns jar T.C.U.'s hopes with 10 to 0 victory". Wichita Daily Times. November 15, 1931. Retrieved June 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Longhorns use aerial attack to down Gents, 6 to 0". The Austin American. November 21, 1931. Retrieved July 26, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Season ends with success for A&M team". The Amarillo Globe-Times. November 27, 1931. Retrieved June 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.


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