1931 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

American college football season

1931 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	Walter Steffen (17th season)
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium
Seasons ← 1930 1932 →

1931 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Bucknell		–		6	–	0	–	3
Colgate		–		8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Pittsburgh		–		8	–	1	–	0
Cornell		–		7	–	1	–	0
Drexel		–		7	–	1	–	0
No. 7 Harvard		–		7	–	1	–	0
Temple		–		8	–	1	–	1
Columbia		–		7	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts State		–		7	–	1	–	1
Syracuse		–		7	–	1	–	1
Fordham		–		6	–	1	–	2
No. 8 Yale		–		5	–	1	–	2
Army		–		8	–	2	–	1
Franklin & Marshall		–		6	–	2	–	0
Manhattan		–		4	–	2	–	1
Brown		–		7	–	3	–	0
Providence		–		7	–	3	–	0
Penn		–		6	–	3	–	0
NYU		–		6	–	3	–	1
Boston College		–		6	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		6	–	4	–	0
Tufts		–		3	–	2	–	2
Villanova		–		4	–	3	–	2
La Salle		–		4	–	4	–	0
Duquesne		–		3	–	5	–	3
Carnegie Tech		–		3	–	5	–	1
St. John's		–		3	–	5	–	1
CCNY		–		2	–	5	–	1
Boston University		–		2	–	7	–	0
Penn State		–		2	–	8	–	0
Princeton		–		1	–	7	–	0
Vermont		–		1	–	8	–	0

Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1931 college football season. Led by 17th-year head coach Walter Steffen, the Tartans compiled a record of 3–5–1.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at Buffalo	Buffalo, NY	W 25–0
October 3	at Washington & Jefferson	College Field Washington, PA	L 7–10
October 10	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 13–0		^[2]
October 24	Purdue	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–13		^[3]
October 31	Notre Dame	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–19	42,271	^[4]
November 7	at Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–14	25,000	^[5]
November 14	Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 19–13	18,000
November 26	at NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 6–7	25,000	^[6]
December 5	Duquesne	Pittsburgh, PA	T 0–0	50,000	^[7]^[8]

References

^ "1931 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
^ "Carnegie Tech beats Georgia Tech, 13 to 0". The Los Angeles Times. October 11, 1931. Retrieved June 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Purdue trims Carnegie, 13–6". The Muncie Sunday Star. October 25, 1931. Retrieved June 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Smith, Chester L. (November 1, 1931). "52,000 see Notre Dame beat Tech". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1.
^ Smith, Chester L. (November 8, 1931). "Paul Reider Scores Twice For Victors". The Pittsburgh Press. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "N.Y.U. rallies to beat Tech, 7 to 6". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 27, 1931. p. 18. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Smith, Chester L. (December 6, 1931). "Duquesne Ties Carnegie Tech, 0 To 0". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 19. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Smith, Chester L. (December 6, 1931). "Tech-Duke (continued)". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 20. Retrieved February 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .

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Venues	Forbes Field Pitt Stadium Gesling Stadium (1990–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1939 Sugar Bowl Case Western Reserve: Academic Bowl
People	Head coaches
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