Talk:1931 Maryville Bearcats football team

Contemporary naming
As the next step in the discussion begun at Talk:1938 Maryville Bearcats football team, here are my findings from searches of Newspapers.com, covering the time period 9/31-12/31 and limited to Missouri newspapers:

Maryville

Conclusion: Maryville Bearcats was the most common name during the 1931 football season with "northwest state teachers bearcats" in second place. Cbl62 (talk) 02:32, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * "maryville bearcats" gets 35 hits
 * "northwest missouri state teachers bearcats" gets 14 matches
 * "northwest missouri bearcats" gets 2 hits
 * "maryville teachers bearcats" gets 2 hits
 * "maryville state teachers bearcats" gets 1 hit
 * "maryville state teachers college bearcats" gets 1 hit
 * "northwest missouri teachers bearcats" gets 1 hit
 * "maryville state teachers bearcats" gets 0 hits
 * "northwest missouri state bearcats" gets 0 hits
 * "maryville state bearcats" gets 0 hits

Kirksville Cbl62 (talk) 02:39, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
 * "kirksville bulldogs" gets 34 hits
 * "kirksville state bulldogs" gets 0 hits