1941 Mestaruussarja – Finnish League Championship, League table
The league was abandoned due to World War II (14 rounds having been scheduled). The above table was declared final.


1941 Miami Hurricanes football team
The 1941 Miami Hurricanes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Miami  as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) in the 1941 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jack Harding, the Hurricanes compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 162 to 54. The team's victories included games against Texas Tech (6–0), South Carolina (7–6), and VMI (10–7); its losses were to Florida (0–14) and Alabama (7–21). The team was not ranked in the 1941 NCAA football rankings.


1941 Miami Hurricanes football team
The Hurricanes played nine of their ten games at Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida. The Florida–Miami football rivalry game was played on a Saturday night, and the other home games were played on Friday nights.


1941 Miami Redskins football team
The 1941 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their tenth and final season under head coach Frank Wilton, the Redskins compiled a 2–7 record. The team played its home games at Miami Field in Oxford, Ohio.


1941 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team
The 1941 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team represented Michigan State Normal College (later renamed Eastern Michigan University) during the 1941 college football season. In their 20th season under head coach Elton Rynearson, the Hurons compiled a 0–5–2 record, failed to score in five of seven games, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 65 to 12. Andrew L. Newlands was the team captain. The team played its home games at Walter O. Briggs Field on the school's campus in Ypsilanti, Michigan.


1941 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1941 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College in the 1941 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 5–3–1 record and lost their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 19 to 7 score. In inter-sectional play, the team lost to Santa Clara (7-0) and defeated Temple (46-0) and West Virginia (14-12).


1941 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Michigan
On September 27, 1941, Michigan State lost Michigan by a 19 to 7 score. The game was Michigan's first without Tom Harmon, who had led the Wolverines from 1938 to 1940. Sophomore tailback Tom Kuzma, from Harmon's home town of Gary, Indiana, took over Harmon's spot and scored two touchdowns in his first game for the Wolverines. Michigan State took the lead on the third play from scrimmage with a 74-yard sweep around left end by halfback Jack Fenton. Michigan came back with a touchdown in the second quarter and two more in the third quarter.


1941 Michigan State Spartans football team, Game summaries, Michigan
In addition to Kuzma's two touchdowns, fullback Bob Westfall also scored on a one-yard run in the third quarter. Robert Ingalls kicked for one point after touchdown for Michigan. Michigan out-gained Michigan State on the ground with 235 rushing yards to 104 for the Spartans. Wilfrid Smith of the Chicago Tribune wrote that the key to Michigan's victory was its veteran line that "completely outplayed" the Spartans' line.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1941 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1941 Big Ten Conference football season. Under fourth-year head coach Fritz Crisler, Michigan compiled a record of 6–1–1 (3–1–1 Big Ten), outscored opponents 147 to 41 and was ranked No. 5 in the final AP Poll. The team played three ranked opponents, defeating No. 5 Northwestern (14–7), playing to a tie with No. 14 Ohio State (20–20), and losing by a 7–0 score to the 1941 Minnesota team that won the 1941 national championship. With a strong, veteran line, the Wolverines also shut out four of their eight opponents: Pittsburgh (40–0); Columbia (28–0); Illinois (20–0); and Iowa (6–0).


