1931 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1931 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, coached by Jock Sutherland, represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1931 college football season. The Panthers finished the regular season with eight wins and a single loss at Notre Dame and were considered the champions of the East. Parke H. Davis, recognized as a "major selector" in the official NCAA football records book, named Pitt as one of that season's co-national champions. The team is also recognized as national champion in 1931 by College Football Data Warehouse and according to a Sports Illustrated study that has served as the historical basis of the university's historical national championship claims since its original publication.

1931 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Co-national champion (Parke H. Davis)
Eastern champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainEdward Hirshberg
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
1931 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
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