1931 Staten Island Stapletons season

1931 Staten Island Stapletons season
Head coach	Hinkey Haines and Marty Brill
Results
Record	4–6–1
League place	7th 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

Week	Date	Opponent	Result
1	October 4, 1931	Brooklyn Dodgers	W 9–7
2	October 11, 1931	at Brooklyn Dodgers	L 18–6
3	October 18, 1931	at New York Giants	L 7–0
4	October 25, 1931	Portsmouth Spartans	L 20–7
5	November 1, 1931	Providence Steam Roller	T 7–7
6	November 4, 1931	Brooklyn Dodgers	W 13–0
7	November 8, 1931	at Green Bay Packers	L 26–0
8	November 11, 1931	at Portsmouth Spartans	L 14–12
9	November 15, 1931	at Providence Steam Roller	L 6–0
10	November 22, 1931	Cleveland Indians	W 16–7
11	November 26, 1931	New York Giants	W 9–6

Standings

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

1. 1931 Staten Island Stapletons