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1931 California

8–⁠2 (4–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by William Ingram.

Schedule and results

California in 1931, game by game: won vs. Santa Clara 6–2; lost vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 0–14; won vs. Olympic Club 6–0; won vs. Washington State 13–7; lost vs. USC 0–6; won vs. Nevada 25–6; won vs. Washington 13–0; won vs. Idaho 18–0; won at Stanford 6–0; won at Georgia Tech 19–6+19−14Won 6–2 vs. Santa Clara+4Santa ClaraLost 0–14 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)-14Saint Mary’s (C…Won 6–0 vs. Olympic Club+6Olympic ClubWon 13–7 vs. Washington State+6Washington StateLost 0–6 vs. USC-6USCWon 25–6 vs. Nevada+19NevadaWon 13–0 vs. Washington+13WashingtonWon 18–0 vs. Idaho+18IdahoWon 6–0 at Stanford+6StanfordWon 19–6 at Georgia Tech+13Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsSanta ClaraW 6–⁠287%
Oct 3vsSaint Mary’s (CA)L 0–⁠1453%
Oct 10vsOlympic ClubW 6–⁠082%
Oct 17vsWashington StateW 13–⁠738%
Oct 24vsUSCL 0–⁠629%
Oct 31vsNevadaW 25–⁠692%
Nov 7vsWashingtonW 13–⁠052%
Nov 14vsIdahoW 18–⁠074%
Nov 21atStanfordW 6–⁠028%
Dec 26atGeorgia TechW 19–⁠660%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 19–⁠6; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 30th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
106–⁠41
Coach
William Ingram
Elo
1567 +90 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.1 No. 8 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team

First team

  • Ralston “Rusty” GillFBAP-1; NEA-1; UP-1
  • Ralph StoneEAP-1; NEA-1; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1931 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1931 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC7–⁠010–⁠1
California4–⁠18–⁠2
Oregon3–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠2
Washington State4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠2–⁠17–⁠2–⁠2
Oregon State1–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠4
UCLA0–⁠33–⁠4–⁠1
Montana0–⁠51–⁠6

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.