1931 New Mexico Lobos football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1931
| team = New Mexico Lobos
| sport = football
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| conference = Border Conference
| short_conf = Border
| record = 3–3–1
| conf_record = 1–1–1
| head_coach = Chuck Riley
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = University Field
}}
{{1931 Border Conference football standings}}
The 1931 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico as a member of the Border Conference during the 1931 college football season. In their first season under head coach Chuck Riley, the Lobos compiled an overall record of 3–3–1 record with a mark of 1–1–1 against conference opponents, finished second in the Border Conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 80 to 70.{{cite web|title=1931 New Mexico Lobos Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=November 8, 2018|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/new-mexico/1931-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=2018 New Mexico Football Media Guide|publisher=University of New Mexico|year=2018|page=140|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/unm.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/8/30/2018_Media_Guide.pdf|accessdate=November 8, 2018}}
Coach Riley arrived in Albuquerque in August 1931. Riley had played football at Notre Dame and served as an assistant coach on the 1930 Loyola Lions football team. Riley brought with him former Notre Dame center Joe Nash as an assistant coach.{{cite news|title=New Lobo Grid Coach Arrives; Likes Outlook|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|date=August 22, 1931|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25350896/new_lobo_grid_coach_arrives_likes/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|October 17|at|{{cfb link|year=1931|team=New Mexico Military Broncos|title=New Mexico Military}}
|October 24||{{cfb link|year=1931|team=Occidental Tigers|title=Occidental}}
|October 31||Arizona State–Flagstaff|University Field|Albuquerque, NM|W 20-6||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104314569/new-mexico-defeats-axmen-206-in-last/|work=Arizona Daily Star|title=New Mexico defeats Axmen, 20–6, in last period rally|date=November 1, 1931|accessdate=June 23, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 7|at|New Mexico A&M|Miller Field|Las Cruces, NM (rivalry)|L 6-13||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104314692/aggies-beat-nm-lobos/|work=The El Paso Times|title=Aggies beat N.M. Lobos|date=November 8, 1931|accessdate=June 23, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 14||Arizona
|November 20|at|Texas Tech
|November 26||Wyoming
}}