1931 Tulane Green Wave football team

1931 Tulane Green Wave football
SoCon champion
Rose Bowl, L 12–21 vs. USC
Conference Southern Conference
1931 record 11–1 (8–0 SoCon)
Head coach Bernie Bierman
Offensive scheme Single wing
Captain Jerry Dalrymple
Home stadium Tulane Stadium
(Capacity: 35,000)
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 Tulane Green Wave football team represented the Tulane Green Wave of Tulane University during the 1931 college football season. The team posted an undefeated regular season, but lost in the Rose Bowl to national champion USC.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 26 Ole Miss Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA W 31–0  
October 3 Texas A&M* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 7–0  
October 10 at Spring Hill* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 40–0  
October 17 at Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN W 19–0  
October 24 Georgia Tech Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 33–0  
October 31 Mississippi A&M Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 59–7  
November 7 vs. Auburn Cramton BowlMontgomery, AL W 27–0  
November 14 at Georgia Sanford StadiumAthens, GA W 20–7  
November 21 Sewanee Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 40–0  
November 28 LSU Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Battle for the Flag) W 34–7  
December 5 Washington State* Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 28–14  
January 1, 1932 vs. USC* Rose Bowl StadiumPasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) L 12–21  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming.

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Season summary

Auburn

Don Zimmerman eclipsed 100 yards rushing in the 27–0 defeat of Auburn.

Georgia

Tulane at Georgia
1 234Total
Tulane 7 670 20
Georgia 0 070 7

Tulane defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 20–7. Tulane scored first on a 33-yard pass from Zimmerman to Vernon Haynes.[2] Nollie Felts plunged in from the 1-yard line for the next touchdown.[2] A pass from Georgia's Homey Key to Buster Mott netted 60 yards and a touchdown.[2] After a botched punt, a double pass play led to Payne sprinting around left end for Tulane's final score.[2]

Postseason

Rose Bowl

Southern Cal vs. Tulane
1 234Total
USC 0 7140 21
Tulane 0 066 12

Tulane lost in the Rose Bowl to Southern California by a 21–12 score. The Trojans had six All-Americans in their lineup: tackle Ernie Smith, guards Johnny Baker and Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg, halfback Erny Pinckert and quarterbacks Orville Mohler and Gaius Shaver.[3]

Down 21 to 0 in the third quarter, Zimmerman led a running attack which ended with a 6-yard pass to Haynes for the score. Tulane's other score was a run by "Wop" Glover set up by 11 and 15 yard passes from Zimmerman to Jerry Dalrymple.[4] Tulane still managed a Rose Bowl record for yardage gained.[5]

Awards and honors

One article which attempts to retroactively name Heisman Trophy winners before 1936 named Dalrymple as the recipient for 1931.[6]

References

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