1931 Sewanee Tigers football team

The 1931 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Sewanee: The University of the South as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1931 college football season. In their first season under head coach Harry E. Clark, Sewanee compiled a 6–3–1 record.^[1]

1931 Sewanee Tigers football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–3–1 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Harry E. Clark (1st season)
Home stadium	Hardee Field
Seasons ← 1930 1932 →

1931 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Tulane $	8	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Tennessee	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
Alabama	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 6 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
South Carolina	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Duke	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
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
Florida	2	–	4	–	2			2	–	6	–	2
Georgia Tech	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
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 Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Jacksonville State*	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 18–0		^[2]
September 26	Tennessee Tech*	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 24–7		^[3]
October 3	at Southwestern (TN)*	Memphis, TN (rivalry)	T 0–0		^[4]
October 10	at Virginia	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 3–0		^[5]
October 17	at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 6–0		^[6]
October 24	at Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	L 0–33	5,000	^[7]
October 31	at LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 12–6		^[8]
November 7	at Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 7–0		^[9]
November 14	at Auburn	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	L 0–12		^[10]
November 21	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 0–40	8,000	^[11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "1931 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
2. "Sewanee takes first test from Jacksonville, 18–0". The Birmingham News. September 20, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Sewanee Bengals defeat Poly, 24–7". The Chattanooga Times. September 27, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Sewanee is held to scoreless tie". The Knoxville Journal. October 4, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Jeffries' dropkick enables Sewanee to defeat Cavaliers by 3 to 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 11, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Joe Gee splits through Moccasins for 47-yard jaunt and Sewanee wins, 6 to 0". The Chattanooga Times. October 18, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Alabama piles up 33–0 score on Sewanee". Chattanooga Daily Times. October 25, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Sewanee defeats Louisiana State". The Shreveport Times. November 1, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Sewanee upsets Ole Miss by 7–0". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 8, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Auburn plays consistent game to beat Sewanee, 12–0". The Birmingham News. November 15, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Hodgins leading scorer as Tulane beats Sewanee". The Shreveport Times. November 22, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.