1931 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1931 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jackson Cannell, the Indians compiled a 5–3–1 record. Stanley Yudicky was the team captain.^[1]

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

Bill McCall was the team's leading scorer, with 90 points, from 15 touchdowns.^[2]

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Norwich	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 56–6		^[1]
October 3	Buffalo	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 61–0		^[1]
October 10	Holy Cross	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 14–7		^[1]
October 17	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 6–19	22,000	^[3]
October 24	Lebanon Valley	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	W 20–6		^[1]
October 31	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	T 33–33	35,000	^[4]
November 7	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 6–7	57,000	^[5]
November 14	Cornell	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 14–0	12,500	^[6]
November 28	vs. Stanford	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 6–32	42,000	^[7]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Season-by-Season Results: 1881-1939". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
^ "Annual Scoring Leaders (Since 1925)". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
^ McCarthy, Daniel C. (October 18, 1931). "Columbia Upsets Dartmouth, 19 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (November 1, 1931). "Dartmouth Rally Ties Yale, 33-33". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Danzig, Allison (November 8, 1931). "Harvard Defeats Dartmouth, 7 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ "Dartmouth Passes Upset Cornell, 14-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 15, 1931. p. S1.
^ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 29, 1931). "Stanford Conquers Dartmouth, 32 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.