Schedule

Starting lineup

• Howard Auer
  Howie Auer
  Howard Joseph "Howie" Auer was an American football player. He played for the Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1929–1931 and for the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL in 1933....
  
  , Bay City, Michigan
  Bay City, Michigan
  Bay City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 34,932, and is the principal city of the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Saginaw-Bay City-Saginaw Township North...
  
   - 8 games at left tackle, 1 game at right tackle
• Cecil Cantrill, Lexington, Kentucky
  Lexington, Kentucky
  Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
  
   - 1 game at right tackle
• Thomas M. Cooke, Chicago, Illinois, Senn H.S. - 1 game at center
• Roderick Cox, Birmingham, Michigan
  Birmingham, Michigan
  Birmingham is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan and an affluent suburb of Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,103...
  
   - 1 game at left end, 1 game at right end, 1 game at fullback
• Norm Daniels
  Norm Daniels (American football)
  Norm Daniels was an American athlete and coach. He played basketball, football and baseball for the University of Michigan from 1928 to 1932...
  
  , Detroit, Michigan
  Detroit, Michigan
  Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
  
  , Southeastern H.S. - 1 game at right end
• Stanley Fay
  Stanley Fay
  Stanley E. Fay was an American football player and businessman. He played at the halfback and quarterback positions for the Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1931 to 1933...
  
  , Detroit, Michigan, Northwestern H.S. - 4 games at left halfback, 5 games at right halfback
• Leslie H. Douglass, Gary, Indiana
  Gary, Indiana
  Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city is in the southeastern portion of the Chicago metropolitan area and is 25 miles from downtown Chicago. The population is 80,294 at the 2010 census, making it the seventh-largest city in the state. It borders Lake Michigan and is known...
  
  , Emerson H.S. - 1 game at left guard
• Herman Everhardus
  Herman Everhardus
  Herman "Flying Dutchman" Everhardus was an American football player who played halfback for the University of Michigan teams from 1931–1933. He was an All-Big Ten halfback who led the conference in scoring in 1933. In his junior and senior seasons at Michigan, he led the team to two...
  
  , Kalamazoo, Michigan
  Kalamazoo, Michigan
  The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...
  
  , Central H.S. - 1 game at left halfback
• Leslie L. Frisk, Rock Island, Illinois
  Rock Island, Illinois
  Rock Island is the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The population was 40,884 at the 2010 census. Located on the Mississippi River, it is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring Moline, East Moline, and the Iowa cities of Davenport and Bettendorf. The Quad Cities...
  
   - 1 game at right guard
• DuVal P. Goldsmith, Christiansburg, Virginia
  Christiansburg, Virginia
  Christiansburg is a town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. The population was 21,041 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Montgomery County...
  
  , Fishburne Military Academy - 1 game at left tackle
• John Heston, Detroit, Michigan, Northwestern H.S. - 4 games at left halfback, 3 games at right halfback
• Bill Hewitt, Bay City, Michigan
  Bay City, Michigan
  Bay City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 34,932, and is the principal city of the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Saginaw-Bay City-Saginaw Township North...
  
   - 4 games at left end, 5 games at fullback
• Stanley Hozer, Muskegon, Michigan
  Muskegon, Michigan
  Muskegon is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 38,401. The city is the county seat of Muskegon County...
  
   - 3 games at left guard, 3 games at right guard
• Roy Hudson, Girard, Ohio
  Girard, Ohio
  Girard is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 10,902 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren–Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Girard is located at ....
  
   - 4 games at fullback, 2 games at quarterback, 1 game at left halfback, 1 game at right halfback
• John Kowalik
  John Kowalik
  John F. Kowalik, Sr. was an American football player. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1931 to 1933. During Kowalik's three seasons as a starter, the Michigan football team compiled a record of 23–1–2, including consecutive national championships for...
  
  , Chicago, Illinois, Carl Schurz H.S. - 2 games at left guard, 2 games at right guard
• Omer LaJeunesse
  Omer LaJeunesse
  Omer LaJeunesse was an American football player and coach. He played football at the University of Michigan from 1929 to 1931...
  
  , Iron Mountain, Michigan
  Iron Mountain, Michigan
  Iron Mountain is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 8,154. It is the county seat of Dickinson County, in the state's Upper Peninsula....
  
   - 4 games at left guard, 4 games at right guard
• Maynard Morrison
  Maynard Morrison (American football)
  Maynard Davis "Doc" Morrison was an All-American football fullback and center for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1929-1931. Michigan football coach Harry Kipke ranked Morrison as the finest linebacker he ever saw. "No one ever got past him," Kipke said...
  
