1931 Virginia Cavaliers football team

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1931 Virginia Cavaliers football
Conference Southern Conference
Record1–7–2 (0–5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Thomas [1]
Home stadium Lambeth Field (capacity: 8,000)
Scott Stadium (capacity: 22,000)
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 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1931 college football season. The Cavaliers were led by first-year head coach Fred Dawson and played their home games at the newly constructed Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Southern Conference, finishing with a conference record of 0–5–1 and a 1–7–2 record overall. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 19 Roanoke *W 18–0 [3]
September 26 Randolph–Macon *
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
T 7–7 [4]
October 3at Maryland L 6–7 [5]
October 10 Sewanee
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 0–3 [6]
October 15 VMI Dagger-14-plain.png
L 3–18 [7]
October 24at Washington and Lee
L 0–18 [8]
October 31at Harvard *L 0–19 [9]
November 7at Columbia *L 0–27 [10]
November 14 VPI
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
T 0–0 [11]
November 26at North Carolina L 6–13 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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