1931 Tulane Green Wave football team

The 1931 Tulane Green Wave football team represented the Tulane Green Wave of Tulane University during the 1931 Southern Conference football season. The team posted an undefeated regular season, but lost in the Rose Bowl to national champion USC. It is one of the best teams in school history.[1][2]

1931 Tulane Green Wave football
SoCon champion
Rose Bowl, L 12–21 vs. USC
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1931 record11–1 (8–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle wing
CaptainJerry Dalrymple
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
(Capacity: 35,000)
1931 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Tulane $ 8 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
Tennessee 6 –0 –1  9 –0 –1
Alabama 7 –1 –0  9 –1 –0
Georgia 6 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Maryland 4 –1 –1  8 –1 –1
Kentucky 4 –2 –2  5 –2 –2
LSU 3 –2 –0  5 –4 –0
South Carolina 3 –3 –1  5 –4 –1
Duke 3 –3 –1  5 –3 –2
Auburn 3 –3 –0  5 –3 –0
Sewanee 3 –3 –0  6 –3 –1
Vanderbilt 3 –4 –0  5 –4 –0
North Carolina 2 –3 –3  4 –3 –3
Washington and Lee 2 –3 –0  4 –5 –1
Florida 2 –4 –2  2 –6 –2
Georgia Tech 2 –4 –1  2 –7 –1
VMI 2 –4 –0  3 –6 –1
NC State 2 –4 –0  3 –6 –0
VPI 1 –4 –1  3 –4 –2
Clemson 1 –4 –0  1 –6 –2
Ole Miss 1 –5 –0  2 –6 –1
Virginia 0 –5 –1  2 –6 –1
Mississippi A&M 0 –5 –0  2 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Before the season

Jerry Dalrymple was elected captain.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 26Ole Miss
W 31–0
October 3Texas A&M*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans
W 7–0
October 10at Spring Hill*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans
W 40–0
October 17at Vanderbilt
W 19–0
October 24Georgia Tech
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans
W 33–0
October 31Mississippi A&M
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans
W 59–7
November 7vs. Auburn
W 27–0
November 14at Georgia
W 20–7
November 21Sewanee
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans
W 40–0
November 28LSU
W 34–7
December 5Washington State*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans
W 28–14
January 1, 1932vs. USC*
L 12–21
  • *Non-conference game

[3]

Season summary

Ole Miss

Tulane opened the season with a 31–0 victory over Ole Miss. The starting lineup was DeColigny (left end), Cunningham (left tackle), Calhoun (left guard), Lodrigues (center), Scafide (right guard), Upton (right tackle), Dalrymple (right end), Dawson (quarterback), Glover (left halfback), Zimmerman (right halfback), Felts (fullback).[4]

Texas A&M

In the second week of play, Tulane defeated Texas A&M 7–0. The starting lineup was DeColigny (left end), Cunningham (left tackle), Calhoun (left guard), Lodrigues (center), Scafide (right guard), Upton (right tackle), Dalrymple (right end), Dawson (quarterback), Glover (left halfback), Zimmerman (right halfback), Felts (fullback).[5]

Spring Hill

The Spring Hill College Badgers lost to Tulane 40–0 .

Vanderbilt

Against Vanderbilt, Tulane won 19–0.

Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech was beaten 33–0.

Mississippi A&M

Mississippi A&M was beaten 59–7. The starting lineup was Haynes (left end), Bankston (left tackle), Scafide (left guard), Lodrigues (center), Calhoun (right guard), Upton (right tackle), Dalrymple (right end), Richardson (quarterback), Roberts (left halfback), Hodgins (right halfback), Lemmon (fullback).[6]

Auburn

Don Zimmerman eclipsed 100 yards rushing in the 27–0 defeat of Auburn. Felts scored three touchdowns.[7]

Georgia
Tulane at Georgia
1 234Total
• Tulane 7 670 20
Georgia 0 070 7

Tulane defeated the Georgia Bulldogs 20–7. Tulane scored first on a 33-yard pass from Zimmerman to Vernon Haynes.[8] Nollie Felts plunged in from the 1-yard line for the next touchdown.[8] A pass from Georgia's Homey Key to Buster Mott netted 60 yards and a touchdown.[8] After a botched punt, a double pass play led to Payne sprinting around left end for Tulane's final score.[8]

Sewanee

Tulane shut out the Sewanee Tigers 40–0 .

