1931 Virginia Cavaliers football team

The 1931 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1931 college football season. The Cavaliers were led by first-year head coach Fred Dawson and played their home games at the newly-constructed Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as members of the Southern Conference, finishing with a conference record of 0–5–1 and a 1–7–2 record overall.

1931 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1931 record1–7–2 (0–5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Thomas[1]
Home stadiumLambeth Field (capacity: 8,000)
Scott Stadium (capacity: 22,000)
1931 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulane $ 8 0 011 1 0
Tennessee 6 0 19 0 1
Alabama 7 1 09 1 0
Georgia 6 1 08 2 0
Maryland 4 1 18 1 1
Kentucky 4 2 25 2 2
LSU 3 2 05 4 0
South Carolina 3 3 15 4 1
Duke 3 3 15 3 2
Auburn 3 3 05 3 0
Sewanee 3 3 06 3 1
Vanderbilt 3 4 05 4 0
North Carolina 2 3 34 3 3
Washington and Lee 2 3 04 5 1
Florida 2 4 22 6 2
Georgia Tech 2 4 12 7 1
VMI 2 4 03 6 1
NC State 2 4 03 6 0
VPI 1 4 13 4 2
Clemson 1 4 01 6 2
Ole Miss 1 5 02 6 1
Virginia 0 5 12 6 1
Mississippi A&M 0 5 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 19Roanoke*W 18–0
September 26Randolph–Macon*
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
T 7–7
October 3at MarylandL 6–7
October 10Sewanee
  • Lambeth Field
  • Charlottesville, VA
L 0–3[2]
October 15VMI
L 3–18[3]
October 24at Washington and Lee
L 0–18
October 31at Harvard*L 0–19
November 7at Columbia*L 0–27
November 14VPI
  • Scott Stadium
  • Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)
T 0–0
November 26at North CarolinaL 6–13
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 119.
  2. "Jeffries' dropkick enables Sewanee to defeat Cavaliers by 3 to 0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 11, 1931. Retrieved August 12, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Keydets trounce Virginia eleven with ease, 18 to 3". Daily Press. October 16, 1931. Retrieved December 20, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "1931 Virginia Cavaliers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
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