1931 Eureka Red Devils football team
| 1931 Eureka Red Devils football | |
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| Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 3–4–1 (2–4–1 IIAC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Bud Cole |
| Home stadium | McKenzie Field |
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Monmouth (IL) $
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5 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Millikin
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Bradley
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| Augustana (IL) | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Viator
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5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Central
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4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carthage
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3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elmhurst
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3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Knox (IL)
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Illinois Wesleyan
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3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McKendree
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| Eastern Illinois | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mount Morris
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1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eureka | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shurtleff
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| Western Illinois | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois College
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Illinois State Normal
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| Lake Forest | 0 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wheaton (IL)
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The 1931 Eureka Red Devils football team was an American football team that represented Eureka College in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1931 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Ralph McKinzie, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record, 2–4–1 against conference opponents.[1]
Quarterback Enos Miller "Bud" Cole was the team captain.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| October 3 | Culver–Stockton* |
| W 42–14 | [3] | ||
| October 10 | Western Illinois |
| W 13–6 | [4] | ||
| October 17 | at Elmhurst |
| L 0–4 | [5] | ||
| October 23 | at Illinois State | Normal, IL | W 12–0 | [6] | ||
| October 31 | Illinois Wesleyan  |
| L 0–19 | [7] | ||
| November 7 | at Carthage | Carthage, IL | L 7–12 | [8] | ||
| November 14 | Mount Morris |
| T 0–0 | [9] | ||
| November 21 | at Illinois College | Jacksonville, IL | L 0–12 | [10] | ||
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Roster
- Livengood - quarterback
- Wilson - halfback
- Enos Miller "Bud" Cole - quarterback, halfback, and captain
- Johann - fullback
- Baker - back
- Fletcher Shobe - halfback
- Olson/Olsen - halfback, quarterback, fullback
- Livey - halfback
- Baker - halfback
- Franklin Burghardt - center
- Ronald Reagan - guard
- Wilfred A. "Tubby" Muller - guard[11]
- Slater - guard
- James L. Conlee - tackle
- Ray Holmes - tackle
- Jim Rattan - tackle
- Henry Sand - end
- Dixon - end
- Elmer E. "Knute" Fischer - end[12]
- Smith - end
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan, who later served as the 40th President of the United States, was a member of the team. Coach McKinzie recalled Reagan as "just a fellow who wanted to play football but didn't have too much talent."[13] Reagan became a starter at the guard position as a junior in 1930 and remained a starter as a senior in 1931. McKinzie added: "He had determination, oh yes. He was a team player, very definitely."[13]
In his biography of Reagan, Edmund Morris wrote that "he remained a slow, half-blind, yet fanatically dedicated player through the end of his last season. He prayed before every game, then walked onto the grid scared enough to piss himself His bladder eased as soon as play began, and for the next hour he would hurl himself at bigger bodies without flinching."[14]
Reagan also served as captain and coach of the school's swim team during his senior year.
Reagan-Burghardt relationship
In Reagan's 1986 autobiography, Where's the Rest of Me?, he told a story about a racist player on an opposing team who was "filled with hatred and prejudice" and "played dirty" while targeting Burghardt. Though Burghardt was injured, he refused to play dirty and astounded the other team with his strength and skill. At the end of the game, the defeated player turned around to shake Burghardt's hand, telling him he was the greatest human being he had ever met. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1986, President Reagan shared the same story at a school in Washington, D.C.[18] Reagan and Burghardt remained friends, many decades later.[19][20]
References
- ^ "2013 Eureka College Football Media Guide". 2013. p. 79. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
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- ^ "Elmer Fischer obituary". The Rock Island Dispatch-Argus. December 1, 2000.
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- ISBN 0375756450.
- ^ "A personal anecdote in defense of Ronald Reagan". The Star-Democrat. Easton, Maryland. November 30, 2010. p. 4.
- ISBN 9780143110590.
- ^ Edmund Morris, Dutch, p. 89.
- ^ "Reagan lauds King in speech at black school". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. January 16, 1986. p. 3. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ Allen, Henry (May 10, 1981). "Reagan, black college pal have kept in touch". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Reagan and Race". August 2019.