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team
Fullback Bob Westfall was selected as a consensus first-team player on both the 1941 College Football All-America Team and the All-Big Ten Conference team. Halfback Tom Kuzma was the team's leading scorer with 48 points, and tackle Reuben Kelto received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Tackle Al Wistert received second-team All-America honors, and center Robert Ingalls was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten honoree.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
The 1940 Michigan Wolverines football team had compiled a 7–1 and was ranked No. 3 in the final AP Poll. Michigan's coaching staff remained largely intact in 1941, with head coach Fritz Crisler returning for his fourth season and taking on an added role as athletic director following the retirement of Fielding H. Yost.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
From the 1940 team, the Wolverines lost five key starters to graduation: halfback Tom Harmon, quarterback Forest Evashevski, end Ed Frutig and guards Ralph Fritz and Milo Sukup. In addition, halfback Cliff Wise was lost to the military draft, and several other players from the 1940 team were lost when they voluntarily enlisted in the military. Michigan's enlistees included halfback Bob Krejsa, fullback Bob Zimmerman, and tackle Jack Butler.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
Key veterans returning from the 1940 team included fullback and senior team captain, Bob Westfall, who was the nation's fourth leading rusher during the 1940 college football season with 807 net rushing yards. Michigan also returned several veteran linemen, including starting center Robert Ingalls and tackles Al Wistert and Reuben Kelto.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
In an article published in mid-September, coach Crisler predicted that Michigan's outlook for another superior team was dim. Michigan's biggest task in the pre-season was to find a player to take on the tailback position that had been filled by Tom Harmon from 1938 to 1940.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Pre-season
As fall practice got underway, the leading prospects to take over Harmon's position included the following individuals: Tom Kuzma, a sophomore and a native of Harmon's home town of Gary, Indiana; David M. Nelson, who was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach; Paul White, who later played for the Pittsburgh Steelers; Don Robinson, who served as a heavy bomber pilot in World War II; and Harold "Tippy" Lockard, a junior from Canton, Ohio, who enlisted in the Army Air Corps after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Despite receiving an invitation from coach Crisler, sophomore track star Bob Ufer, who had played halfback in high school, did not report to the football team, opting instead to focus on track.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 1: Michigan State
On September 27, 1941, Michigan defeated Michigan State by a 19 to 7 score. The game was Michigan's first without Tom Harmon, who had led the Wolverines from 1938 to 1940. Sophomore tailback Tom Kuzma, from Harmon's home town of Gary, Indiana, took over Harmon's spot and scored two touchdowns in his first game for the Wolverines. Michigan State took the lead on the third play from scrimmage with a 74-yard sweep around left end by halfback Jack Fenton. Michigan came back with a touchdown in the second quarter and two more in the third quarter.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 1: Michigan State
In addition to Kuzma's two touchdowns, fullback Bob Westfall also scored on a one-yard run in the third quarter. Robert Ingalls kicked for one point after touchdown for Michigan. Michigan out-gained Michigan State on the ground with 235 rushing yards to 104 for the Spartans. Wilfrid Smith of the Chicago Tribune wrote that the key to Michigan's victory was its veteran line that "completely outplayed" the Spartans' line.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 1: Michigan State
Michigan's starting lineup against Michigan State was Harlin Fraumann (left end), Al Wistert (left tackle), Robert Kolesar (left guard), Ingalls (center), Bill Melzow (right guard), Reuben Kelto (right tackle), Joe Rogers (right end), George Ceithaml (quarterback), David M. Nelson (left halfback), Harold "Tippy" Lockard (right halfback), and Westfall (fullback).


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 2: Iowa
On October 4, 1941, Michigan defeated Iowa by a 6 to 0 score. The game's only points were scored in the first quarter after sophomore halfback Tom Kuzma returned a punt 22 yards, supported by a key block from quarterback George Ceithaml, to Iowa's 18-yard line. Kuzma thereafter scored the touchdown on a three-yard run, and Bill Melzow missed the kick for point after touchdown.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 2: Iowa
Michigan's starting lineup against Iowa was Harlin Fraumann (left end), Al Wistert (left tackle), Robert Kolesar (left guard), Robert Ingalls (center), Melzow (right guard), Reuben Kelto (right tackle), Joe Rogers (right end), Ceithaml (quarterback), Kuzma (left halfback), Harold "Tippy" Lockard (right halfback), and Bob Westfall (fullback).


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 3: Pittsburgh
On October 11, 1941, Michigan defeated Pitt by a 40 to 0 score. The game was the first played between the two programs. Michigan's six touchdowns, five of them in the second half, were scored by Harold "Tippy" Lockard, Tom Kuzma (two touchdowns, including a 48-yard punt return), Donald Boor, Don Robinson, and David M. Nelson. Points after touchdown were kicked by Robert Ingalls (2) and William Melzow (2). Pitt never advanced beyond Michigan's 35-yard line in the game. Michigan outgained Pitt on the ground 274 yards to 27 yards. The New York Times wrote: "A powerhouse line, impregnable on the defense and a juggernaut on the offense; an abundance of ball-carriers who possessed speed, force and deception, plus the knowledge of how and when to employ these weapons, stamped Michigan's superiority throughout."


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 3: Pittsburgh
Michigan's starting lineup against Pitt was Harlin Fraumann (left end), Al Wistert (left tackle), Robert Kolesar (left guard), Ingalls (center), Merv Pregulman (right guard), Reuben Kelto (right tackle), Joe Rogers (right end), George Ceithaml (quarterback), Kuzma (left halfback), Lockard (right halfback), and Bob Westfall (fullback).


