1931 Maryville Bearcats football team
College football season
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The 1931 Maryville Bearcats football team, also known as the Northwest Missouri State Teachers Bearcats, was an American football team that represented Northwest Missouri State Teachers College (later renamed as Northwest Missouri State University) at Maryville, Missouri, as a member of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1931 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Earl A. Davis, the Bearcats compiled a perfect 9â0 record (4â0 against MIAA opponents), won the MIAA championship, shut out eight of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 190 to 6.[1]
| 1931 Maryville Bearcats football | |
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MIAA champion | |
| Conference | Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 9â0 (4â0 MIAA) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryville (MO) $ | 4 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kirksville | 2 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Springfield (MO) | 2 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warrensburg | 1 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 8 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cape Girardeau | 0 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 8 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team was led on offense by fullback/halfback H. Fisher, a triple-threat man who was described as a "[p]unter supreme, passer with few equals, pass receiver extraordinary and ball carrier par excellence."[2]
Five Bearcat players were selected as first-team players on the MIAA all-star team selected by the Associated Press with the aid of conference coaches. The five first-team honorees were: Fischer at halfback; Robert Hodge at end; Mack Ruth at center; Robert Dowell at tackle; and Walter Dowell at guard. Quarterback Ryland Milner was named to the second team as was end Wilbur Stalcup, fullback Ted Hodgkinson, and tackle Chris Hedge.[3] Milner later served as the school's head football coach from 1937 to 1957.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| September 25 | Peru State* | Maryville, MO | W 12â6 | [5] | ||
| October 9 | Springfield (MO) | Maryville, MO | W 7â0 | [6] | ||
| October 16 | at Cape Girardeau | Cape Girardeau, MO | W 38â0 | [7] | ||
| October 23 | Rolla* | Maryville, MO | W 6â0 | [8] | ||
| October 30 | Missouri "B" team* | Maryville, MO | W 28â0 | |||
| November 6 | at Tarkio* | Tarkio, MO | W 26â0 | [9] | ||
| November 11 | Kirksville | Maryville, MO | W 7â0 | [10][11] | ||
| November 19 | at St. Benedict's* | Atchison, KS | W 54â0 | [12] | ||
| November 26 | Warrensburg | Maryville, MO | W 12â0 | [13] | ||
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