1931 Wilberforce Green Wave football team

The 1931 Wilberforce Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Wilberforce College (now known as Wilberforce University) during the 1931 college football season. Led by head coach Harry C. Graves and assistant coach Corrothers, the team was recognized as the 1931 black college national champion. The team compiled an undefeated, untied 8–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 201 to 30. The team secured its claim to the black college championship with its victory over Tuskegee on October 24. Tuskegee had been undefeated in 35 previous starts.

1931 Wilberforce Green Wave football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
1931 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Wilberforce    8 0 0
Marquette    8 1 0
Saint Louis    8 1 0
Detroit    7 2 1
Western State Teachers (MI)    5 2 0
No. 11 Notre Dame    6 2 1
DePaul    6 3 0
Michigan State    5 3 1
Haskell    6 4 0
Michigan State Normal    3 2 1
Central State (MI)    4 3 0
John Carroll    4 4 2
Wittenberg    3 3 3
Kent State    3 4 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Key players included ends Ike Robinson and Pete Fouler.

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