1941 Wayne Tartars football team

The 1941 Wayne Tartars football team represented Wayne University (later renamed Wayne State University) as an independent during the 1941 college football season. The Tartars compiled a 2–6 record and were outscored by opponents, 204 to 24. The Tartars two victories were over Central Michigan (6–0) and Michigan State Normal (12–0).[1]

1941 Wayne Tartars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
CaptainEd Larrimore
Home stadiumKeyworth Stadium
1941 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Western Michigan   –  8 –0 –0
No. 3 Notre Dame   –  8 –0 –1
Youngstown   –  7 –0 –1
Xavier   –  9 –1 –0
Detroit   –  7 –2 –0
Ohio   –  5 –2 –1
Dayton   –  7 –3 –0
Cincinnati   –  6 –3 –0
Akron   –  5 –3 –1
Michigan State   –  5 –3 –1
Central Michigan   –  4 –3 –0
Ohio Wesleyan   –  5 –4 –0
Marquette   –  4 –5 –0
Carthage   –  1 –5 –2
Wayne   –  2 –6 –0
Miami (OH)   –  2 –7 –0
Western Ontario   –  1 –4 –0
Wichita   –  1 –6 –1
Michigan State Normal   –  0 –5 –2
Detroit Tech   –  0 –6 –1

The team's head coach was Joe Gembis in his tenth season. His assistant coaches were Joseph Truskowski and Ox Emerson.[2]

Prior to the season, Wayne conducted its preseason training camp at Mio, Michigan. Coach Gembis had expected 15 lettermen to return from his 1940 team that had compiled a 4–1–3 record. However, the military draft intervened, and seven of the team's 15 returning lettermen were in the Army at the start of the 1941 season with two more waiting to be inducted. Another had joined the Michigan State Police.[2]

After the team lost its first three games without scoring a point, Gembis came under fire for the team's poor performance, despite coaching at a school with approximately 10,000 students.[3]

Tom Kennedy played at the tackle position for the 1941 Wayne team. In 1944, he played two games for the Detroit Lions, the first Wayne alumnus to play in the National Football League.[4]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3at Detroit
L 0–5417,659[5]
October 11at Cincinnati
L 0–376,700[6]
October 18Ohio Wesleyan
L 0–213,500[7]
October 25at Michigan StateEast Lansing, MIL 6–3915,200[8]
November 1Central Michigandagger
  • Keyworth Stadium
  • Hamtramck, MI
W 6–0[9]
November 8Michigan State Normal
  • Keyworth Stadium
  • Hamtramck, MI
W 12–01,500[10]
November 15Western Michigan
  • Keyworth Stadium
  • Hamtramck, MI
L 0–3410,000[11]
November 20at Bowling GreenBowling Green, OHL 0–196,000[12]
  • daggerHomecoming

References
  1. "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Wayne State University. pp. 111, 114. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  2. Ed Moriarty (September 16, 1941). "Sophomores Are Big Hope of Wayne for 1941 Season". Detroit Free Press. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Ed Moriarty (October 19, 1941). "Why Wayne, Despite Its 10,000 Students, Has Not Become a Football Power". Detroit Free Press. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. 2016 Football Media Guide, p. 95.
  5. W.W. Edgar (October 4, 1941). "Madarik Stars as Titans Romp to 54-0 Triumph Over Wayne". Detroit Free Press. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Dick Forbes (October 12, 1941). "U. C. Wins As It Pleases, Downing Wayne Eleven, 37-0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Ed Moriarty (October 19, 1941). "Outplayed Ohio Wesleyan Hand Wayne Third Beating, 21 to 0". Detroit Free Press. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Charles P. Ward (October 26, 1941). "Wayne Tallies at the Gun as State Wins, 39 to 6". Detroit Free Press. pp. Sports 1, 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Wayne Beats Central Michigan, 6 to 0, for Year's First Victory". Detroit Free Press. November 2, 1941. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Ed Moriarty (November 9, 1941). "Hardenbergh Leads Wayne to Victory over Michigan Normal". Detroit Free Press. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. W. W. Edgar (November 16, 1941). "Western Michigan Crushes Wayne, 34-0, Nearing Perfect Record". Detroit Free Press. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Vastly Superior Bowling Green Whips Wayne, 19-0, in Final". Detroit Free Press. November 21, 1941. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
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