Английская Википедия:1931 Tulane Green Wave football team

Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox college sports team season Шаблон:1931 Southern Conference football standings The 1931 Tulane Green Wave football team represented 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]

Before the season

Jerry Dalrymple was elected captain.

Schedule

Шаблон:CFB schedule^[3]

Game summaries

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

Шаблон:AFB game box start Шаблон:AFB game box end 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 . Dahlen scored the first touchdown. After starting on the bench, Dalrymple rallied the team when he entered the game. A pass from Zimmerman to Haynes got the first touchdown, with Haynes tackled by Sander at the goal line.^[10]

In the second quarter, Zimmerman connected with Dawson for a long pass, pushed out of bounds at the 6-yard line. Glover then got a touchdown on a double lateral pass play, scoring with two tacklers around his neck.^[10] After a Zimmerman interception and 30-yard return, another Zimmerman to Haynes pass got another touchdown.^[10]

After a blocked punt and then a fumble by Tulane on the next drive, Washington State was in scoring distance, with Schroeder scoring on a line plunge. At the start of the fourth quarter, Dalrymple caught 25-yard touchdown despite being covered.^[10]

Postseason

Rose Bowl

Шаблон:AFB game box start Шаблон:AFB game box end 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.^[11]

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.^[12] Tulane still managed a Rose Bowl record for yardage gained.^[13]

Awards and honors

One article which attempts to retroactively name Heisman Trophy winners before 1936 named Dalrymple as the recipient for 1931.^[14] 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. ^[15]

Players

Line

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41	73	Thomas Cunningham	tackle	Pine Bluff, Arkansas			220
33	55	Jerry Dalrymple	end	Arkadelphia, Arkansas	Ouachita Junior College	5'10"	178
35	57	Calvert DeColigny	end	New Orleans			185
24	40	William Drawe	end	New Orleans			170
38	70	William Featherngill	tackle	Independence, Kansas			200
19	62	Vernon Haynes	end	Arkansas City, Arkansas			170
39	74	Doyless Hill	center	Sand Springs, Oklahoma			200
30	54	Winnie Lodrigues	center	Patterson			180
20	46	Doyle Magee	end	Franklinton			175
34	53	John McCormick	guard	Monroe			171
23	47	William Penney	guard	Guatemala City, C. A.			180
36	59	John Read	center	Picayune, Mississippi			195
42	72	John Scafide	guard	Bay St. Louis, Mississippi	Saint Stanislaus College	6'0"	210
43	66	Claggert Upton	tackle	New Orleans			206
31	64	Sam Zemurray	tackle	New Orleans			195

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