1931 Clemson Tigers football team

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1931 Clemson Tigers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record1–6–2 (1–4 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainA. D. Fordham
Home stadiumRiggs Field
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Tulane $ 8 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 3 Tennessee 6 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
Alabama 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
No. 6 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
South Carolina 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Duke 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 2
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
Florida 2 – 4 – 2 2 – 6 – 2
Georgia Tech 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
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
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Clemson Tigers football team was an

Clemson College in the Southern Conference during the 1931 college football season. In their first season under head coach Jess Neely, the Tigers compiled a 1–6–2 record (1–4 against conference opponents), finished 20th in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 164 to 19.[1][2] D. Fordham was the team captain.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Presbyterian*
T 0–0[4]
October 3at
Shields–Watkins Field
  • Knoxville, TN
    		• L 0–44[5]
    October 10vs. NC State
    		W 6–05,000[6]
    October 16vs. The Citadel*
    		L 0–6[7]
    October 22at South Carolina
    		L 0–2115,000[8]
    October 31Oglethorpe*
    • Riggs Field
    • Clemson, SC
    		L 0–12[9]
    November 7vs. VMI
    		L 6–7[10]
    November 14at Alabama
    		L 7–74[11]
    November 26at Furman*
    		T 0–0[12]
    • *Non-conference game

    References

    1. ^ "Clemson 1960 Football Media Guide". Clemson University. 1960. pp. 15, 47.
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