The 1931 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1931 college football season. The head coach was former Michigan star, 32-year-old Harry Kipke, in his third season as head coach. The team compiled a record of record of 8–1–1 (5–1). They finished tied for the Big Ten Conference championship.
Schedule
| Date |
Time |
Opponent |
Site |
Result |
Attendance |
| October 3, 1931 |
|
Central State Teachers* |
Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI |
W 27–0 |
13,169 |
| October 3, 1931 |
|
Michigan State Normal* |
Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI |
W 34–0 |
13,169 |
| October 10, 1931 |
|
Chicago |
Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI |
W 13–7 |
17,284 |
| October 17, 1931 |
|
Ohio State |
Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI |
L 20–7 |
58,026 |
| October 24, 1931 |
|
at Illinois |
Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL |
W 35–0 |
33,496 |
| October 31, 1931 |
|
at Princeton* |
Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ |
W 21–0 |
14,797 |
| November 7, 1931 |
|
Indiana |
Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI |
W 22–0 |
26,410 |
| November 14, 1931 |
|
Michigan State* |
Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI |
T 0–0 |
35,844 |
| November 21, 1931 |
|
Minnesota |
Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI |
W 6–0 |
37,251 |
| November 28, 1931 |
|
Wisconsin |
Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI |
W 16–0 |
9,190 |
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Players
Varsity letter winners
- Howard Auer, Bay City, Michigan - 8 games at left tackle, 1 game at right tackle
- Chuck Bernard - center
- Cecil Cantrill,[1] Lexington, Kentucky - 1 game at right tackle
- Norm Daniels, Detroit, Michigan, Southeastern H.S. - 1 game at right end
- Charles DeBaker - halfback
- Leslie H. Douglass, Gary, Indiana, Emerson H.S. - 1 game at left guard
- Herman Everhardus, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Central H.S. - 1 game at left halfback
- Stanley Fay, Detroit, Michigan, Northwestern H.S. - 4 games at left halfback, 5 games at right halfback
- Leslie L. Frisk, Rock Island, Illinois - 1 game at right guard
- DuVal P. Goldsmith, Christiansburg, Virginia, Fishburne Military Academy - 1 game at left tackle
- John P. "Jack" Heston, Detroit, Michigan, Northwestern H.S. - 4 games at left halfback, 3 games at right halfback
- Bill Hewitt, Bay City, Michigan - 4 games at left end, 5 games at fullback
- Stanley Hozer, Muskegon, Michigan - 3 games at left guard, 3 games at right guard
- Roy Hudson, Girard, Ohio - 4 games at fullback, 2 games at quarterback, 1 game at left halfback, 1 game at right halfback
- John Kowalik, Chicago, Illinois, Carl Schurz H.S. - 2 games at left guard, 2 games at right guard
- Omer LaJeunesse, Iron Mountain, Michigan - 4 games at left guard, 4 games at right guard
- Maynard Morrison, Royal Oak, Michigan - 9 games at center
- Harry Newman, Detroit, Michigan, Northern H.S. - 3 games at quarterback
- Ted Petoskey, St. Charles, Michigan - 6 games at left end
- Tom Samuels, Canton, Ohio, McKinley H.S. - 8 games at right tackle
- Jay H. Sikkenga - guard
- Estel Tessmer, Ann Arbor, Michigan - 3 games at quarterback, 1 game at right halfback
- Louis Westover, Bay City, Michigan, Central H.S. - 2 games at quarterback
- Ivan Williamson, Toledo, Ohio, Bowling Green Central - 9 games at right end
- Francis Wistert, Chicago, Illinois, Carl Schurz H.S. - 1 game at left tackle
- Fielding H. Yost, Jr. - end
Varsity reserves
- George K. Bremen, halfback, Detroit, Michigan
- Harvey E. Chapman, tackle, Detroit, Michigan
- Frederick P. Clohset, tackle, Bay City, Michigan
- James Conover, guard, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Thomas M. Cooke, tackle, Chicago, Illinois, Senn H.S. - 1 game at center
- Roderick Cox, fullback, Birmingham, Michigan - 1 game at left end, 1 game at right end, 1 game at fullback
- Russell Damm, tacke, Muskegon, Michigan
- Harry Eastman, Jr., halfback, Detroit, MIchigan
- Harold Ellerby, end, Birmingham, Michigan
- Leslie L. Frisk, tackle, Rock Island, Illinois
- Francis Hazen, tackle, Bellingham, Washington
- William Horner, end, Jackson, Michigan
- Bethel B. Kelley, end, Bardstown, Kentucky
- Harold D. Lindsay, Detroit, Michigan
- Abe Marcovsky, guard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Louis E. McCrath, tackle, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Donald T. McGuire, end, South Haven, Michigan
- Leonard Meldman, tackle, Detroit, Michigan
- Robert E. Miller, tackle, Highland Park, Michigan
- Wallace B. Miller, tackle, Wilmette, Illinois
- Ward H. Oehmann, guard, Washington, D.C.
- William Renner, halfback, Youngstown, Ohio
- Carl Savage, tackle, Flint, Michigan
- Harry A. Shick, Jackson, Michigan
- Oscar A. Singer, guard, Jackson Heights, New York
- Harry Stinespring, quarterback, Chicago, Illinois
- Charles E. Stone, end, Detroit, Michigan
- Harry A. Tillotson, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- J. Leo Winston, center, Washington, D.C.
Awards and honors
Coaching staff
Notes
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