1931 Southern Conference football season

1931 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA
Sport	College football
Duration	September 19, 1931 through January 1, 1933
Number of teams	23
Regular Season
Season champions	Tulane

1931 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Tulane $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
Tennessee	6	–	0	–	1	9	–	0	–	1
Alabama	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Georgia	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Maryland	4	–	1	–	1	8	–	1	–	1
Kentucky	4	–	2	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
LSU	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Duke	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
South Carolina	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Auburn	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	3	4	–	3	–	3
Washington and Lee	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Georgia Tech	2	–	4	–	1	2	–	7	–	1
Florida	2	–	4	–	2	2	–	6	–	2
VMI	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	1
NC State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
VPI	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	4	–	2
Clemson	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	6	–	2
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	1
Virginia	0	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Mississippi A&M	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1931 Southern Conference football season began on September 19.

In the annual Rose Bowl game, the SoCon champion Tulane Green Wave lost to the PCC champion USC Trojans 21–12. The Georgia Bulldogs suffered their only two losses to Tulane and USC.

It was Wallace Wade's first year as Duke head coach.

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member won
Non-conference matchup; SoCon member lost
Non-conference matchup; tie
Conference matchup

SoCon teams in bold.

Week One

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
September 19	Western Kentucky	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	W 13–6
September 19	Jacksonville State	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 18–0
September 19	Roanoke	Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	W 18–0
September 19	Hampden-Sydney	VMI		W 6–0

Week Two

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
September 25	Birmingham-Southern	Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	W 24–6
September 25	Presbyterian	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	T 0–0
September 26	Howard	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	W 42–6
September 27	Wofford	Clemson	Riggs Field • Calhoun, SC	W 32–0
September 27	Florida Southern	Florida	Fleming Field • Gainesville, FL	W 45–6
September 27	Oglethorpe	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	W 31–6
September 27	Louisiana Tech	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 71–0
September 26	Washington (MD)	Maryland	Byrd Stadium • College Park, MD	W 13–0
September 26	Mississippi A&M	Millsaps		W 10–7
September 26	Wake Forest	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 37–0
September 26	Davidson	North Carolina State	Norfolk, VA	W 18–7
September 26	Tennessee Tech	Sewanee	McGee Field • Sewanee, TN	W 24–7
September 26	Duke	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 7–0
September 26	Maryville	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 33–0
September 26	Ole Miss	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 31–0
September 26	Western Kentucky	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	W 52–0
September 26	Randolph-Macon	Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	T 7–7
September 26	Richmond	VMI	Lexington, VA	L 7–0
September 26	King	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 33–0
September 26	Hampden-Sydney	Washington & Lee	Wilson Field • Lexington, VA	W 32–0

Week Three

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 3	Ole Miss	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ALA 55–6
October 3	Clemson	Tennessee		TENN 44–0
October 3	Florida	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	FLA 34–0
October 3	Virginia Tech	Georgia	Sanford Field • Athens, GA	UGA 40–0
October 3	South Carolina	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	GT 25–13
October 3	Maryville	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 19–0
October 3	Spring Hill	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 35–0
October 3	Virginia	Maryland	College Park, MD	MD 7–6
October 3	Mississippi College	Mississippi A&M	Starkville, MS	L 6–2
October 3	Rhodes	Sewanee	Sewanee, TN	T 0–0
October 3	Texas A&M	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	W 7–0
October 3	North Carolina	Vanderbilt		VAN 13–6
October 3	Davidson	Washington & Lee	Lexington, VA	L 7–0

Week Four

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 10	Alabama	Mississippi A&M	Meridian, MS	ALA 53–0
October 10	Wisconsin	Auburn		T 7–7
October 10	Clemson	North Carolina State	Charlotte, NC	CLEM 6–0
October 10	Villanova	Duke		W 18–0
October 10	Florida	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	T 0–0
October 10	Georgia	Yale	Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT	W 26–7
October 10	Carnegie Tech	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	L 13–0
October 11	Maryville	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	W 57–0
October 10	South Carolina	LSU	Baton Rouge, LA	LSU 19–12
October 10	Navy	Maryland	Washington, D. C.	W 6–0
October 10	Ole Miss	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	TENN 38–0
October 10	Spring Hill	Tulane		W 40–0
October 10	Vanderbilt	Ohio State	Columbus, OH	W 26–21
October 10	Sewanee	Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	SEW 3–0
October 10	The Citadel	VMI	Lexington, VA	T 13–13
October 10	Davidson	Virginia Tech		W 18–6
October 10	Washington & Lee	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	UK 45–0

