1931 Southern Bushmen football team

1931 Southern Bushmen football
1931 Southern Bushmen football
GCAA champion
Conference	Gulf Coast Athletic Association
Record	7–0 (3–0 GCAA)
Head coach	Brice Taylor (4th season);
	Seasons ← 1930 1932 →

Record7–0 (3–0 GCAA)

Headcoach

The 1931 Southern Bushmen football team represented Southern University as a member of the Gulf Coast Athletic Association (GCAA) during the 1931 college football season. Led by Brice Taylor in his fourth season as head coach, the Bushmen compiled a perfect overall record of 7–0, winning the GCAA title.^[1]^[2]

Prior to the season, Southern University changed its nickname from "Cats" to "Bushmen".^[3]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Campbell (MS)*	Baton Rouge, LA	W 91–0	1,500	^[4]^[5]
October 10	at Bishop*	Marshall, TX	W 6–0		^[6]
October 17	Texas College*	Baton Rouge, LA	W 38–6		^[7]
October 26	vs. Wiley*	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA	W 14–7		^[8]
November 7	at New Orleans	Xavier Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 32–0		^[9]
November 14	Straight	Baton Rouge, LA	W 51–0	3,000	^[10]
November 21	Leland	Baton Rouge, LA	W 82–0		^[11]
*Non-conference game

v t e Southern Jaguars football
Venues	A. W. Mumford Stadium (1928–present) BREC Memorial Stadium
Bowls & rivalries	Grambling State: Bayou Classic Jackson State
Culture & lore	Lacumba The Human Jukebox Marching bands brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
National championship seasons in bold

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