The 1931 San Jose State Spartans football team represented State Teachers College at San Jose

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was known as State Teachers College at San Jose from 1921 to 1934. during 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 ...

. San Jose State competed in the

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(FWC).The

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(NCAC) was known as the Far Western Conference (FWC) from its founding in 1925 to 1982. The team was led by third-year head coach

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, and they played home games at Spartan Field in

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. The team finished the season with a record of one win and eight losses (1–8, 0–5 FWC). The Spartans were outscored by their opponents 20–126 for the season, and were shut out in eight of the nine games.

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San Jose State Spartans football seasons

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