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1931 Pittsburgh Panthers football
National Champions
Eastern Champions
ConferenceIndependent
1931 record8–1
Head coachJock Sutherland
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1930
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The 1931 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, coached by Jock Sutherland, represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1931 college football season. The Panthers finished the regular season with eight wins and a single loss at Notre Dame and were considered the champions of the East.[1] Parke H. Davis, whose selection is recognized as "major" in the official NCAA football records book,[2] named Pitt as one of that season's national champions. The team is also recognized as national champion in 1931 by College Football Data Warehouse[3] and according to a Sports Illustrated study[4] that has served as the historical basis of the university's historical national championship claims since its original publication.[5]

Schedule[]

Game Date Opponent Result Panthers points Opponents Record
1 Sept. 26 Miami (OH) Win 61 0 1-0
2 Oct. 3 @ Iowa Win 20 0 2-0
3 Oct. 10 West Virginia Win 34 0 3-0
4 Oct. 17 Western Reserve Win 32 0 4-0
5 Oct. 24 @ Notre Dame Loss 12 25 4-1
6 Oct. 31 @ Penn State Win 41 6 5-1
7 Nov. 7 Carnegie Tech Win 14 6 6-1
8 Nov. 14 Army Win 26 0 7-1
9 Nov. 26 Nebraska Win 40 0 8-1

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List of national championship selectors[]

The 1915 team was selected or recognized as national champions by multiple selectors, of which Parke H. Davis's selection is recognized as "major" (i.e. national in scope) by the official NCAA football records book.[2] College Football Data Warehouse also recognizes Pitt as a national champion in 1915,[3] as did a 1970 Sports Illustrated study that has served as the historical basis of the university's historical national championship claims since its original publication.[5]

The are the selectors that determined Pitt to be national champions in 1931.[3]

* A "major" selector that was "national scope" according to the official NCAA football records book.[2]

All-Americans[]

  • James MacMurdo, tackle (2nd team Associated Press,[7] 3rd team Newspaper Editors Association;[8] 3rd team International News Service;[9] Hart, Schaffner and Marx[12])

*Bold - Consensus All-American[18]

References[]

  1. University of Pittsburgh 1975 football media guide. University of Pittsburgh. 1975. p. 54. http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittathletics;cc=pittathletics;q1=eastern%20titles;rgn=full%20text;idno=1975d004652;didno=1975d004652;view=image;seq=0056. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2012 NCAA Football Records. The National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2012. pp. 69–73. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/fbs.pdf. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "1931 National Championships". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/national_championships/yearly_results.php?year=1931. Retrieved March 8, 2013. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "CFDWrec" defined multiple times with different content
  4. Jenkins, Dan (September 11, 1967). "This Year The Fight Will Be In The Open". Sports Illustrated (Chicago, IL: Time, Inc.) 27 (11): 30–33. http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1080269/index.htm. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Borghetti, E.J.; Nestor, Mendy; Welsh, Celeste, eds. (2008). 2008 Pitt Football Media Guide. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh. p. 156. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pitt/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2008FBMediaGuide.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
  6. "University of Pittsburgh - 1931". College Football Reference. http://cfreference.net/cfr/schools/pittsburgh/215/1931. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "All Sections of Country Represented on Team; National Honors Given 1931 Grid Star". Reno Evening Gazette. 1931-12-05.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Dalrymple Highest Vote-Getter In NEA Board’s All-American Team". The Daily News (Frederick, Md.). 1931-12-14.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Frick, Ford (1931-12-05). "Schwartz and Dalrymple Most Popular Choices on 'Hearst All-American'". Chester Times.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Bitt, Bill (Central Sports Editor) (1931-12-09). "Real 1931 All-American Team Selected by College Captains". The Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio).
  11. Perry, Lawrence (1931-12-05). "Gill Named on Perry’s U.S. Star Eleven: Baker and Shaver Also Honored by Eastern Grid Expert". Oakland Tribune.
  12. "Mythical Team Nominated by Fans Announced". The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune. 1931-12-11.
  13. McLemore, Henry (1931-12-04). "United Press Selects Stellar All-American". The Piqua Daily Call (Ohio).
  14. "Munn Placed on Rice’s All-American Team: Rentner and Morrison Get Honor Posts". The Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minn.). 1931-12-18.
  15. "Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American Selections". Walter Camp Football Foundation. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071218214203/http://waltercamp.org/index.php/teams_and_awards/. Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  16. "All-America Selected by Coll. Humor". The Greeley Daily Tribune (Colo.). 1932-12-31.
  17. Christy Walsh (1932-12-11). "ALL-AMERICA BOARD HONORS CAPT. BOB SMITH OF COLGATE". Syracuse Herald.
  18. Consensus All-American designations based on the NCAA guide to football award winners
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