  , Royal Oak, Michigan
  Royal Oak, Michigan
  Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a suburb of Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 57,236. It should not be confused with Royal Oak Charter Township, a separate community located nearby....
  
   - 9 games at center
• Harry Newman
  Harry Newman
  Harry Lawrence Newman was an American football quarterback who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines , the New York Giants , and the Brooklyn/Rochester Tigers .-College career:...
  
  , Detroit, Michigan, Northern H.S. - 3 games at quarterback
• Fred Petoskey, St. Charles, Michigan
  St. Charles, Michigan
  St. Charles is a village in Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The village is located in the northwest corner of St. Charles Township with portions of the village located within Brant Township and Swan Creek Township...
  
   - 6 games at left end
• Tom Samuels, Canton, Ohio
  Canton, Ohio
  Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...
  
  , McKinley H.S. - 8 games at right tackle
• Estel S. Tessmer, Ann Arbor, Michigan - 3 games at quarterback, 1 game at right halfback
• Louis Westover, Bay City, Michigan
  Bay City, Michigan
  Bay City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 34,932, and is the principal city of the Bay City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Saginaw-Bay City-Saginaw Township North...
  
  , Central H.S. - 2 games at quarterback
• Ivan Williamson
  Ivy Williamson
  Ivan B. "Ivy" Williamson was a player and coach of American football and basketball, and a college athletics administrator. He played college football and basketball at the University of Michigan from 1930 to 1932 and was captain of the national champion 1932 Michigan football team...
  
  , Toledo, Ohio
  Toledo, Ohio
  Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
  
  , Bowling Green Central - 9 games at right end
• Francis Wistert, Chicago, Illinois, Carl Schurz H.S. - 1 game at left tackle

Awards and honors

• Captain: Roy Hudson
• All-American
  1931 College Football All-America Team
  The 1931 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1931...
  
  : Maynard Morrison
  Maynard Morrison
  Maynard Morrison, a Canadian comedian, actor, director, and teacher from Sydney, Nova Scotia, has performed on tv, radio and in live venues across Canada. He is also an active teacher of performing arts at Sydney Academy in Sydney, Nova Scotia...
  
   (first team selection by Colliers and NEA; third team selection by AP and Central Press), Bill Hewitt (third team selection by NEA)
• All-Conference: Maynard Morrison, Harry Newman
  Harry Newman
  Harry Lawrence Newman was an American football quarterback who played for the University of Michigan Wolverines , the New York Giants , and the Brooklyn/Rochester Tigers .-College career:...
  
  , Ivan Williamson
  Ivy Williamson
  Ivan B. "Ivy" Williamson was a player and coach of American football and basketball, and a college athletics administrator. He played college football and basketball at the University of Michigan from 1930 to 1932 and was captain of the national champion 1932 Michigan football team...
  
  , Bill Hewitt
• Most Valuable Player: Bill Hewitt
• Meyer Morton Award: Herman Everhardus
  Herman Everhardus
  Herman "Flying Dutchman" Everhardus was an American football player who played halfback for the University of Michigan teams from 1931–1933. He was an All-Big Ten halfback who led the conference in scoring in 1933. In his junior and senior seasons at Michigan, he led the team to two...
  
  

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Harry Kipke
• Assistant coaches: Jack Blott
  Jack Blott
  Jack Leonard Blott was an All-American football center and place kicker for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1922–1923. He was also a baseball catcher for the Wolverines from 1922–1924. After a two-game Major League Baseball career with the Cincinnati Reds in 1924, he worked as...
  
  , Franklin Cappon
  Franklin Cappon
  Franklin C. "Cappy" Cappon was a college athlete and coach. He played football and basketball at Phillips University and the University of Michigan and coached basketball and football at Luther College , the University of Kansas , the University of Michigan , and Princeton University .The son of a...
  
  , Bennie Oosterbaan
  Bennie Oosterbaan
  Benjamin Gaylord "Bennie" Oosterbaan was a three-time first team All-American football end for the Michigan Wolverines football team, two-time All-American basketball player for the basketball team and an All-Big Ten Conference baseball player for the baseball team...
  
  , Wally Weber
  Wally Weber
  Walter J. Weber was an American football player and coach at the University of Michigan. He played halfback and fullback for the Wolverines in 1925 and 1926 on the same teams as Benny Friedman and Bennie Oosterbaan. He later became an assistant football coach at Michigan for 28 years from 1931 to...
  
  
• Trainer: Ray Roberts
• Manager: John Sauchuck, Rehn Nelson (assistant), Louis Columbo (assistant), Elbert Gage (assistant), William Jones (assistant)

External links

• 1931 Football Team -- Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History