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 4: at Northwestern
On October 18, 1941, Michigan defeated Wildcats by a 14 to 7 score. Both Michigan touchdowns came on passes from halfback Tom Kuzma. The first touchdown pass, in the first quarter, came on a 78-yard drive led by the running of fullback Bob Westfall. The touchdown was scored on a trick play as Westfall faked a run from Northwestern's 10-yard line, handed the ball to quarterback George Ceithaml who then lateraled the ball to halfback Tom Kuzma who threw to end Harlin Fraumann in the end zone.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 4: at Northwestern
The second touchdown pass, in the fourth quarter, covered 47 yards, with end Joe Rogers running the final 32 yards after making the reception. Bill Melzow kicked both points after touchdown for the Wolverines. Northwestern's touchdown was scored on a three-yard run by Otto Graham in the second quarter. Michigan was out-gained both on the ground (169 to 128) and in the air (197 to 73), but held Northwestern to a single touchdown.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 4: at Northwestern
Michigan's starting lineup against Northwestern was Fraumann (left end), Al Wistert (left tackle), Robert Kolesar (left guard), Robert Ingalls (center), Merv Pregulman (right guard), Reuben Kelto (right tackle), Rogers (right end), Ceithaml (quarterback), Kuzma (left halfback), Harold "Tippy" Lockard (right halfback), and Westfall (fullback).


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 5: Minnesota
On October 25, 1941, Michigan, ranked No. 3 in the AP Poll, played Minnesota, ranked No. 1 in the country. Minnesota won the game by a 7 to 0 score on a five-yard touchdown run by halfback Herman Frickey in the second quarter. The touchdown was set up by a 78-yard punt and a 43-yard pass, both by 1941 Heisman Trophy winner Bruce Smith. Minnesota gained 179 rushing yards in the game, while Michigan tallied 135 rushing yards.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 5: Minnesota
In the fourth quarter, Michigan twice drove deep into Minnesota territory, but both drives ended with pass interceptions by Minnesota's quarterback Bill Garnaas. The loss was the eighth in a row for the Wolverines against the Golden Gophers. The crowd of 85,753 at Michigan Stadium was the largest to that date to see a football game between two Big Ten Conference teams.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 5: Minnesota
Michigan's starting lineup against Minnesota was Harlin Fraumann (left end), Al Wistert (left tackle), Robert Kolesar (left guard), Robert Ingalls (center), Merv Pregulman (right guard), Reuben Kelto (right tackle), Joe Rogers (right end), George Ceithaml (quarterback), Tom Kuzma (left halfback), Harold "Tippy" Lockard (right halfback), and Bob Westfall (fullback).


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 6: at Illinois
On November 1, 1941, Michigan played on the road and defeated Illinois by a 20 to 0 score. The game, played in cold, windy weather, featured 13 fumbles, seven by Michigan and six by Illinois. Two of Michigan's touchdowns were scored by fullback Bob Westfall, and the third was scored by halfback Tom Kuzma. William Melzow kicked two points after touchdown and missed on a third attempt. Kuzma rushed for 121 yards on 21 carries, and Westfall carried 26 times for 126 rushing yards. In all, the Wolverines out-gained the Illini on the ground 327 yards to 91 yards.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 6: at Illinois
Michigan's starting lineup against Illinois was Harlin Fraumann (left end), Al Wistert (left tackle), Robert Kolesar (left guard), Robert Ingalls (center), Merv Pregulman (right guard), Reuben Kelto (right tackle), Rudy Smeja (right end), George Ceithaml (quarterback), Kuzma (left halfback), Paul White (right halfback), and Westfall (fullback).


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 7: at Columbia
On November 15, 1941, Michigan traveled to New York City and defeated Columbia by a 28 to 0 score. Three of Michigan's four touchdowns were scored by fullback Bob Westfall, and the fourth was scored by halfback Tom Kuzma. All four points after touchdown were kicked by William Melzow. Michigan outgained Columbia on the ground 359 yards to 33 yards. Allison Danzig of The New York Times described Michigan's performance as "butchery"  and "a horrendous outpouring of volcanic power" featuring bewildering trickery, "explosive running" and "obliterating blocking", and praised the Wolverines as "one of the greatest football teams ever turned loose" on Columbia's field.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 7: at Columbia
Michigan's starting lineup against Columbia was Harlin Fraumann (left end), Al Wistert (left tackle), Robert Kolesar (left guard), Robert Ingalls (center), Merv Pregulman (right guard), Reuben Kelto (right tackle), Philip Sharpe (right end), George Ceithaml (quarterback), Kuzma (left halfback), Paul White (right halfback), and Westfall (fullback).


