The1931 Purdue Boilermakers football team representedPurdue University in theBig Ten Conference (Big Ten) during the1931 college football season. In their second season under head coachNoble Kizer, the Boilermakers compiled a 9–1 record (5–1 against Big Ten opponents), shut out six of ten opponents, suffered its sole loss toWisconsin, tied withMichigan for the Big Ten championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 192 to 39.^[1] The team was recognized as national co-champion byParke H. Davis.

EndPaul Moss and centerOokie Miller were both recognized as first-team All-Americans. Moss received first-team honors fromLiberty magazine,^[2] and Miller received the same from theUnited Press andCollege Humor magazine.^[3][4] Five Purdue players received honors on the1931 All-Big Ten Conference football team: Paul Moss from the Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP), and captains' team (CPT); Ookie Miller (AP-2, UP-1); quarterback Paul Pardonner (UP-2); halfback Jim Purvis (CPT); and halfback Fred Hecker (AP-2, UP-2).^[5][6][7]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Western Reserve*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 28–0		[8]
October 3	Coe*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 19–0		[9]
October 10	Illinois	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	W 7–0	15,825	[10]
October 17	atWisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 14–21	30,000	[11]
October 24	atCarnegie Tech*	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 13–6	20,000	[12]
October 31	atChicago	Stagg Field Chicago, IL (rivalry)	W 14–6	10,000	[13]
November 7	Centenary*	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 49–6		[14]
November 14	Iowa	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 22–0	18,000	[15]
November 21	atIndiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 19–0	22,000	[16]
November 28	vs.Northwestern	Soldier Field Chicago, IL	W 7–0	40,000	[17]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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• Dick Bateman, E
• Gene Boswell, T
• Paul Calvert, E
• Hal Chasey, HB
• Richard Chubb, T-C
• Paul Emmons, T-C
• Livy Eward, G
• Don Fassler, G
• Dutch Fehring, T
• J. F. Hecker, HB-FB
• Roy Horstmann, FB
• John Husar, T
• John Letsinger, G
• Ben Merz, E
• Ookie Miller, C
• John Moore, HB
• Paul Moss, E
• John Oehler, C
• Paul Pardonner, QB
• Jim Peele, QB
• Robert Peters, G
• James Purvis, HB
• Eddie Risk, HB
• Ed Ross, QB
• Les Sherbeck, G-C
• Sam Voinoff, G
• John White, QB
• Alex Yunevich, FB

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• 1931 Big Ten Conference football season
• Purdue Boilermakers football seasons
• Big Ten Conference football champion seasons
• 1931 in sports in Indiana

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