1931 Michigan State Spartans football team

American college football season

1931 Michigan State Spartans football

Conference| Independent
Record| 5–3–1
Head coach|

* Jim Crowley (3rd season)

MVP| Abe Eliowitz
Captain| Milton C. Gross
Home stadium| College Field

Seasons

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1932 ->

1931 Midwestern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Wilberforce |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
Marquette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Saint Louis |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Detroit |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Western State Teachers (MI) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 11 Notre Dame |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
DePaul |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Michigan State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Haskell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Michigan Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
Michigan State Normal |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1
Central State (MI) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
John Carroll |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 2
Wittenberg |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 3
Kent State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Crowley, the Spartans compiled a 5–3–1 record and played to a scoreless tie in their annual rivalry game with Michigan. In inter-sectional play, the team defeated Georgetown (6-0) and lost to Army (20-7) and Syracuse (15-7). In one of the most one-sided games in Michigan State history, the Spartans also defeated Ripon College on November 7, 1931, by a 100 to 0 score.[1][2]

Quarterback Bob Monnett was selected by the Central Press Association as a first-team player on the 1931 College Football All-America Team.[3]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 26| Alma|

* College Field
* East Lansing, MI

| W 74–0| |
October 3| Cornell (IA)|

* College Field
* East Lansing, MI

| W 47–0| |
October 10| at Army|

* Michie Stadium
* West Point, NY

| L 7–20| |
October 17| Illinois Wesleyan|

* College Field
* East Lansing, MI

| W 34–6| |
October 24| Georgetown|

* College Field
* East Lansing, MI

| W 6–0| |
October 31| Syracuse|

* College Field
* East Lansing, MI

| L 10–15| 15,000|
November 7| Ripon|

* College Field
* East Lansing, MI

| W 100–0| |
November 14| at Michigan|

* Michigan Stadium
* Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)

| T 0–0| 35,844|
November 21| at Detroit|

* University of Detroit Stadium
* Detroit, MI

| L 13–20| 19,000| [4]

* Homecoming

## Game summaries

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### Michigan

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Week 7: Michigan State at Michigan |  | 1 | 2| 3| 4| Total

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Michigan State | 0 | 0| 0| 0 | 0
Michigan | 0 | 0| 0| 0 | 0

* Date: November 14, 1931
* Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI

On November 14, 1931, the Spartans played the Michigan Wolverines to a scoreless tie at Michigan Stadium.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 142, 148. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
2. ^ "1931 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
3. ^ Bitt, Bill (December 9, 1931). "Real 1931 All-American Team Selected by College Captains". The Evening Independent (Massillon, Ohio).
4. ^ W. W. Edgar (November 22, 1931). "Titans Wear Down Iron Men and Win". Detroit Free Press. p. Sports 1 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Charles Bartlett (November 15, 1931). "Michigan State and Michigan Play 0 to 0 Tie". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.

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Michigan State Spartans football

Venues|

* Old College Field (1902–1922)
* Spartan Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

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* Michigan
* Notre Dame
* Penn State

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* Marching band
* Zeke the Wonder Dog
* 1966 "Game of the Century"
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* 2006 Northwestern game
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