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 8: Ohio State
On November 22, 1941, Michigan finished its season playing to a 20 to 20 tie with Ohio State. Michigan's touchdowns were scored by halfback Tom Kuzma (on a one-yard run), end Harlin Fraumann (on a lateral from George Ceithaml to Kuzma, who then passed to Fraumann), and fullback Bob Westfall (on a five-yard run). Westfall gained 162 rushing yards in his final game for Michigan. The Wolverines out-gained the Buckeyes in rushing, 271 yards to 179 yards. Michigan's Bill Melzow kicked two points after touchdown but, in the fourth quarter, kicked wide on the third attempt that would have given Michigan a victory.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Week 8: Ohio State
Michigan's starting lineup against Minnesota was Fraumann (left end), Al Wistert (left tackle), Robert Kolesar (left guard), Robert Ingalls (center), Merv Pregulman (right guard), Reuben Kelto (right tackle), Philip Sharpe (right end), George Ceithaml (quarterback), Kuzma (left halfback), Paul White (right halfback), and Westfall (fullback).


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Post-season
On December 1, 1941, the Associated Press released the results of its final football ranking poll of the 1941 season. With 945-1/2 points and 84 of 96 first place votes, the national championship was awarded to Minnesota, the only team to defeat Michigan during the 1941 season. Michigan ranked No. 5 in the final AP Poll with 455 points.


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Post-season
With respect to individual awards, fullback Bob Westfall was the only Wolverine to receive first-team All-America honors. Westfall was a consensus All-American, receiving first-team honors from the All-America Board, Collier's Weekly (selected by Grantland Rice), the International News Service, Liberty magazine, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, Newsweek, the Sporting News, the United Press, the Central Press Association and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Westfall also received All-Big Ten honors from both the Associated Press and the United Press. (In 1987, Westfall was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.)


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Players, Varsity letter winners
Twenty-five players received varsity letters for their participation on the 1941 Michigan team. The letter winners were:


1941 Michigan Wolverines football team, Players, Other players
Other players included on Michigan's 1941 roster include the following:


1941 Milan–San Remo
The 1941 Milan–San Remo was the 34th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 19 March 1938. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Pierino Favalli of the Legnano team.


1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1941 Big Ten Conference football season. In their tenth year under head coach Bernie Bierman, the Golden Gophers compiled an undefeated 8–0 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 186 to 38.


1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The team was selected national champion by eleven NCAA-designated major selectors in Associated Press, Billingsley, Boand, DeVold, Dunkel, Football Research, Helms, Litkenhous, National Championship Foundation, Poling, Sagarin, Sagarin (ELO-Chess).


1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Halfback Bruce Smith was named an All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, INS, Time-Life, United Press (UP), Associated Press (AP) and Look Magazine. Smith was also awarded the Heisman Trophy, the only Golden Gopher to win the award.


1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Tackle Dick Wildung was named an All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, INS, Time Life, AP and UPI. Wildung, Smith, halfback Bill Daley, end Bob Fitch and guard Len Levy were named All-Big Ten.


1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Back Bob Sweiger was awarded the team most valuable player award.


1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Total attendance for the season was 239,227, which averaged to 47,845. The season high for attendance was against Northwestern.


1941 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, Game summaries, Michigan
On October 25, 1941, Minnesota, ranked #1 in the AP Poll, played Michigan, ranked #3 in the country. Minnesota won the game by a 7 to 0 score on a five-yard touchdown run by halfback Herman Frickey in the second quarter. The touchdown was set up by a 78-yard punt and a 43-yard pass, both by 1941 Heisman Trophy winner Bruce Smith. Minnesota gained 179 rushing yards in the game, while Michigan tallied 135 rushing yards. In the fourth quarter, Michigan twice drove deep into Minnesota territory, but both drives ended with pass interceptions by Minnesota's quarterback Bill Garnaas. The loss was the eighth in a row for the Wolverines against the Golden Gophers. The crowd of 85,753 at Michigan Stadium was the largest to that date to see a football game between two Big Ten Conference teams.


