1931 Temple Owls football team

The 1931 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Heinie Miller, the team compiled a 8–1–1 record.^[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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Mount St. Mary's	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 33–0
October 2	Albright	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 19–7
October 10	Penn State	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 12–0	20,000
October 16	Bucknell	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	T 0–0		^[2]
October 23	Haskell	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 6–0	30,000	^[3]
October 30	Washington & Jefferson	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 6–3	15,000
November 7	Villanova	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 13–7
November 14	Carnegie Tech	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 13–19	18,000
November 21	at Denver	DU Stadium Denver, CO	W 18–0	< 1,500	^[4]
November 28	vs. Missouri	Muehlebach Field Kansas City, MO	W 38–6		^[5]

^ "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 128. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
^ "Bison And Owl Fail To Score". The Wilkes-Barre Record. October 17, 1931. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Stan Baumgartner (October 24, 1931). "65-Yard Run Back of Kick Gives Owls 6-0 Win Over Indians Before 30,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Temple turns back Denver". Allentown Morning Call. November 22, 1931. Retrieved June 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Romp on Tigers, A great Temple U, eleven passes, smashes and runs to 38 to 6 triumph". The Kansas City Star. November 29, 1931. Retrieved June 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.