The 1931 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented

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in the

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(Big Ten) during the

1931 college football season The 1931 college football season saw the USC Trojans win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson System, as well as the No. 1 position from each of the other three contemporary major selectors ( Boand, Dunkel, a ...

. In their second season under head coach

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, the Boilermakers compiled a 9–1 record (5–1 against Big Ten opponents), shut out six of ten opponents, suffered its sole loss to

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, tied with

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for the Big Ten championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 192 to 39. The team was recognized as national co-champion by Parke H. Davis. End

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and center

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were both recognized as first-team All-Americans. Moss received first-team honors from ''Liberty'' magazine, and Miller received the same from the

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and ''College Humor'' magazine. Five Purdue players received honors on the

1931 All-Big Ten Conference football team The 1931 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Big Ten Conference teams chosen by various selectors for the 1931 Big Ten Conference football season. All Big-Ten selections Ends * Paul Mo ...

: Paul Moss from the Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP), and captains' team (CPT); Ookie Miller (AP-2, UP-1); quarterback Paul Pardonner (UP-2); halfback Jim Purvis (CPT); and halfback Fred Hecker (AP-2, UP-2).

Schedule

Roster

* Dick Bateman, E * Gene Boswell, T * Paul Calvert, E * Hal Chasey, HB * Richard Chubb, T-C * Paul Emmons, T-C * Livy Eward, G * Don Fassler, G * Dutch Fehring, T * J. F. Hecker, HB-FB *

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, FB * John Husar, T * John Letsinger, G * Ben Merz, E *

, C * John Moore, HB *

, E * John Oehler, C * Paul Pardonner, QB *

Jim Peele James E. Peele (June 12, 1907 – October 17, 1976) was an American football player, coach of football and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University at Buffalo from 1936 to 1947, compili ...

, QB * Robert Peters, G * James Purvis, HB * Eddie Risk, HB * Ed Ross, QB * Les Sherbeck, G-C *

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, G * John White, QB *

Alex Yunevich Alexander Joseph Yunevich (December 8, 1909 – January 28, 1992) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Central State Teachers College—now known as Central Michigan University—from 1934 to ...

, FB

References

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