1931 Temple Owls football team

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The 1931 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Heinie Miller, the Owls compiled an 8–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 158 to 42. They shut out Mount St. Mary's (33–0), Penn State (12–0), Bucknell (0–0), Haskell (6–0), and Denver (18–0), defeated Missouri (38–6), and sustained their only loss in a close game with Carnegie Tech (19–13).[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1–1
Headcoach
CaptainJoseph Bannak
Quick facts Temple Owls football, Conference ...
1931 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1–1
Head coach
CaptainJoseph Bannak
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
Seasons
← 1930
1932 â†’
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1931 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell â€“ 6–0–3
Colgate â€“ 8–1–0
No. 9 Pittsburgh â€“ 8–1–0
Cornell â€“ 7–1–0
Drexel â€“ 7–1–0
No. 7 Harvard â€“ 7–1–0
Temple â€“ 8–1–1
Columbia â€“ 7–1–1
Massachusetts State â€“ 7–1–1
Syracuse â€“ 7–1–1
Fordham â€“ 6–1–2
No. 8 Yale â€“ 5–1–2
Army â€“ 8–2–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 6–2–0
Manhattan â€“ 4–2–1
Brown â€“ 7–3–0
Providence â€“ 7–3–0
Penn â€“ 6–3–0
NYU â€“ 6–3–1
Boston College â€“ 6–4–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 6–4–0
Tufts â€“ 3–2–2
Villanova â€“ 4–3–2
La Salle â€“ 4–4–0
Duquesne â€“ 3–5–3
Carnegie Tech â€“ 3–5–1
St. John's â€“ 3–5–1
CCNY â€“ 2–5–1
Boston University â€“ 2–7–0
Penn State â€“ 2–8–0
Princeton â€“ 1–7–0
Vermont â€“ 1–8–0
Rankings from Dickinson System
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The team's assistant coaches were Bert Bell, who later served as commissioner of the NFL, and Ox DaGrosa.[2] Regular players included fullbacks Corny Bonner and Jack Driebe, halfbacks Lorne Johnson, Chris Zahnow, Jack Reynolds, and Alex Kilkuskie, quarterback Leon Whittock, ends Jack Geston and Len Gudd, tackles Karl Klinger and Jimmy Roraspaugh, guards Bill Pulley and Ed Smith, center "Bull" Lipski. Guard Joe Bannak was the team captain.[2]

The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Mount St. Mary'sW 33–0
October 2Albright
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–7
October 10Penn State
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–020,000[3]
October 16Bucknell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 0–0[4]
October 23Haskell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–030,000[5]
October 30Washington & Jefferson
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 6–315,000[6]
November 7Villanova
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–730,000[7]
November 14Carnegie Techdagger
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 13–1918,000[8]
November 21at DenverW 18–0< 1,500[9]
November 28vs. MissouriW 38–6[10]
  • daggerHomecoming
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