1931 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 1931 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College in the 1931 college football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Crowley, the Spartans compiled a 5–3–1 record and played to a scoreless tie in their annual rivalry game with Michigan. In inter-sectional play, the team defeated Georgetown (6-0) and lost to Army (20-7) and Syracuse (15-7). In one of the most one-sided games in Michigan State history, the Spartans also defeated Ripon College on November 7, 1931, by a 100 to 0 score.[1][2]

1931 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
1931 record5–3–1
Head coachJim Crowley (3rd season)
Home stadiumMacklin Stadium
1931 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Wilberforce      8 0 0
Marquette      8 1 0
Saint Louis      8 1 0
Detroit      7 2 1
Notre Dame      6 2 1
DePaul      6 3 0
Michigan State      5 3 1
Haskell      6 4 0
Western State (MI)      5 2 0
Michigan State Normal      3 2 1
John Carroll      4 4 2
Wittenberg      3 3 3
Kent State      3 4 0

Quarterback Bob Monnett was selected by the Central Press Association as a first-team player on the 1931 College Football All-America Team.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 26Alma
W 74–0
October 3Cornell (IA)
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 47–0
October 10at Army
L 7–20
October 17Illinois Wesleyan
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 34–6
October 24Georgetown
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 6–0
October 31Syracuse
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
L 10–15
November 7Ripon
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 100–0
November 14at Michigan
T 0–0
November 21at DetroitL 13–20
  • Homecoming

Game summaries

Michigan

Week 7: Michigan State at Michigan
1 234Total
Michigan State 0 000 0
Michigan 0 000 0

On November 14, 1931, the Spartans played the Michigan Wolverines to a scoreless tie at Michigan Stadium.[4]

References

  1. "2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 142, 148. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  2. "1931 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  3. Bitt, Bill (Central Sports Editor) (1931-12-09). "Real 1931 All-American Team Selected by College Captains". The Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio).
  4. Charles Bartlett (November 15, 1931). "Michigan State and Michigan Play 0 to 0 Tie". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.


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