1941 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team
The 1941 Mississippi Southern Southerners football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi Southern College (now known as the University of Southern Mississippi) as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1941 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Reed Green, the team compiled a 9–0–1 record.


1941 Mississippi State Maroons football team
The 1941 Mississippi State Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi State College in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1941 college football season. In their third season under head coach Allyn McKeen, the Maroons compiled an 8–1–1 record (4–0–1 against SEC opponents), won the only SEC championship in school history, outscored opponents by a total of 191 to 55, and were ranked No. 16 in the final AP Poll.


1941 Mississippi State Maroons football team
After losing eight of eleven starters from the undefeated 1940 team, the Maroons were picked to finish at or near the bottom of the SEC in 1941. Yet, they won games against conference opponents, Florida, Alabama, Auburn, and Ole Miss, and played a scoreless tie against LSU. The sole loss of the season was to No. 10 Duquesne. The 1941 season was the second consecutive season in which Mississippi State went undefeated against SEC opponents.


1941 Mississippi State Maroons football team
Two Mississippi State players were named to the 1941 All-SEC football team. Tackle Bill Arnold received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and second-team honors from the United Press (UP). Halfback Johnnie "Blondy" Black was picked by the UP for the second team.


1941 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1941 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1941 college football season. The team compiled an 8–2 record (5–0 against Big 6 opponents), won the Big 6 championship, lost to Fordham in the 1942 Sugar Bowl, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 226 to 39, and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll. Don Faurot was the head coach for the seventh of 19 seasons. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.


1941 Missouri Tigers football team
The team's leading scorer was junior halfback Bob Steuber with 67 points. Five Missouri players were selected by the United Press as first-team players on the 1941 All-Big Six Conference football team: Steuber; senior quarterback Harry Ice; senior center Darold Jenkins; senior guard Robert Jeffries; and senior tackle Norville Wallach. Three others (quarterback Maurice Wade, end Bert Ekern, and tackle Robert Brenton) were named to the second team.


1941 Moldavian Supreme Soviet election
An election for a Supreme Soviet took place in Moldavia on January 12, 1941. The poll was an effort to legitimize the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina which had taken place after Romania agreed to evacuate its administration in June 1940. Since 1918 these regions had been annexed by Romania, however the Soviet Union had maintained an active claim. All 266 deputies returned were elected on the common list of the Communist Party of Moldavia (a branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union) and non-partisans. The Supreme Soviet subsequently adopted the 1941 Constitution of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, under which the MSSR was a constituent of the Soviet Union. Soviet control was interrupted by the Axis occupation from June 1941 to 1944.


1941 Moldavian Supreme Soviet election, Results
Moldavian deputies represented 56% of the total, while they made up 65% of the population of the republic. The first session of the Supreme Soviet was held on February 8, 1941.


1941 Moldavian Supreme Soviet election, Follow-up
The Constitution of 1941 was adopted at the first session of the Supreme Soviet on February 10, 1941. It was the first Constitution of Moldova, and was based on the principles and provisions of the 1936 Soviet Constitution. The Moldavian SSR had been formed on August 2, 1940. It included parts of the annexed territories and part of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic from within the Ukrainian SSR.


1941 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 1941 Montana Grizzlies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Montana as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1941 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Doug Fessenden, the Grizzlies compiled a 6–3 record (1–3 against PCC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 119 to 94. The team played its home games at Dornblaser Field in Missoula, Montana.


1941 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 1941 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State College (later renamed Montana State University) in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1941 college football season. In its 12th and final season under head coach Schubert R. Dyche, the team compiled a 1–4–2 record (1–2–1 against RMC opponents). Brick Breeden was assistant coach. Carl Fjeld was the frosh coach.


1941 Morris Brown Wolverines football team
The 1941 Morris Brown Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented Morris Brown College in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) during the 1941 college football season. In their tenth, non-consecutive season under head coach Billy Nicks, the team compiled a 11–1 record, defeated North Carolina College in the Peach Blossom Bowl and Langston in the Vulcan Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 219 to 55. The Morris Brown team was recognized as the 1941 black college national co-champion.


1941 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1941 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 5th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The third time was the charm for the Aztecs of San Diego State. After losing the previous two years to Southwestern College and Tarkio College, the Aztecs finally won beating Murray State College (Ky.) 36-34.


