1931 Florida Gators football team

1931 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southern Conference
1931 record	2–6–2 (2–4–2 15th SoCon)
Head coach	Charlie Bachman
Offensive scheme	Notre Dame Box
Captain	Ed N. Parnell
Home stadium	Florida Field
Uniform
Seasons ← 1930 1932 →

1931 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tulane $	8	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Tennessee	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
Alabama	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Georgia	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Maryland	4	–	1	–	1			8	–	1	–	1
Kentucky	4	–	2	–	2			5	–	2	–	2
LSU	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Duke	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Auburn	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Sewanee	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Vanderbilt	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
North Carolina	2	–	3	–	3			4	–	3	–	3
Washington and Lee	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Georgia Tech	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
Florida	2	–	4	–	2			2	–	6	–	2
VMI	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
NC State	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
VPI	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	4	–	2
Clemson	1	–	4	–	0			1	–	6	–	2
Ole Miss	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Virginia	0	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Mississippi A&M	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

1 2 3 4 Total UNC 0 0 0 0 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 0 Date: October 10 Location: Florida Field Gainesville, FL Game attendance: 8,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total Auburn 0 6 0 6 12 • Florida 6 0 0 7 13 Date: October 24 Location: Fairfield Stadium Jacksonville, FL Game attendance: 15,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total Florida 0 0 0 0 0 • Alabama 0 14 14 13 41 Date: November 7 Location: Legion Field Birmingham, AL Game attendance: 7,000 Source:

1 2 3 4 Total S. Carolina 0 0 0 6 6 Florida 0 6 0 0 6 Date: November 14 Location: Plant Field Tampa, FL Referee: Darwin (Virginia) Source:

1 2 3 4 Total Florida 0 0 0 0 0 • Ga. Tech 2 0 14 7 23 Date: November 14 Location: Grant Field Atlanta, GA Source:

The 1931 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1931 college football season. The season was the fourth of Charlie Bachman as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Bachman's 1931 Florida Gators finished with an overall record of 2–6–2 and a Southern Conference record of 2–4–2, placing fifteenth of twenty-three teams in the conference standings—Bachman's second worst conference record in five seasons.

The season's highlights included the Gators' only victories over the North Carolina State (31–0) in Raleigh, North Carolina and the Auburn Tigers (13–12) in Jacksonville, Florida, both of which were fellow Southern Conference members. Tom McEwen relays "The handwriting was on the wall during that dismal 1931 season. The Gators lost five of their last six games, tying the other. During that streak the Florida offense—three years earlier the best in the country—managed only two touchdowns and a safety."

Captain-elect Monk Dorsett did not return. The next captain-elect Carlos Proctor was expelled. The team's captain was then end Ed Parnell.

The Gators lost both Ben Clemons and Frank Clark. "Scabby" Pheil was one promising newcomer. Florida was to have a tough schedule.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.

The season opened with a 31–0 win over the NC State Wolfpack in Raleigh. The team surprised coach Bachman.

In the second week of play, the Gators played the North Carolina Tar Heels to a scoreless tie. The Tar Heels were twice at the 1-yard line.

Florida traveled to Syracuse and lost 33–12.

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