1941 Army Cadets football team

The 1941 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1941 college football season. In their first year under head coach Earl Blaik, the Cadets compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 105 to 87.[1]

1941 Army Cadets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainRay Murphy
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
1941 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Duquesne   –  8 –0 –0
Thiel   –  7 –0 –0
Saint Francis (PA)   –  6 –0 –1
No. 6 Fordham   –  8 –1 –0
Rochester   –  6 –1 –0
Trinity (CT)   –  6 –1 –0
Wagner   –  5 –1 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  5 –1 –1
Penn State   –  7 –2 –0
Temple   –  7 –2 –0
Coast Guard   –  6 –2 –0
Norwich   –  6 –2 –0
Hofstra   –  5 –2 –0
Boston College   –  7 –3 –0
Syracuse   –  5 –2 –1
Bucknell   –  6 –3 –0
Drexel   –  4 –2 –1
Boston University   –  5 –3 –0
La Salle   –  5 –3 –0
Tufts   –  5 –3 –0
Army   –  5 –3 –1
CCNY   –  4 –4 –0
Villanova   –  4 –4 –0
Manhattan   –  4 –4 –1
Holy Cross   –  4 –4 –2
Colgate   –  3 –3 –2
Providence   –  3 –3 –2
Buffalo   –  3 –4 –1
Massachusetts State   –  3 –4 –1
Pittsburgh   –  3 –6 –0
Vermont   –  2 –6 –0
NYU   –  2 –7 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  1 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The season represented a four-game improvement on the prior year's record of 1–7–1. Army opened with four wins,[2] then played a scoreless tie with undefeated Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium.[3] The eleventh-ranked Cadets then lost on the road in consecutive weeks to Harvard and Penn.[4][5] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Midshipmen won for the third straight year.[6][7]

Army halfback Hank Mazur was selected by Life magazine as a third-team player on the All-America team.[8] Mazur was also selected by the Associated Press as a second-team player on the 1941 All-Eastern football team.[9]

Army was ranked at No. 45 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[10]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4The Citadel
W 19–67,000[11]
October 11VMI
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 27–207,000[12][11]
October 18at Yale
W 20–756,000[13]
October 25Columbia
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 13–028,000[14]
November 1vs. No. 6 Notre DameNo. 14
T 0–076,000[15]
November 8at HarvardNo. 11
L 6–2053,000[4]
November 15at PennNo. 19
L 7–1470,000[5]
November 22West Virginia
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W 7–625,000[16]
November 29vs. No. 11 Navy
L 6–1498,924[17]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "Army Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  2. Guenther, Jack (October 26, 1941). "Cadets trick Columbia in 13-0 win". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 13, part 3.
  3. Ferguson, Harry (November 2, 1941). "Cadets top Irish on muddy gridiron". Pittsburgh Press. Associated Press. p. 9, part 3.
  4. "Harvard uncovers scoring punch to kayo Army, 20-7". Pittsburgh. United Press. November 9, 1941. p. 14, part 3.
  5. Fraley, Oscar (November 16, 1941). "Penn downs Army, 14 to 7". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 13, part 3.
  6. Guenther, Jack (November 30, 1941). "Navy gives parting coach 14-6 win over Army". Pittsburgh Press. United Press. p. 11, part 3.
  7. "1941 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  8. "Al DeMao, Rokisky on All-America Teams". The Pittsburgh Press. November 29, 1941.
  9. "MacKinney and Peabody on A.P. Eastern Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. December 5, 1941. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Army Batters Citadel, 19-6". New York Daily News. October 5, 1941. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Army Nips VMI, 27-20, With 1st Half Drive". New York Daily News. October 12, 1941. p. 95 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Dick McCann (October 19, 1941). "Army Crushes Yale, 20-7, Grounding Air Attack". New York Daily News. p. C42 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. Jimmy Powers (October 26, 1941). "Army Wins, 13-0; Lion Passes Fail". New York Daily News. p. C36 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. Gene Ward (November 2, 1941). "Army Deflates ND To Gain 0-0 Tie; Mazur Is Star". New York Daily News. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. Dick McCann (November 23, 1941). "Army Overtakes West Va., 7-6". New York Daily News. p. 41C – via Newspapers.com.
  17. Gene Ward (November 30, 1941). "Navy Weighs Anchor in 2d Half, Sinks Army, 14-6, Before 98,924". New York Daily News. p. C36 – via Newspapers.com.


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