1931 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1931 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In its first season under head coach Eddie Casey, Harvard compiled a 7–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 149 to 29. Barry Wood was the team captain.^[1][2] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

1931 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–1
Head coach	Eddie Casey (1st season)
Captain	Barry Wood
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Seasons ← 1930 1932 →

1931 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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
Temple			–					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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Bates	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 28–0
October 10	New Hampshire	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 35–0	20,000	[3][4][5]
October 17	at Army	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 14–13
October 24	Texas	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 35–7		[6]
October 31	Virginia	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 19–0		[7]
November 7	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 7–6	57,000	[8]
November 14	Holy Cross	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 7–0
November 21	Yale	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–3	58,000	[9]

References

1. "1931 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
3. "Harvard Leads New Hampshire, 32-0". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
4. "Harvard-New Hampshire". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1931. p. 7. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
5. "Harvard Trounces New Hampshire By 39 To 0 Margin". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. AP. October 11, 1931. p. 37. Retrieved January 28, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
6. "Barry Wood pilots powerful Crimson eleven to 35 to 7 triumph over Longhorns". The Hartford Courant. October 25, 1931. Retrieved June 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Harvard subs hand Virginia 19–0 setback". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 1, 1931. Retrieved June 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Danzig, Allison (November 8, 1931). "Harvard Defeats Dartmouth, 7 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. Grantland Rice (November 22, 1931). "Yale Beats Harvard 3-0: Booth's Goal From Field Blue Margin". The Hartford Courant. pp. I-1, IV-3 – via Newspapers.com.