Week Five

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 16	Clemson	The Citadel	Florence, SC	L 6–0
October 16	Wake Forest	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 6–0
October 17	Tennessee	Alabama	Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	TENN 25–0
October 17	Auburn	Georgia Tech	Grant Field • Atlanta, GA	AUB 13–0
October 17	Davidson	Duke		T 0–0
October 17	Florida	Syracuse	Syracuse, NY	L 33–12
October 17	Georgia	North Carolina	'Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	UGA 32–7
October 17	Mississippi A&M	LSU		LSU 31–0
October 17	Maryland	Kentucky		T 6–6
October 17	Sewanee	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	W 6–0
October 17	Tulane	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	TUL 19–0
October 17	VMI	Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	VMI 18–3
October 17	William & Mary	Virginia Tech	Richmond, VA	T 6–6
October 17	Washington & Lee	West Virginia	Charleston, WV	L 19–0

Week Six

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 22	Clemson	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 21–0
October 22	Wake Forest	Duke		W 28–0
October 24	Sewanee	Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ALA 33–0
October 24	Auburn	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	FLA 13–12
October 24	Vanderbilt	Georgia		UGA 9–0
October 24	Georgia Tech	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	TUL 33–0
October 24	Virginia Tech	Kentucky	Stoll Field • Lexington, KY	UK 20–6
October 24	Arkansas	LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 13–6
October 24	Maryland	VMI	Richmond, VA	MD 41–20
October 24	Rhodes	Ole Miss		T 20–20
October 24	Tennessee	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	TENN 7–0
October 24	Virginia	Washington & Lee	Lexington, VA	W&L18–0

Week Seven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
October 29	South Carolina	The Citadel	County Fairgrounds • Orangeburg, SC	W 26–7
October 30	Ole Miss	Marquette		L 13–6
October 31	Kentucky	Alabama		ALA 9–7
October 31	Spring Hill	Auburn		W 27–7
October 31	Duke	Tennessee		TENN 25–2
October 31	Georgia	Florida		UGA 33–0
October 31	Maryland	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	MD 20–0
October 31	North Carolina	North Carolina State	Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC	UNC 18–15
October 31	Mississippi A&M	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 59–7
October 31	Georgia Tech	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field • Nashville, TN	VAN 49–7
October 31	VMI	Davidson	Davidson, NC	L 7–0
October 31	William & Mary	Washington & Lee	Lexington, VA	T 0–0

Week Eight

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 6	Virginia Tech	Washington & Lee	Roanoke, VA	W&L 6–0
November 7	Florida	Alabama	Birmingham, AL	ALA 41–0
November 7	Tulane	Auburn	Montgomery, AL	TUL 27–0
November 7	Clemson	VMI	Bain Field • Norfolk, VA	VMI 7–6
November 7	Georgia	NYU	Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY	W 7–6
November 7	Duke	Kentucky	Lexington, KY	DUKE 7–0
November 7	LSU	Army		L 20–0
November 7	Sewanee	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	SEW 7–0
November 7	North Carolina State	Mississippi A&M	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	NCST 6–0
November 7	Georgia Tech	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	T 19–19
November 7	Furman	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	W 27–0
November 7	Carson-Newman	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	W 31–0
November 7	Maryland	Vanderbilt	Nashville, TN	VAN 39–12
November 7	Virginia	Columbia		L 27–0

Week Nine

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 14	Clemson	Alabama	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	ALA 74–7
November 14	Sewanee	Auburn	Birmingham, AL	AUB 12–0
November 14	South Carolina	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	T 6–6
November 14	Georgia Tech	Penn	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA	L 13–12
November 14	Kentucky	VMI	Lexington, VA	UK 20–12
November 14	LSU	Ole Miss	Jackson, MS	LSU 26–3
November 14	Rhodes	Mississippi A&M		W 14–0
November 15	Virginia Tech	Maryland	Norfolk, VA	MD 13–7
November 14	Davidson	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	W 20–0
November 14	North Carolina State	Duke	Duke Stadium • Durham, NC	NCST 14–0
November 14	Tulane	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	TUL 20–7
November 14	Vanderbilt	Tennessee	Knoxville, TN	TENN 21–7
November 14	Virginia	Virginia Tech		T 0–0
November 14	Washington & Lee	Princeton	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	L 6–0

Week Ten

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 21	Auburn	Georgia	Columbus, GA	UGA 12–6
November 21	Florida	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	GT 23–0
November 21	Duke	North Carolina		T 0–0
November 21	Washington & Lee	Maryland		MD 13–7
November 21	North Carolina State	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	SCAR 21–0
November 21	Sewanee	Tulane		TUL 40–0

