The 1931 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1931 college football season. In its second year under head coach Charles A. West, the team compiled an 8–1–2 record (4–0 against NCC opponents), won the program's fourth consecutive conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 278 to 60.[1]
| 1931 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football | |
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NCC champion | |
| Conference | North Central Conference |
| Record | 8–1–2 (4–0 NCC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota Agricultural | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| September 18 | Gustavus Adolphus* | W 46–0 | ||||
| September 25 | St. Olaf* |
| W 22–0 | |||
| October 2 | DePaul* |
| W 41–7 | |||
| October 10 | South Dakota |
| W 52–6 | |||
| October 17 | at South Dakota State | Brookings, SD | W 34–6 | |||
| October 24 | Oregon* |
| T 0–0 | |||
| October 31 | North Dakota Agricultural |
| W 20–12 | [2] | ||
| November 7 | at St. Thomas (MN) | Saint Paul, MN | W 36–6 | |||
| November 14 | at Morningside | Sioux City, IA | W 14–4 | |||
| November 21 | at Duquesne* | L 7–13 | ||||
| November 26 | at George Washington* | Washington, DC | T 6–6 | |||
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References
edit- ^ "2019 North Dakota Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of North Dakota. 2019. p. 176.
- ^ "Nodaks clinch conference title in defeating Bison". The Bismarck Tribune. November 2, 1931. Retrieved October 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.