1941 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
It also was the first time that the tournament MVP was awarded to a player whose team did not win the championship, or make the NAIA Final Four (Charles Thomas played for Northwestern State University which lost in the second round to Texas Wesleyan University. San Diego State was the first team to make it to the championship game 3 times.


1941 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, Awards and honors
Many of the records set by the 1941 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:


1941 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, 1941 NAIA bracket, 3rd place game
The third place game featured the losing team from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.


1941 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1941 NC State Wolfpack football team was an American football team that represented North Carolina State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1941 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Williams Newton, the Wolfpack compiled a 4–5–2 record (3–4–2 against SoCon opponents), finished eight in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 143 to 122.


1941 NCAA Basketball Tournament
The 1941 NCAA Basketball Tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA college basketball. It began on March 21, 1941, and ended with the championship game on March 29 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of nine games were played, including a third place game in both regions.


1941 NCAA Basketball Tournament
Wisconsin, coached by Bud Foster, won the national title with a 39–34 victory in the final over Washington State, coached by Jack Friel. John Kotz of Wisconsin was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


1941 NCAA Basketball Tournament, Locations
The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1941 tournament:


1941 NCAA Basketball Tournament, Locations, Championship Game
For the second straight year, the Municipal Auditorium hosted both the West Regional games and the Championship game, making it the first arena to repeat as host. The East Regional was held on a different college campus for the third straight year, this time at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. This marked the first of two times the Wisconsin Field House hosted games, and first of three times the University has, hosting at its replacement, the Kohl Center, in 2002.


1941 NCAA Cross Country Championships
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1941 NCAA Cross Country Championships
The 1941 NCAA Cross Country Championships were the fourth annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States.


1941 NCAA Cross Country Championships
Since the current multi-division format for NCAA championship did not begin until 1973, all NCAA members were eligible. In total, 19 teams and 94 individual runners contested this championship.


1941 NCAA Cross Country Championships
The meet was hosted by Michigan State College at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan for the fourth consecutive time. Additionally, the distance for the race was 4 miles (6.4 kilometers).


1941 NCAA Cross Country Championships
The team national championship was won by the Rhode Island State Rams, their first, while the individual championship was won by Fred Wilt, from Indiana, with a time of 20:32.1.


1941 NCAA Golf Championship
The 1941 NCAA Golf Championship was the third annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf in the United States. The tournament was held at the Ohio State University Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio.


1941 NCAA Golf Championship
Stanford won  the team championship, the second title for the Indians. Earl Stewart from LSU captured the individual title.


1941 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The consensus 1941 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Helms Athletic Foundation, Converse, and Madison Square Garden.


1941 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1941 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1941 at Jenison Pool at Michigan State College in East Lansing, Michigan at the fifth annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1941 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
For the fifth consecutive year, Michigan topped the team standings, edging out Yale for the second straight year. It was the Wolverines' fifth title in program history and the fifth for coach Matt Mann.


1941 NCAA Track and Field Championships
The 1941 NCAA Track and Field Championships were the 20th annual track meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate track and field in the United States. This year's events were held at Stanford Stadium at Stanford University in Stanford, California.


1941 NCAA Wrestling Championships
The 1941 NCAA Wrestling Championships were the 14th NCAA Wrestling Championships to be held. Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania hosted the tournament at Taylor Gymnasium.


1941 NCAA Wrestling Championships
Oklahoma A&M took home the team championship with 37 points and having four individual champions.


1941 NCAA Wrestling Championships
Al Whitehurst of Oklahoma A&M was named the Outstanding Wrestler.


1941 NCAA baseball season
The 1941 NCAA baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1941. Play largely consisted of regional matchups, some organized by conferences, and ended in June. No national championship event was held until 1947.


1941 NCAA baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1941 season.


1941 NCAA football rankings
One human poll comprised the 1941 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. The Coaches' Poll began operation in 1950; in addition, the AP Poll did not begin conducting preseason polls until that same year.


1941 NCAA football rankings, AP Poll
The final AP Poll was released on December 1, at the end of the 1941 regular season, weeks before the major bowls. The AP would not release a post-bowl season final poll regularly until 1968.


1941 NFL Championship Game
The 1941 National Football League Championship Game was the ninth annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL), held at Wrigley Field in Chicago on December 21. Played two weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the attendance was 13,341, the smallest ever to see an NFL title game.


