1931 Saint Mary’s (CA)

8–⁠2, coached by Slip Madigan.

Schedule and results

Saint Mary’s (CA) in 1931, game by game: won at USC 13–7; won at California 14–0; won vs. West Coast Army 21–7; won at San Francisco 14–6; won vs. Gonzaga 13–7; won at Santa Clara 21–14; lost vs. Olympic Club 0–10; lost at UCLA 0–12; won vs. Oregon 16–0; won vs. SMU 7–2+16−12Won 13–7 at USC+6USCWon 14–0 at California+14CaliforniaWon 21–7 vs. West Coast Army+14West Coast ArmyWon 14–6 at San Francisco+8San FranciscoWon 13–7 vs. Gonzaga+6GonzagaWon 21–14 at Santa Clara+7Santa ClaraLost 0–10 vs. Olympic Club-10Olympic ClubLost 0–12 at UCLA-12UCLAWon 16–0 vs. Oregon+16OregonWon 7–2 vs. SMU+5SMU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat SMU 7–⁠2.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 37 on file).

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
119–⁠65
Coach
Slip Madigan
Elo
1540 +61 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
24.2 No. 3 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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All-Pacific Coast

2 first team

First team

  • Bud ToscaniRBAP-1; UP-1
  • Bill FisherOGAP-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).