1931 Wilberforce Green Wave football team

1931 Wilberforce Green Wave football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
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 Wilberforce Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Wilberforce College (now known as Wilberforce University) during the 1931 college football season.[1] Led by head coach Harry C. Graves and assistant coach Corrothers, the team was recognized as the 1931 black college national champion. The team compiled an undefeated, untied 8–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 201 to 30. The team secured its claim to the black college championship with its victory over Tuskegee on October 24. Tuskegee had been undefeated in 35 previous starts.[2]

Key players included ends Ike Robinson and Pete Fouler.[2]

  1. ^ "Wilberforce Primed For Opening Game". The Pittsburgh Courier. October 3, 1931. p. 15.
  2. ^ a b "Wilberforce Team Unbeaten, Untied". New York Daily News. December 6, 1931. p. 65C – via Newspapers.com.