1931 Columbia Irish football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1931
| team = Columbia Irish
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 2–5
| head_coach = Gene Murphy
| hc_year = 5th
| captain =
| stadium = Multnomah Stadium
}}
{{1931 Western college football independents records}}
The 1931 Columbia Irish football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University (later renamed the University of Portland) as an independent during the 1931 college football season. In its fifth year under head coach Gene Murphy, the team compiled a 2–5 record. The team played its home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, Oregon.
Schedule
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|September 25|at|{{cfb link|year=1931|team=Puget Sound Loggers|title=Puget Sound}}|Tacoma Stadium|Tacoma, WA|L 0-13||{{cite news|title=Loggers Defeat Columbia Team By 13-0 Margin|newspaper=The Oregon Statesman|date=September 26, 1931|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35107924/loggers_defeat_columbia_team_by_130/}}
|October 6||{{cfb link|year=1931|team=Pacific Badgers|title=Pacific (OR)}}||Portland, OR|L 7-12||{{cite news|title=Thrills Feature Pacific's 12 to 7 Win Over Columbia With Irish Showing Power|newspaper=The Oregon Statesman|date=October 7, 1931|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35107750/thrills_feature_pacifics_12_to_7_win/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 9||Grays Harbor||Portland, OR|L 0-6||{{cite news|title=Junior College Beats Columbia|newspaper=The Oregon Statesman|date=October 10, 1931|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35107613/junior_college_beats_columbia/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 16|at|{{cfb link|year=1931|team=Willamette Bearcats|title=Willamette}}|Sweetland Field|Salem, OR|L 0-46|4,000|{{cite news|title=Bearcats Swamp Cliff Dwellers, Score 46 To 0|newspaper=The Capital Journal|date=October 17, 1931|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35104228/bearcats_swamp_cliff_dwellers_score_46/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 23||Albany||Portland, OR|W 26-7||{{cite news|title=Irishmen Beat Pirates 26-7|newspaper=The Albany Democrat-Herald|date=October 24, 1931|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35107357/irishmen_beat_pirates_267/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 7||{{cfb link|year=1931|team=Whitman Fighting Missionaries|title=Whitman}}|Multnomah Stadium|Portland, OR|W 12-0||{{cite news|title=Columbia Wins Over Whitman|newspaper=The Oregon Statesman|date=November 8, 1931|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35107034/columbia_wins_over_whitman/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 21|vs|Southern Oregon Normal||Medford, OR|L 7-20||{{cite news|title=SONS Win, 20-7|newspaper=Medford Mail Tribune|date=November 21, 1931|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35104469/sons_win_207/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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