1931 Southwestern Lynx football team
{{Short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1931
| team = Southwestern Lynx
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Dixie Conference
| short_conf = Dixie
| conference2 = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf2 = SIAA
| record = 4–2–3
| conf_record = 2–0–1
| conf2_record = 3–1–1
| head_coach = Jimmy R. Haygood
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = Fargason Field
Hodges Field
}}
{{1931 Dixie Conference football standings}}{{1931 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The 1931 Southwestern Lynx football team was an American football team that represented Southwestern, The College of the Mississippi Valley (now known as Rhodes College) as a member of the Dixie Conference and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) in the 1931 college football season. Led by Jimmy R. Haygood in his first season as head coach, the team compiled an overall record of 4–2–3 and with a mark of 2–0–1 in Dixie Conference play and 3–1–1 against SIAA competition.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1931|team=Delta State Green Wave|title=Delta State}}
| site_stadium = Fargason Field
| site_cityst = Memphis, TN
| score = 32–0
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-delta-team-goes-down-to-m/145295746/|work=The Clarion-Ledger|title=Delta team goes down to Memphis|date=September 27, 1931|accessdate=April 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = t
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Sewanee
| site_stadium = Fargason Field
| site_cityst = Memphis, TN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–0
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83338698/sewanee-is-held-to-scoreless-tie/|work=The Knoxville Journal|title=Sewanee is held to scoreless tie|date=October 4, 1931|accessdate=April 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1931|team=Millsaps Majors|title=Millsaps}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Jackson, MS
| score = 14–0
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-vicksburg-post-southwestern-takes-mi/145296118/|work=The Vicksburg Post|title=Southwestern takes Millsaps into camp|date=October 10, 1931|accessdate=April 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = t
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Ole Miss
| site_stadium = Fargason Field
| site_cityst = Memphis, TN
| score = 20–20
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103181423/ole-miss-tied/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Ole Miss tied|date=October 25, 1931|accessdate=April 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = t
| opponent = Howard (AL)
| site_stadium = Fargason Field
| site_cityst = Memphis, TN
| score = 7–7
| attend = 2,500
| source = {{cite news|title=Harold High's 92-yard sprint ties Howard, 7–7|newspaper=The Birmingham News|date=November 1, 1931|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84251564/harold-highs-92-yard-sprint-ties-howard/|accessdate=April 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Mississippi State Teachers
| site_stadium = State Teachers Field
| site_cityst = Hattiesburg, MS
| score = 7–13
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75386422/teachers-upset-lynx-team-137/|work=The Clarion-Ledger|title=Teachers upset Lynx team 13–7|date=November 8, 1931|accessdate=April 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Mississippi A&M
| site_stadium = Scott Field
| site_cityst = Starkville, MS
| score = 0–14
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103179088/mississippi-aggies-nip-southwestern/|work=Chattanooga Daily Times|title=Mississippi Aggies nip Southwestern|date=November 15, 1931|accessdate=April 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1931|team=Union (Tennessee) Bulldogs|title=Union (TN)}}
| site_stadium = Fargason Field
| site_cityst = Memphis, TN
| score = 54–13
| attend = 2,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-southwestern-burie/145296959/|work=The Commercial Appeal|title=Southwestern buries Union eleven under 54–13 count|date=November 22, 1931|accessdate=April 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| w/l = w
| opponent = Spring Hill
| site_stadium = Hodges Field
| site_cityst = Memphis, TN
| score = 13–0
| attend = 2,500
| source = {{cite news|title=Southwestern wins in mud from Spring Hill, 13 to 0|newspaper=The Commercial Appeal|date=November 27, 1931|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100369880/southwestern-wins-in-mud-from-spring-hil/|accessdate=April 13, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
References
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