1931 Saint Mary's Gaels football team

The 1931 Saint Mary's Gaels football team was an American football team that represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 1931 college football season. In their 11th season under head coach Slip Madigan, the Gaels compiled an 8–2 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 119 to 65. The Gaels' victories included a 13–7 besting of USC, a 14–0 besting of California, a 16–0 victory over Oregon, and a 7–2 victory over Southwest Conference champion SMU. The lone setbacks were losses to the Olympic Club (0–10) and UCLA (0–12).[1][2]

1931 Saint Mary's Gaels football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumKezar Stadium
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Western college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Mount St. Charles  600
No. 5 Saint Mary's  820
Loyola (CA)  721
San Diego Marines  640
Hawaii  321
Santa Clara  541
San Francisco  442
San Francisco State  233
Gonzaga  340
Humboldt State  121
Columbia (OR)  250
Rankings from Dickinson System

Halfback Bud Toscani and guard Bill Fisher were selected by both the Associated Press and the United Press as first-team players on the 1931 All-Pacific Coast football team.[3][4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at USCW 13–770,000[5]
October 3at CaliforniaW 14–070,000[6][7]
October 11West Coast ArmyW 21–730,000[8]
October 17San Francisco
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 14–650,000[9]
October 25Gonzaga
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 13–77,000[10][11]
November 1Santa Clara
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 21–1455,000[12]
November 8Olympic Club
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
L 0–1025,000[13]
November 11at UCLA
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–1250,000[14]
November 26Oregon
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA (rivalry)
W 16–020,000[15][16]
December 5SMU
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 7–250,000[17]

References