1941 Creighton Bluejays football team

The 1941 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1941 college football season. In its second season under head coach Maurice H. Palrang, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–1 against MVC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 160 to 115.[1]

1941 Creighton Bluejays football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–5 (3–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCreighton Stadium
1941 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulsa $ 4 –0 –08 –2 –0
Oklahoma A&M 3 –1 –05 –4 –0
Creighton 3 –2 –05 –5 –0
Saint Louis 1 –3 –14 –5 –1
Washington University 1 –3 –04 –5 –0
Drake 0 –3 –14 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

Four Creighton players were selected by the conference coaches as second-team players on the 1941 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team: halfback Tony Porto; end Joe Boyle; center Fred Dondelinger; and tackle John Powers.[2]

Creighton was ranked at No. 140 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]

The team played its home games at Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21St. Benedict's*
W 13–7[4]
September 26Centenary*
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
W 32–207,000[5]
October 3Saint Louis
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
W 18–810,000[6]
October 11at Tulsa
L 7–1910,000 [7]
October 182:30 p.m.at Washington University
W 14–133,500[8][9][10][11]
October 25Drakedagger
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
W 12–7[12]
November 1at Oklahoma A&M
L 6–134,000[13]
November 8at Texas Tech*
L 6–136,000[14]
November 16at Loyola (CA)*
L 7–32[15]
November 23Detroit*
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
L 0–2810,000[16][17]

References
  1. "1941 Creighton Bluejays Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  2. L.E. Skelley (December 5, 1941). "Keithley Awarded Place On Valley All-Star Eleven". Miami Daily News-Record. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 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.
  4. "Ravens force Creighton, 13-7". Evening State Journal. September 22, 1941. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Bill Brock Stars As Bluejays Win Thriller, 32-20". The Columbus Daily Telegram. September 27, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Brock Averages Over 5 Yards as Creighton Wins". The Columbus Daily Telegram. October 4, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Tulsa's Aerials Daze Creighton". The Daily Oklahoman. October 12, 1941. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Fleischman, Bill (October 18, 1941). "Injured Bears Play Creighton". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 3B. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. Fleischman, Bill (October 19, 1941). "Creighton Nips Bears, 14-13". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 1E. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. Fleischman, Bill (October 19, 1941). "Creighton Nips Bears, 14-13 (continued)". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 3E. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  11. J. Roy Stockton (October 19, 1941). "Washington Nosed Out by Creighton, 14 to 13". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Creighton scores twice in fourth to defeat Drake". Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star. October 26, 1941. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Otis Wile (November 2, 1941). "Faubion Paces Aggie Victory: Farmers Score Late, Down Jays, 13-6". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Creighton Falls, 13-6: Texas Tech Rally Beats Jays". The Des Moines Register. November 9, 1941. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Loyola Wins, 32-7: Creighton Grids Upset". Los Angeles Times. November 17, 1941. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. "Titans Roll to Easy Victory over Creighton, 28-0". Detroit Free Press. November 24, 1941. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. "Detroit Spanks Creighton, 28-0". The Columbus Daily Telegram. November 24, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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