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1931 Staten Island Stapletons season

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1931 Staten Island Stapletons season
Head coachHinkey Haines and Marty Brill
Home fieldThompson Stadium
Results
Record4–6–1
League place7th NFL

The 1931 Staten Island Stapletons season was their third in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5–5–2, winning only four games.[1] Playing seven games in the month of November, they finished seventh in the league.

Schedule

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Game Date Opponent Result Record Venue Game
Recap
1 October 4 Brooklyn Dodgers W 9–7 1–0 Thompson Stadium Recap
2 October 11 at Brooklyn Dodgers L 6–18 1–1 Ebbets Field Recap
3 October 18 at New York Giants L 0–7 1–2 Polo Grounds Recap
4 October 25 Portsmouth Spartans L 7–20 1–3 Thompson Stadium Recap
5 November 1 Providence Steam Roller T 7–7 1–3–1 Thompson Stadium Recap
6 November 4 Brooklyn Dodgers W 13–0 2–3–1 Thompson Stadium Recap
7 November 8 at Green Bay Packers L 0–26 2–4–1 City Stadium Recap
8 November 11 at Portsmouth Spartans L 12–14 2–5–1 Universal Stadium Recap
9 November 15 at Providence Steam Roller L 0–6 2–6–1 Cycledrome Recap
10 November 22 Cleveland Indians W 16–7 3–6–1 Thompson Stadium Recap
11 November 26 New York Giants W 9–6 4–6–1 Thompson Stadium Recap

Standings

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NFL standings
W L T PCT PF PA STK
Green Bay Packers 12 2 0 .857 291 87 L1
Portsmouth Spartans 11 3 0 .786 175 77 W1
Chicago Bears 8 5 0 .615 145 92 L1
Chicago Cardinals 5 4 0 .556 120 128 W1
New York Giants 7 6 1 .538 154 100 W2
Providence Steam Roller 4 4 3 .500 78 127 T1
Staten Island Stapletons 4 6 1 .400 79 118 W2
Cleveland Indians 2 8 0 .200 45 137 L5
Brooklyn Dodgers 2 12 0 .143 64 199 L8
Frankford Yellow Jackets 1 6 1 .143 13 99 L2

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

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