Week Eleven

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
November 26	Alabama	Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	ALA 14–6
November 26	South Carolina	Auburn	Montgomery, AL	AUB 13–6
November 26	Furman	Clemson		T 0–0
November 26	Florida	UCLA		L 13–0
November 26	Maryland	Johns Hopkins	Baltimore, MD	W 35–14
November 26	Mississippi A&M	Ole Miss	Oxford, MS	MISS 25–14
November 26	Kentucky	Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	T 6–6
November 26	Virginia	North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	UNC 13–6
November 26	VMI	Virginia Tech	Roanoke, VA	VT 13–6
November 28	Duke	Washington & Lee	Lexington, VA	DUKE 6–0
November 28	Georgia Tech	Georgia		UGA 35–6
November 28	LSU	Tulane	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	TUL 34–7

Week Twelve

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result
December 2	Alabama	Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	W 49–7
December 5	Centre	South Carolina	Columbia, SC	L 9–7
December 5	Kentucky	Florida	Jacksonville, FL	UK 7–2
December 5	Maryland	McDaniel	Baltimore, MD	W 41–6
December 5	Washington State	Tulane	New Orleans, LA	W 28–14
December 5	Tennessee	NYU	Bronx, NY	W 13–0

Week Thirteen

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 12	Georgia	USC	Los Angeles, CA	L 60–0

Week Fifteen

Date	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
December 26	California	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	L 19–6

Bowl games

Date	Bowl Game	Site	SIAA Team	Opponent	Score
January 1, 1932	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	Tulane	USC	USC 21–12

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Main article: 1931 College Football All-America Team

E - Jerry Dalrymple, Tulane (AP–1; UP–1; COL–1; CP–1; NEA–1; INS–1; WCFF; LIB; HSM; CH-1; LP; AAB)
E - Vernon "Catfish" Smith, Georgia (AP-1; COL–1; NEA–2; INS–2; HSM; CP–1; CH-2; LP)
T - Ray Saunders, Tennessee (CP-3)
G - Herman Hickman, Tennessee (AP–3; COL–1; NEA–3; INS-3; CP–1; CH-1)
G - Milton Leathers, Georgia (INS-2)
C - Pete Gracey, Vanderbilt (CP-2)
QB - Austin Downes, Georgia (CP-3)
HB - Don Zimmerman, Tulane (AP–2; NEA–2; INS-1; CP–1; CH-2)
HB - Gene McEver, Tennessee (AP–2; NEA–2; INS-2; CP–2)
FB - Johnny Cain, Alabama (UP–1; NEA–3 [picked as halfback]; INS-3; WCFF; CH-2; AAB)
FB - Nollie Felts, Tulane (CP-3)

All-Southern team

Main article: 1931 College Football All-Southern Team

The composite All-Southern team of coaches and sports writers compiled by the Associated Press included:^[1]

Position	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Class	Hometown	Team
QB	Austin Downes	5'8"	156	Sr.	Chicago, Illinois	Georgia
HB	Gene McEver	5'10"	185	Sr.	Bristol, Virginia	Tennessee
HB	Don Zimmerman	5'11"	177	Jr.	Lake Charles, Louisiana	Tulane
FB	Johnny Cain	5'10"	183	Jr.	Montgomery, Alabama	Alabama
E	Jerry Dalrymple	5'10"	175	Sr.	Arkadelphia, Arkansas	Tulane
T	Tex Leyendecker	6'0"	205	Jr.	Columbus, Texas	Vanderbilt
G	Herman Hickman	5'10"	208	Sr.	Johnson City, Tennessee	Tennessee
C	Pete Gracey	6'0"	188	Jr.	Franklin, Tennessee	Vanderbilt
G	John Scafide	6'0"	205	Jr.	Bay St. Louis, Mississippi	Tulane
T	Ray Saunders	6'0"	180	Sr.		Tennessee
E	Vernon "Catfish" Smith	6'2"	190	Sr.	Macon, Georgia	Georgia

^[2]

References

↑ Dillon Graham (December 2, 1931). "Three Tulane Stars Picked for All-Southern Team". Fitchburg Sentinel.
↑ "All-Southern Team". The Monroe News-Star. December 2, 1931. p. 6. Retrieved September 21, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

Southern Conference football

Teams	Chattanooga Mocs The Citadel Bulldogs East Tennessee State Buccaneers (beginning in 2016) Furman Paladins Mercer Bears Samford Bulldogs VMI Keydets Western Carolina Catamounts Wofford Terriers

Former teams	Former Southern Conference teams

Championships & awards	Champions All-Southern team Champ Pickens Trophy Standings (1921–1971), (1972–present)

Seasons	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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