1931 College Football All-Southern Team

The All-Southern eleven compiled by the Associated Press included:

• Johnny Cain, fullback for Alabama, All-American and later a coach. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1973.
• Jerry Dalrymple, end for Tulane. One article which attempts to retroactively name Heisman Trophy winners before 1934 named Dalrymple as the recipient for 1931.{{cite web|url=https://www.si.com/college-football/2008/12/12/early-heisman|title=Who would have won the Heisman from 1900-1934|author=Mike Beacom}} He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1954.{{cite web|url={{College Football HoF/url|id=1539}}|title=Jerry Dalrymple|publisher=National Football Foundation}}
• Austin Downes, quarterback and captain for Georgia.
• Pete Gracey, center for Vanderbilt.
• Herman Hickman, guard for Tennessee, All-American. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1959.
• Tex Leyendecker, tackle for Vanderbilt, later played for the inaugural Philadelphia Eagles season.
• Gene McEver, halfback for Tennessee, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
• John Scafide, guard for Tulane
• Vernon "Catfish" Smith, end for Georgia, made an all-time Georgia Bulldogs football team picked in 1935.{{cite journal|url=http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16313coll13/id/215|title=All-Time All-Star Team|author=George Trevor|journal= Tulane University Football Program-The Greenie; Georgia vs. Tulane}}
• Ray Saunders, tackle for Tennessee, third-team All-American.
• Don Zimmerman, halfback for Tulane. He threw a touchdown to Vernon Haynes in the Rose Bowl.

Overview of the Associated Press composite.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1967873//|work=The Monroe News Star|title=All-Southern Team|accessdate=March 11, 2015|date=December 2, 1931|page=6|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} "Votes" were tallied as 2 points for a first-team selection and 1 for a second-team selection.

• Jerry Dalrymple*, Tulane (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, CP, TUL, CO, WA-1, SH)
• Vernon "Catfish" Smith*, Georgia (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, CP, CO, WA-1)
• Vernon Haynes, Tulane (AP-2, TUL, WA-3, SH)
• Ben Smith, Alabama (AP-2, WA-2)
• George Koontz, SMU (WA-2)
• Russell Grant, Auburn (WA-3)

• Tex Leyendecker, Vanderbilt (AP-1, CP, TUL, CO, WA-1, SH)
• Ray Saunders, Tennessee (AP-1, CP, WA-2, SH)
• Jay Dee Patton, Sewanee (AP-2, CO, WA-3)
• Ralph Wright, Kentucky (AP-2)
• Calvert "Foots" DeColigny, Tulane (TUL)
• J. D. Bush, Auburn (WA-1)
• Carl Moulden, Texas A&M (WA-2)
• Marion Hammon, SMU (WA-3)

• Herman Hickman, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, CP, TUL, CO, WA-1, SH)
• John Scafide, Tulane (AP-1, TUL, CO, WA-2)
• Milton Leathers, Georgia (AP-2, CP)
• Ralph Maddox, Georgia (AP-2, WA-1, SH)
• Johnny Vaught, TCU (WA-2)
• Jess Krajcovic, Maryland (WA-3)

• Pete Gracey, Vanderbilt (AP-1, CP, CO, WA-3 [as g])
• Winnie Lodrigues, Tulane (AP-2, WA-3)
• Howard Neblett, Georgia Tech (WA-1)
• Joe Sharp, Alabama (TUL, WA-2)
• Jack Torrance, LSU (SH)

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• Austin Downes, Georgia (AP-1, CP, WA-2)
• Lowell "Red" Dawson, Tulane (AP-2, TUL, CO, WA-1, SH)
• Tommy Henderson, Vanderbilt (WA-3)

• Gene McEver, Tennessee (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, CP, TUL, CO, WA-1, SH)
• Don Zimmerman, Tulane (AP-1, CP, TUL, CO, WA-1, SH)
• Shipwreck Kelly, Kentucky (AP-2, WA-2)
• Jimmy Hitchcock, Auburn (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-2, WA-3)
• Dixie Roberts, Vanderbilt (WA-2)
• Buster Mott, Georgia (WA-3)

• John Lewis Cain, Alabama (College Football Hall of Fame) (AP-1, TUL, CO, WA-1, SH)
• Nollie Felts, Tulane (AP-2, CP, WA-2)
• Ernie Koy, Texas (WA-3)

Bold = Composite selection

* = Consensus All-American

AP = selected by coaches and sports writers, compiled by the Associated Press. It had a first and second team.{{cite news|newspaper=Fitchburg Sentinel|title=Three Tulane Stars Picked for All-Southern Team|author=Dillon Graham|date=December 2, 1931}}

CP = selected by captains of the football team of the south, compiled by Central Press newspapers.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1967767/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/|work=The San Bernardino County Sun|title=South Boasts Classy Talent|date=December 9, 1931|page=18|accessdate=March 11, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

TUL = the "All Players All-Southern", selected by the players of the Tulane team.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1967981/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/|work=San Bernardino County Sun|date=December 24, 1931|page=14|accessdate=March 11, 2015|title=Tulane Leads Players' Own All-Southern|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

CO = selected by the coaches of the Southern Conference.{{cite news|work=The Lincoln Evening Journal|title=Jerry Dalrymple Is Unanimous Seletion As All Southern End|date=November 27, 1931|page=11|via=Newspapers.com|author=Dan McGugin|author-link=Dan McGugin}} {{Open access}}

WA = selected by William Alexander, coach at Georgia Institute of Technology.{{cite news|work=Salt Lake Tribune|date=December 2, 1931|title=South Produces Numerous Great Football Players|author=W. A. Alexander}} It had a first, second, and third team.

SH = selected by Clark Shaughnessy, coach at Tulane University.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1968080//|work=The Monroe News Star|author=Clark D. Shaughnessy|title=Greenies Called One Of South's Greatest Teams|page=7|date=November 16, 1931|accessdate=March 11, 2015|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}

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