1931 Temple Owls football team

1931 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1–1
Head coach
CaptainJoseph Bannak
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
1931 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell     6 0 3
Colgate     8 1 0
No. 9 Pittsburgh     8 1 0
Cornell     7 1 0
Drexel     7 1 0
No. 7 Harvard     7 1 0
    8 1 1
Columbia     7 1 1
Massachusetts State     7 1 1
Syracuse     7 1 1
Fordham     6 1 2
No. 8 Yale     5 1 2
Army     8 2 1
Franklin & Marshall     6 2 0
Manhattan     4 2 1
Brown     7 3 0
Providence     7 3 0
Penn     6 3 0
NYU     6 3 1
Boston College     6 4 0
Washington & Jefferson     6 4 0
Tufts     3 2 2
Villanova     4 3 2
La Salle     4 4 0
Duquesne     3 5 3
Carnegie Tech     3 5 1
St. John's     3 5 1
CCNY     2 5 1
Boston University     2 7 0
Penn State     2 8 0
Princeton     1 7 0
Vermont     1 8 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Heinie Miller, the Owls compiled an 8–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 158 to 42. They shut out Mount St. Mary's (33–0), Penn State (12–0), Bucknell (0–0), Haskell (6–0), and Denver (18–0), defeated Missouri (38–6), and sustained their only loss in a close game with Carnegie Tech (19–13).[1]

The team's assistant coaches were Bert Bell, who later served as commissioner of the NFL, and Ox DaGrosa.[2] Regular players included fullbacks Corny Bonner and Jack Driebe, halfbacks Lorne Johnson, Chris Zahnow, Jack Reynolds, and Alex Kilkuskie, quarterback Leon Whittock, ends Jack Geston and Len Gudd, tackles Karl Klinger and Jimmy Roraspaugh, guards Bill Pulley and Ed Smith, center "Bull" Lipski. Guard Joe Bannak was the team captain.[2]

The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Mount St. Mary'sW 33–0
October 2Albright
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–7
October 10Penn State
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–020,000[3]
October 16Bucknell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 0–0[4]
October 23Haskell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–030,000[5]
October 30Washington & Jefferson
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–315,000[6]
November 7Villanova
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–730,000[7]
November 14Carnegie Tech
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 13–1918,000[8]
November 21at DenverW 18–0< 1,500[9]
November 28vs. MissouriW 38–6[10]
  • Homecoming

References

  1. ^ "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 128. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Temple Plans Big Welcome For Owls". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 30, 1931. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Temple Machine Grinds Up State, 12-0: Lions Battle Fiercely, But Owls Conquer". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 11, 1931. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Bison And Owl Fail To Score". The Wilkes-Barre Record. October 17, 1931. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Stan Baumgartner (October 24, 1931). "65-Yard Run Back of Kick Gives Owls 6-0 Win Over Indians Before 30,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ James C. Isaminger (October 31, 1931). "Temple Defeats W. and J., 6-3, Continuing Unbeaten Before 15,000 Spectators: Driebe Crosses and Owl Gridsters Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Stan Baumgartner (November 8, 1931). "30,000 See Temple Beat Villanova First Time in History by 13 to 7 Tally". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ James C. Isaminger (November 15, 1931). "Temple Bows to Carnegie Tech: Owls Flare in Last Half, but Carnegie Wins". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Temple turns back Denver". Allentown Morning Call. November 22, 1931. Retrieved June 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Romp on Tigers, A great Temple U, eleven passes, smashes and runs to 38 to 6 triumph". The Kansas City Star. November 29, 1931. Retrieved June 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.