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1931 Minnesota

7–⁠3 (3–⁠2 Western Conference), coached by Fritz Crisler.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1931, game by game: won vs. Ripon 30–0; won vs. North Dakota State 13–7; won vs. Oklahoma State 20–0; lost at Stanford 0–13; won vs. Iowa 34–0; won vs. Wisconsin 14–0; lost at Northwestern 14–32; won vs. Cornell (IA) 47–7; lost at Michigan 0–6; won vs. Ohio State 19–7+40−18Won 30–0 vs. Ripon+30RiponWon 13–7 vs. North Dakota State+6North Dakota St…Won 20–0 vs. Oklahoma State+20Oklahoma StateLost 0–13 at Stanford-13StanfordWon 34–0 vs. Iowa+34IowaWon 14–0 vs. Wisconsin+14WisconsinLost 14–32 at Northwestern-18NorthwesternWon 47–7 vs. Cornell (IA)+40Cornell (IA)Lost 0–6 at Michigan-6MichiganWon 19–7 vs. Ohio State+12Ohio State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsRiponW 30–⁠090%
Sep 26vsNorth Dakota StateW 13–⁠792%
Oct 3vsOklahoma StateW 20–⁠056%
Oct 10atStanfordL 0–⁠1333%
Oct 24vsIowaW 34–⁠068%
Oct 31vsWisconsinW 14–⁠057%
Nov 7atNorthwesternL 14–⁠3229%
Nov 14vsCornell (IA)W 47–⁠792%
Nov 21atMichiganL 0–⁠635%
Nov 28vsOhio StateW 19–⁠747%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Ohio State 19–⁠7; 5th in the Western Conference.

In program history: The 57th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1931.

Consensus All-AmericanBiggie Munn, OG

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
3–⁠2 5th in Western Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
191–⁠72
Coach
Fritz Crisler
Elo
1570 +66 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.9 No. 18 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Biggie Munn
Most valuable player
Biggie Munn

All-Big Ten

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bradbury N. Robinson IIIEAP-2
  • Pat BolandOTAP-2

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

1931 Western Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Purdue5–⁠19–⁠1
Michigan5–⁠18–⁠1–⁠1
Northwestern5–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1
Ohio State4–⁠26–⁠3
Minnesota3–⁠27–⁠3
Wisconsin3–⁠35–⁠4–⁠1
Indiana1–⁠4–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1
Chicago1–⁠42–⁠6–⁠1
Iowa0–⁠3–⁠11–⁠6–⁠1
Illinois0–⁠62–⁠6

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