1931 California Golden Bears football team

The 1931 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1931 college football season. Under head coach Bill Ingram, the team compiled an overall record of 8–2 and 4–1 in conference.[1][2]

1931 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record8–2 (4–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 USC $ 7 0 0 10 1 0
California 4 1 0 8 2 0
Oregon 3 1 1 6 2 2
Washington State 4 3 0 6 4 0
Washington 3 3 1 5 3 1
Stanford 2 2 1 7 2 2
Oregon State 1 3 1 6 3 1
Idaho 1 4 0 3 4 0
UCLA 0 3 0 3 4 1
Montana 0 5 0 1 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Santa Clara*W 6–2[3]
October 3Saint Mary's*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 0–1470,000[4][5]
October 10Olympic Club*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 6–0[6]
October 17vs. Washington StateW 13–712,000[7]
October 24USC
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 0–653,957[8]
October 31Nevada*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 25–6[9]
November 7Washington
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 13–030,000[10]
November 14Idaho
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 18–015,000[11]
November 21at StanfordW 6–0[12]
December 26at Georgia Tech*W 19–6[13]
  • *Non-conference game

References edit

  1. ^ "1931 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. ^ "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 162. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. ^ Ad B. Schuster (September 27, 1931). "Bears Beat Broncs: U. C. Rallies After Being Outplayed". Oakland Tribune. pp. Main 1, Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ William Leiser (October 4, 1931). "Gaels Knock Over Bears, 14 to 0: George Canrinus, Fletcher Cross Goal; Crowd of 70,000 Sees 'Slip' Madigan's Gaels Down Fighting Bear Eleven". San Francisco Examiner. pp. 9, 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Milt Phinney (October 4, 1931). "Bears Fight Hard, But Fall To Gael Attack: Ingram's Men Show Great Gameness". Oakland Tribune. pp. 15–16 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rejuvenated Bears fight hard and beat Olympic Club, 6 to 0". Oakland Tribune. October 11, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Golden Bears trim Cougars". The State. October 18, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Paul Lowry (October 25, 1931). "Trojans beat Bears, 6–0, in fierce battle". The Los Angeles Times. p. VI-a-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Golden Bears hand Nevada Wolf Pack 25–6 beating". The Fresno Morning Republican. November 1, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Huskies lose to California". The Billings Gazette. November 8, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Golden Bears defeat Idaho on home field". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 15, 1931. Retrieved June 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Bears defeat Indians, 6 to 0". Oakland Tribune. November 22, 1931. Retrieved June 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Tech loses great game to California, 19–6". The Atlanta Constitution. December 27, 1931. Retrieved June 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.