1931 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

1931 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–4 (3–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Dan McGugin (27th season)
Captain	Amos Leonard
Home stadium	Dudley Field

1931 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Tulane $	8	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 3 Tennessee	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
Alabama	7	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 6 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
South Carolina	3	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
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
Florida	2	–	4	–	2			2	–	6	–	2
Georgia Tech	2	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
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 Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1931 Southern Conference football season. The 1931 season was Dan McGugin's 27th year as head coach.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 26	Western Kentucky*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 52–0
October 3	North Carolina	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 13–0
October 10	at Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 26–21	24,920
October 17	Tulane	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 0–19
October 24	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	L 0–9
October 31	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 7–49
November 7	Maryland	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 39–12
November 14	at Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	L 7–21
November 26	Alabama	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	L 6–14	14,000
*Non-conference game