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1931 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

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1931 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Eastern college football independents records
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

The 1931 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1931 college football season. Led by 17th-year head coach Walter Steffen, the Tartans compiled a record of 3–5–1.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at BuffaloBuffalo, NYW 25–0
October 3at Washington & Jefferson
L 7–10
October 10at Georgia TechW 13–0[2]
October 24PurdueL 6–13[3]
October 31Notre Dame
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–1942,271[4]
November 7at Pittsburgh
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 6–1425,000[5]
November 14TempleW 19–1318,000
November 26at NYUL 6–725,000[6]
December 5DuquesnePittsburgh, PAT 0–050,000[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "1931 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "Carnegie Tech beats Georgia Tech, 13 to 0". The Los Angeles Times. October 11, 1931. Retrieved June 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Purdue trims Carnegie, 13–6". The Muncie Sunday Star. October 25, 1931. Retrieved June 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Smith, Chester L. (November 1, 1931). "52,000 see Notre Dame beat Tech". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1.
  5. ^ Smith, Chester L. (November 8, 1931). "Paul Reider Scores Twice For Victors". The Pittsburgh Press. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "N.Y.U. rallies to beat Tech, 7 to 6". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 27, 1931. p. 18. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Smith, Chester L. (December 6, 1931). "Duquesne Ties Carnegie Tech, 0 To 0". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 19. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ Smith, Chester L. (December 6, 1931). "Tech-Duke (continued)". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 20. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.