LSU

Tulane defeated rival LSU 34–7. The starting lineup was Haynes (left end), DeColigny (left tackle), Scafide (left guard), Lodrigues (center), McCormick (right guard), Upton (right tackle), Dalrymple (right end), Dawson (quarterback), Zimmerman (left halfback), Glover (right halfback), Felts (fullback).[9]

Washington State

Tulane had an intersectional victory to close the regular season, over Washington State 28–14 .

Postseason

Rose Bowl
Southern Cal vs. Tulane
1 234Total
• USC 0 7140 21
Tulane 0 066 12

Tulane lost in the Rose Bowl to Southern California by a 21–12 score. The Trojans had six All-Americans in their lineup: tackle Ernie Smith, guards Johnny Baker and Aaron "Rosy" Rosenberg, halfback Erny Pinckert and quarterbacks Orville Mohler and Gaius Shaver.[10]

Down 21 to 0 in the third quarter, Zimmerman led a running attack which ended with a 6-yard pass to Haynes for the score. Tulane's other score was a run by "Wop" Glover set up by 11 and 15 yard passes from Zimmerman to Jerry Dalrymple.[11] Tulane still managed a Rose Bowl record for yardage gained.[12]

Awards and honors

One article which attempts to retroactively name Heisman Trophy winners before 1936 named Dalrymple as the recipient for 1931.[13] He was the season's only unanimous All-American; and is still the only unanimous All-American in school history.

Felts was elected next year's captain. [14]

Players

Line
Light jersey
number		 Dark jersey
number		 Player Position Games
started		 Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
4173Thomas CunninghamtacklePine Bluff, Arkansas220
3355Jerry DalrympleendArkadelphia, ArkansasOuachita Junior College5'10"178
3557Calvert DeColignyendNew Orleans185
2440William DraweendNew Orleans170
3870William FeatherngilltackleIndependence, Kansas200
1962Vernon HaynesendArkansas City, Arkansas170
3974Doyless HillcenterSand Springs, Oklahoma200
3054Winnie LodriguescenterPatterson180
2046Doyle MageeendFranklinton175
3453John McCormickguardMonroe171
2347William PenneyguardGuatemala City, C. A.180
3659John ReadcenterPicayune, Mississippi195
4272John ScafideguardBay St. Louis, MississippiSt. Stanislaus College6'0"210
4366Claggert UptontackleNew Orleans206
3164Sam ZemurraytackleNew Orleans195

Backfield
Light jersey
number		 Dark jersey
number		 Player Position Games
started		 Hometown Prep school Height Weight Age
2643Red DawsonquarterbackRiver Falls, Wisconsin165
3763Nollie FeltsfullbackHattiesburg, MississippiSouthern Miss185
1038Wop GloverhalfbackBay St. Louis, MississippiSt. Stanislaus College165
1239George HaikhalfbackBogalusa165
2741James HodginshalfbackShreveport165
1760Harold LemmonfullbackPatterson186
2952Francis PaynefullbackWinterville, Mississippi175
1449Will Pat RichardsonquarterbackPonchatoula165
2542Edward TschirnhalfbackNew Orleans165
1844Don ZimmermanhalfbackLake Charles5'11"176

References
  1. "Year-By-Year Summaries (1930s) – TulaneGreenWave.com – Tulane Athletics".
  2. "Rose Bowl-Bound - Louisiana Life - September-October 2011 - New Orleans, LA".
  3. "1931 Tulane Green Wave Schedule and Results - College Football at Sports-Reference.com".
  4. "Tulane University Football Program-The Greenie; Tulane vs. Ole Miss :: Tulane University Football Programs". Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  5. "Tulane University Football Program-The Greenie; Tulane vs. Texas A.&M. :: Tulane University Football Programs". Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "The Scourge of Dixie" (PDF). College Football Historical Society. 9 (1). November 1995. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  8. http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv03/CFHSNv03n3c.pdf
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2017-01-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. Rose Bowl Game Timeline Archived 2008-05-20 at the Wayback Machine, Pasadena Tournament of Roses
  11. "The Scourge of Dixie" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04.
  12. Dixon, Dave. The Saints, Superdome, and the Scandal. Pelican Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 1455611565.
  13. Mike Beacom. "Who would have won the Heisman from 1900-1934".
  14. "Tulane Conducts Probe of Felts". The Evening Independent. October 4, 1932. p. 6.
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