1931 Portsmouth Spartans (NFL) |
| 2nd place • 11-3-0 .796 |
| Head Coach: Potsy Clark |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/13/1931 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-0 | W | Portsmouth, OH | Universal Stadium | 7000 | |
| Wed | 9/23/1931 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 13-3 | W | Portsmouth, OH | Universal Stadium | 8000 | |
| Wed | 9/30/1931 | H | New York Giants | 14-6 | W | Portsmouth, OH | Universal Stadium | 9000 | |
| Wed | 10/7/1931 | H | Cleveland Indians | 6-0 | W | Portsmouth, OH | Universal Stadium | 5000 | |
| Thu | 10/15/1931 | H | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 19-0 | W | Portsmouth, OH | Universal Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1931 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 19-0 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 10000 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1931 | A | Staten Island Stapletons | 20-7 | W | New York, NY | Thompson's Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sat | 10/31/1931 | A | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 14-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Baker Bowl | 5000 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1931 | A | New York Giants | 0-14 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 32500 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1931 | A | Chicago Bears | 6-9 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 25000 | |
| Wed | 11/11/1931 | H | Staten Island Stapletons | 14-12 | W | Portsmouth, OH | Universal Stadium | 3500 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1931 | H | Cleveland Indians | 14-6 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Redland Field | 4742 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1931 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 19-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 5000 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1931 | H | Chicago Bears | 3-0 | W | Portsmouth, OH | Universal Stadium | 9000 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1931 | H | Columbus Safety Cab | 101-7 | W | Portsmouth, OH | Universal Stadium | ||
| Sun | 12/13/1931 | A | Charleston Trojans | 33-0 | W | Charleston, WV | Kanawha Ball Park | ||
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Gene Alford | 25 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH-TB-LB | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | Daniel Baker; Texas Tech; Sul Ross State | 14 | 8 |
| Bob Armstrong | 31 | LOT-LDT-ROG-RDG-C-MG | 5-11 | 221 | 22 | Missouri | 13 | 3 |
| Maury Bodenger | 16 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 214 | 22 | Tulane | 13 | 13 |
| John Cavosie | 6 | FB-LB-DB-LOH-ROH-TB-LB | 6-0 | 207 | 23 | Wisconsin; Butler | 10 | 3 |
| George Christensen | 27 | ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 238 | 22 | Oregon | 13 | 13 |
| Dutch Clark | 19 | TB-LB-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 182 | 25 | Colorado College | 11 | 7 |
| Forrest Douds | 12 | LOT-LDT | 5-10 | 216 | 26 | Washington & Jefferson | 13 | 13 |
| Harry Ebding | 8 | ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 199 | 25 | St. Mary's (California) | 14 | 13 |
| Ox Emerson | 7 | ROG-RDG-ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 203 | 24 | Texas | 13 | 9 |
| George Hastings | 14 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 190 | 26 | Ohio University | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Holm | 23 | FB-LB-LOH-LDHROH-RDH-TB | 6-1 | 214 | 23 | Alabama | 12 | 5 |
| Cy Kahl | 23 | HB-DH | 6-1 | 194 | 27 | North Dakota | 1 | 0 |
| Hilary Lee | OG-DG | 6-0 | 226 | 24 | Missouri; Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | |
| Louie Long | 4 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Texas; Southern Methodist | 13 | 1 |
| Roy Lumpkin | 2 | LOH-LDH-FB-LB-ROH-RDH | 6-2 | 211 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 13 |
| Bill McKalip | 10 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Oregon State | 14 | 8 |
| Mayes McLain | 30 | FB-LB | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Haskell Indian; Iowa | 1 | 1 |
| Dutch Miller | C-MG | 5-11 | 212 | 25 | Wittenberg | 1 | 0 | |
| Buster Mitchell | 11 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Randolph JC; Davis & Elkins | 13 | 6 |
| Les Peterson | 9 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE-C-MG | 6-3 | 206 | 23 | Texas | 8 | 0 |
| Glenn Presnell | 18 | TB-LB-ROH-RDH-FB | 5-10 | 195 | 26 | Nebraska | 14 | 11 |
| Clare Randolph | 5 | C-MG-LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 204 | 24 | Indiana | 14 | 9 |
| Fred Roberts | 15 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Iowa | 12 | 5 |
| Vin Schleusner | 28 | ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG | 6-3 | 225 | 23 | Iowa | 9 | 0 |
| Elmer Schwartz | 22 | FB-LB-ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 212 | 25 | Washington State | 12 | 5 |
| Dexter Shelley | 3 | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 191 | 25 | Texas | 2 | 1 |
| Fred Stennett | 20 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH-FB-LB | 6-0 | 193 | 24 | St. Mary's (California) | 9 | 2 |
| John Wager | 17 | C-MG-ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 203 | 26 | Carthage | 11 | 4 |
| Dale Waters | OT-DT | 6-2 | 212 | 22 | Florida | 1 | 0 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 16 | 56 | 44 | 59 | 175 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 30 | 15 | 19 | 77 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Clark | 9 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Glenn Presnell | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 35 | ||
| Bill McKalip | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Elmer Schwartz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Gene Alford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Tony Holm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Louie Long | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Roy Lumpkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| George Christensen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 26 | 14 | 26 | 53.8 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 1 | 175 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 2 | 0 | 77 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Presnell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 27 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Dutch Clark | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Team Totals | 1 | 27 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Clark | 9 | ||||
| Glenn Presnell | 3 | ||||
| Elmer Schwartz | 2 | ||||
| Gene Alford | 1 | ||||
| Tony Holm | 1 | ||||
| Roy Lumpkin | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 17 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Presnell | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Dutch Clark | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill McKalip | 4 | ||||
| Tony Holm | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Schwartz | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Presnell | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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