1931 DePaul Blue Demons football team

1931 DePaul Blue Demons football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Eddie Anderson (7th season)
Home stadium	Mills Stadium, Soldier Field

1931 Midwestern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Wilberforce			–					8	–	0	–	0
Marquette			–					8	–	1	–	0
Saint Louis			–					8	–	1	–	0
Detroit			–					7	–	2	–	1
Western State Teachers (MI)			–					5	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Notre Dame			–					6	–	2	–	1
DePaul			–					6	–	3	–	0
Michigan State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Haskell			–					6	–	4	–	0
Michigan Tech			–					3	–	2	–	0
Michigan State Normal			–					3	–	2	–	1
Central State (MI)			–					4	–	3	–	0
John Carroll			–					4	–	4	–	2
Wittenberg			–					3	–	3	–	3
Kent State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 DePaul Blue Demons football team was an American football team that represented DePaul University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In its seventh and final season under head coach Eddie Anderson, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 176 to 121.^[1]

Anderson went on to coach at Holy Cross and Iowa and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	at Detroit	Dinan Field Detroit, MI	W 12–0	> 15,000	[3]
October 2	at North Dakota	Grand Forks, ND	L 7–41		[4]
October 9	Illinois Wesleyan	Mills Stadium Chicago, IL	W 6–2	8,000	[5]
October 16	Saint Mary's (MN)	Chicago, IL	W 20–6
October 24	Hastings	Soldier Field Chicago, IL	W 31–0		[6]
November 7	at Louisville	Maxwell Field Louisville, KY	W 46–0		[7]
November 14	South Dakota State	Chicago, IL	W 34–20	15,000	[8]
November 21	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 13–14		[9]
November 28	at San Francisco	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 7–38	5,000–20,000	[10][11]
Homecoming

References

1. "1931 - DePaul (IL)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
2. "Eddie Anderson". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
3. W. W. Edgar (September 23, 1931). "Titans Drop Grid Opener To De Paul, 12 to 0". Detroit Free Press. pp. 17, 26 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "North Dakota Runs Wild Over De Paul, 41 to 7". Chicago Tribune. October 3, 1931. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Steffen Leads De Paul Victory Over Wesleyan". Chicago Tribune. October 10, 1931. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "De Paul's Long Runs Conquer Hastings, 31-0". Chicago Tribune. October 25, 1931 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "DePaul Eleven Whips Louisville By 46 to 0". The Courier-Journal. November 8, 1931. pp. V-1, V-4 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "De Paul Defeats Aggies, 34 to 20 for 6th Victory". Chicago Tribune. November 14, 1931. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Arizona Defeats DePaul University Blue Demons, 14 to 13, Here". Arizona Daily Star. November 22, 1931. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Milt Phinney (November 30, 1931). "U.S.F. Winner Over DePaul: Kleckner and Donadio Star". Oakland Tribune. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.(reporting crowd size of 5,000)
11. ""Fog" Easily Beat De Paul". Petaluma Argus-Courier (United Press story). November 30, 1931. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.(reporting crowd size of 20,000)