1931 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

The 1931 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In its first season under head coach Greasy Neale, the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored by a total of 122 to 91.^[1][2] The team played its home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. John Doyle was the team captain.^[3]

1931 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–6
Head coach	Greasy Neale (1st season)
Captain	John Doyle
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field
Seasons ← 1930 1932 →

1931 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Catholic University			–					8	–	1	–	0
Texas Mines			–					7	–	1	–	0
Delaware			–					5	–	1	–	2
William & Mary Norfolk			–					1	–	0	–	1
Furman			–					5	–	2	–	2
George Washington			–					5	–	2	–	2
Texas Tech			–					6	–	3	–	0
Troy State			–					6	–	3	–	0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers			–					6	–	4	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	5	–	1
Wake Forest			–					4	–	4	–	0
Western Carolina			–					4	–	4	–	0
Davidson			–					4	–	4	–	2
Western Maryland			–					4	–	4	–	2
Delaware State			–					2	–	2	–	1
Georgetown			–					4	–	5	–	1
Richmond			–					4	–	5	–	0
West Virginia			–					4	–	6	–	0
Oglethorpe			–					3	–	6	–	0
South Georgia Teachers			–					2	–	6	–	0
Jefferson (TX)			–					1	–	7	–	1
Jacksonville State			–					0	–	7	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Duquesne	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 14–6		[4]
October 3	at Fordham	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 7–20	18,000	[5]
October 10	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 0–34	18,000–20,000	[6][7]
October 17	vs. Washington and Lee	Laidley Field Charleston, WV	W 19–0	12,000	[8]
October 23	at Detroit	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 7–9		[9]
October 31	Kansas State	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 0–19		[10]
November 7	West Virginia Wesleyan	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 12–7	7,500	[11]
November 14	at Georgetown	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 0–13	8,000	[12]
November 21	Penn State	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	W 19–0	10,000	[13]
November 28	vs. Washington & Jefferson	Wheeling, WV	L 13–14		[14]