1931 college football season
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The 1931 college football season saw the USC Trojans win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson System, as well as the No. 1 position from each of the other three contemporary major selectors (Boand, Dunkel, and Houlgate Systems).[1] Rockne, who had coached Notre Dame to a championship in 1930, had been killed in a plane crash on March 31, 1931. For the first time, the champion under the Dickinson System also played in a postseason game. The 1932 Rose Bowl, promoted as a national championship game between the best teams of East and West,[2] matched USC and Tulane, No. 1 and No. 2 in the Dickinson ratings. USC won, 21–12, and was awarded the Albert Russel Erskine Trophy.[2]
1931 college football season | ||||
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Number of bowls | 1 | |||
Bowl games | January 1, 1932 | |||
Champion(s) | USC Pittsburgh | |||
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Two years later, historian Parke H. Davis selected Pittsburgh and Purdue (No. 9 and No. 10 in the Dickinson ratings) as "National Champion Foot Ball Teams" for 1931; he was the only NCAA-designated "major selector" to choose either team.[3] Davis’ work has been criticized for having a heavy Eastern bias, with little regard for the South and the West Coast.[4] Pittsburgh claims a 1931 national championship on this basis, while Purdue does not.[5]