1931 Saint Mary's Gaels football team

1931 Saint Mary's Gaels football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumKezar Stadium
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mount St. Charles     6 0 0
No. 5 Saint Mary's     8 2 0
Loyola (CA)     7 2 1
San Diego Marines     6 4 0
Hawaii     3 2 1
Santa Clara     5 4 1
San Francisco     4 4 2
San Francisco State     2 3 3
Gonzaga     3 4 0
Humboldt State     1 2 1
Columbia (OR)     2 5 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Saint Mary's Gaels football team was an American football team that represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 1931 college football season. In their 11th season under head coach Slip Madigan, the Gaels compiled an 8–2 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 119 to 65. The Gaels' victories included a 13–7 besting of USC, a 14–0 besting of California, a 16–0 victory over Oregon, and a 7–2 victory over Southwest Conference champion SMU. The lone setbacks were losses to the Olympic Club (0–10) and UCLA (0–12).[1][2]

Halfback Bud Toscani and guard Bill Fisher were selected by both the Associated Press and the United Press as first-team players on the 1931 All-Pacific Coast football team.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Saint Mary's Yearly Results (1930–1934)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1931 Saint Mary's (CA) Gaels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Trojans Place Five Men on All-Pacific Coast Eleven". The Monroe (LA) News-Star. December 3, 1931. p. 7.
  4. ^ "Southern California Places Five on All-Coast Team". Ames (Iowa) Daily Tribune-Times. December 3, 1931. p. 6.