1931 Providence Steam Roller (NFL) |
| 6th place • 4-4-3 .500 |
| Head Coach: Ed Robinson |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/20/1931 | Weymouth | 66-0 | W | |||||
| Sun | 9/27/1931 | H | New York Giants | 6-14 | L | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 8000 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1931 | H | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 0-0 | T | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | ||
| Sat | 10/10/1931 | A | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 6-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Baker Bowl | 3000 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1931 | H | Bridgeport | 67-7 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | ||
| Sun | 10/18/1931 | H | Cleveland Indians | 6-13 | L | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 6000 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1931 | A | Green Bay Packers | 20-48 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 6000 | |
| Tue | 10/27/1931 | A | Buffalo Bears | 6-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | Bison Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1931 | A | Staten Island Stapletons | 7-7 | T | New York, NY | Thompson's Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1931 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 7-0 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1931 | H | Staten Island Stapletons | 6-0 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 2000 | |
| Sat | 11/21/1931 | H | Cleveland Indians | 13-7 | W | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | ||
| Thu | 11/26/1931 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-38 | L | Providence, RI | Providence Cycledrome | 5000 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1931 | A | New York Giants | 0-0 | T | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 10000 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1931 | A | Memphis Tigers | 12-6 | W | Memphis, TN | Hodges Field | 1000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Sky August | 7 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH-QB-S | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | Villanova | 7 | 1 |
| Fred Dagata | 11 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 187 | 23 | Providence | 1 | 0 |
| Bud Edwards | 5 | FB-LB-LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Brown | 9 | 4 |
| Herb Eschbach | 15 | C-MG | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Penn State | 3 | 1 |
| Weldon Gentry | 35 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 195 | 25 | Arkansas; Oklahoma | 7 | 4 |
| Royce Goodbread | 4 | LOH-LDH-FB-LB-ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 207 | 24 | Florida | 4 | 2 |
| Al Graham | 13 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 211 | 26 | none | 11 | 10 |
| Tex Irvin | 16 | LOT-LDT-FB-LB | 6-0 | 225 | 25 | Davis & Elkins | 10 | 9 |
| Jack McArthur | 19 | LOT-LDT-LOG-ROG-ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 211 | 29 | St. Mary's (California) | 8 | 3 |
| Herb Meeker | 3 | QB-S-LOH-LDH | 5-3 | 145 | 26 | Washington State | 9 | 3 |
| Curly Oden | 7 | QB-S-LOH-LDH | 5-6 | 162 | 32 | Brown | 11 | 4 |
| Oran Pape | 21 | LOH-LDH-QB-S-ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Iowa | 11 | 7 |
| Lew Pope | 2 | ROH-RDH-QB-S-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 196 | 23 | Purdue | 6 | 3 |
| George Pyne | 31 | LOT-LDT | 5-11 | 218 | 22 | Holy Cross | 2 | 1 |
| Milt Rehnquist | 18 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 229 | 34 | Bethany (Kansas) | 2 | 0 |
| Al Rose | 17 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 201 | 26 | Texas | 11 | 11 |
| Joe Schein | 24 | ROT-RDT | 5-10 | 212 | 21 | Brown | 11 | 11 |
| Dexter Shelley | 5 | ROH-RDH-QB-S | 5-11 | 191 | 25 | Texas | 8 | 5 |
| Ray Smith | 28 | C-MG | 5-10 | 195 | 23 | Tulsa; Missouri | 10 | 10 |
| Alex Sofish | 29 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Grove City | 11 | 8 |
| Jack Spellman | 10 | ROE-RDE | 5-10 | 201 | 32 | Brown | 11 | 10 |
| Herb Titmas | 27 | QB-S-LOH-LDH | 5-8 | 165 | 26 | Syracuse | 10 | 5 |
| Art Williams | 9 | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH-QB-S | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Connecticut | 8 | 2 |
| Lee Woodruff | 30 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 202 | 21 | Mississippi | 10 | 7 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 33 | 13 | 32 | 78 |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 40 | 0 | 32 | 127 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Woodruff | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||
| Oran Pape | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Al Rose | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Curly Oden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Herb Titmas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Dexter Shelley | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Herb Meeker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Team Totals | 12 | 6 | 12 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 13 | 20 | 65.0 | 0 | 0 | 127 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Woodruff | 4 | ||||
| Oran Pape | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter Shelley | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Curly Oden | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oran Pape | 2 | ||||||||
| Al Rose | 2 | ||||||||
| Herb Titmas | 1 | ||||||||
| Team Totals | 5 | ||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curly Oden | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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