1931 Purdue Boilermakers football team

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1931 Purdue Boilermakers football
Co-national champion (Parke H. Davis)
Big Ten co-champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1931 record9–1 (5–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Noble Kizer (2nd season)
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Big Ten Conference football standings
  • v
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Purdue + 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Michigan + 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Northwestern + 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
Ohio State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Minnesota 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Indiana 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Chicago 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Iowa 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Illinois 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the Big Ten Conference (Big Ten) during the 1931 college football season. In their second season under head coach Noble Kizer, the Boilermakers compiled a 9–1 record (5–1 against Big Ten opponents), shut out six of ten opponents, suffered its sole loss to Wisconsin, tied with Michigan for the Big Ten championship, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 192 to 39.[1] The team was recognized as national co-champion by Parke H. Davis.

End Paul Moss and center Ookie Miller were both recognized as first-team All-Americans. Moss received first-team honors from Liberty magazine,[2] and Miller received the same from the United Press and College Humor magazine.[3][4] Five Purdue players received honors on the 1931 All-Big Ten Conference football team: Paul Moss from the Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP), and captains' team (CPT); Ookie Miller (AP-2, UP-1); quarterback Paul Pardonner (UP-2); halfback Jim Purvis (CPT); and halfback Fred Hecker (AP-2, UP-2).[5][6][7]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Western Reserve*
W 28–0
October 3Coe*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 19–0
October 10Illinois
W 7–0
October 17at Wisconsin
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
L 14–21
October 24at Carnegie Tech*W 13–6
October 31at Chicago
W 14–6
November 7Centenary*
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 49–6[8]
November 14Iowa
  • Ross–Ade Stadium
  • West Lafayette, IN
W 22–0
November 21at Indiana
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)
W 19–0
November 28vs. Northwestern
  • Soldier Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 7–0
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "1931 Purdue Boilermakers". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  2. ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1163. ISBN 1401337031.
  3. ^ McLemore, Henry (December 4, 1931). "United Press Selects Stellar All-American". The Piqua Daily Call. Ohio.
  4. ^ "All-America Selected by Coll. Humor". The Greeley Daily Tribune. Colorado. December 31, 1932.
  5. ^ Paul Mickelson (November 24, 1931). "Northwestern Places Five Players on Two All-Western Elevens". The Independent, St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP story). p. 4A.
  6. ^ Claire M. Burcky (December 13, 1931). "Captains Pick Outstanding Players". The Sunday Spartanburg Herald-Journal. p. 32.
  7. ^ George Kirksey (November 24, 1931). "United Press All Big Ten Selections for 1931". The Indiana Gazette (Indiana, Pennsylvania). p. 10.
  8. ^ "Gold and Black team runs wild against visitors". The Indianapolis Star. November 8, 1931. Retrieved July 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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