The 1931 Massachusetts State Aggies football team represented

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in the

1931 college football season The 1931 college football season saw the USC Trojans win the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as national champion under the Dickinson System, as well as the No. 1 position from each of the other three contemporary major selectors (Boand, Dunkel, and ...

. The team was coached by

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and played its home games at Alumni Field in

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. The 1931 season was the team's first as Mass State, following the school's name change in March of that year. Mass State enjoyed their most lopsided win in the history of the program on November 14 when they defeated by the score of 77–0; this record still stands today as the team's largest margin of victory in a game. Mass State finished the season with a record of 7–1–1.

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