1931 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1931 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–3 (3–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPClarence Munn
CaptainClarence Munn
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Purdue + 5 1 0 9 1 0
Michigan + 5 1 0 8 1 1
No. 4 Northwestern + 5 1 0 7 1 1
Ohio State 4 2 0 6 3 0
Minnesota 3 2 0 7 3 0
Wisconsin 3 3 0 5 4 1
Indiana 1 4 1 2 5 1
Chicago 1 4 0 2 6 1
Iowa 0 3 1 1 6 1
Illinois 0 6 0 2 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1931 college football season. In their second year under head coach Fritz Crisler, the Golden Gophers compiled a 7–3 record, shut out four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 191 to 72.[1]

Guard Clarence Munn was selected as the team's Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive year.[2] Munn was also a consensus first-team player on the 1931 College Football All-America Team.[3] Munn also received Chicago Tribune Silver Football, awarded to the most valuable player in the Big Ten Conference.[4]

Two Golden Gophers received first-team honors on the 1931 All-Big Ten Conference football team. Munn and fullback Jack Manders both received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press (UP).[5][6]

Total attendance for the season was 115,631, which averaged to 23,126. The season high for attendance was against rival Wisconsin.[7]

  1. ^ "1931 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  4. ^ "Clarence Munn Wins Valuable Player Award". Burlington Hawk-Eye. December 27, 1931. p. 11.
  5. ^ Paul Mickelson (November 24, 1931). "Northwestern Places Five Players on Two All-Western Elevens". The Independent. St. Petersburg, Florida. AP. p. 4A.
  6. ^ George Kirksey (November 24, 1931). "United Press All Big Ten Selections for 1931". The Indiana Gazette. Indiana, Pennsylvania. p. 10.
  7. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]