1941 NFL Championship Game, Western Division playoff game
Before the title game, the Western Division champion needed to be determined. The defending NFL champion Chicago Bears (10–1) had ended the regular season on December 7 tied with the Green Bay Packers (10–1), the 1939 NFL champions. The two had split their season series in 1941, with the road teams winning, so the tiebreaker was the first-ever divisional playoff game in the NFL, played on December 14 at Wrigley Field.


1941 NFL Championship Game, Western Division playoff game
The Packers had completed their regular season on November 30 and the playoff game was sold out by Tuesday, December 9, at over 46,484, with over 10,000 seats to Packer fans. Chicago was favored, and attendance on game day was slightly lower than capacity at 43,425, the week after Pearl Harbor. The Bears jumped to a 30–7 halftime lead under clear skies and 16 °F (−9 °C) temperatures and easily won, 33–14. The Eastern Division champion New York Giants (8–3) completed their regular season on December 7 with a 21–7 loss to the runner-up Brooklyn Dodgers (7–4), who had defeated the Giants twice in the regular season.


1941 NFL Championship Game, NFL Championship Game
The Bears were making their fifth appearance in the title game, the Giants were making their sixth, and each had two victories. It was the third time the two teams matched up in the big game; the home teams had won both: the Bears in 1933 and the Giants in 1934. The Bears were favored by two touchdowns and 35,000 were expected to attend. The game time temperature was an unseasonably warm 47 °F (8 °C).


1941 NFL Championship Game, NFL Championship Game
The hometown Bears kicked three field goals in the first half to lead 9–6 at the intermission. The Giants took the opening drive of the second half down to the five but settled for a short field goal to tie the score. Chicago dominated the rest of the second half with four unanswered touchdowns and won 37–9.


1941 NFL Championship Game, NFL Championship Game
The Bears became the first team in the NFL championship game era (since 1933) to win consecutive titles; it was the franchise's fifth league title (1921, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1941).


1941 NFL Championship Game, NFL Championship Game, Scoring summary
Ray "Scooter" McLean elected to drop kick the extra point on the last touchdown,  the last successful drop kick in the NFL for 64 years. Doug Flutie of the New England Patriots kicked one in his final regular season game, in the fourth quarter of the last game of the 2005 regular season on January 1, 2006.


1941 NFL Championship Game, Officials
The NFL had only four game officials in 1941; the back judge was added in 1947, the line judge in 1965, and the side judge in 1978.


1941 NFL Championship Game, Players' shares
With the extremely low attendance, the net gate receipts were a record low, under $42,000. Each Bear player received $431 while each Giant saw $288, less than half of the previous year's.


1941 NFL Championship Game, Players' shares
Ticket prices were $4.40 for the grandstand and $2.20 for bleachers.


1941 NFL Championship Game, War casualties
Two players in the game, back Young Bussey of the Bears and end Jack Lummus of the Giants, were killed in action three years later in World War II, in early 1945. Navy lieutenant Bussey died in the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines and Marine lieutenant Lummus was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for valor at the Battle of Iwo Jima.


1941 NFL Draft
The 1941 National Football League Draft was held on December 10, 1940, at the Willard Hotel in Washington D.C.


1941 NFL playoffs
The 1941 National Football League season resulted in a tie for the Western Division championship between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, requiring an unscheduled one-game playoff. The two teams had finished the regular season with identical 10–1 records and had split their season series, with the road teams winning. The Bears were defending league champions, and the Packers had won the NFL title in 1939.


1941 NFL playoffs
This divisional championship game was played on December 14 at Wrigley Field. The winner then hosted the New York Giants (8–3) on December 21 in the NFL Championship Game.


1941 NFL season
The 1941 NFL season was the 22nd regular season of the National Football League. Before the season, Elmer Layden was named the first Commissioner of the NFL, while Carl Storck resigned as league president. Layden also took on the duties of president and signed a five-year contract at $20,000 annually.


1941 NFL season
The league bylaws were changed to provide for playoffs in cases where division races are tied after the regular season, and rules for sudden-death overtimes in case a playoff game was tied after four quarters.


1941 NFL season
The defending league champion Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers finished the regular season tied in the Western Division, setting up the first divisional playoff game in league history. The Bears won 33–14 at Wrigley Field on December 14, then defeated the New York Giants 37–9 in the NFL championship game at Wrigley Field on December 21. The Bears, averaging 36 points per game, became the first team since the institution of the East-West championship in 1933 to repeat as champion.


1941 NFL season
The total attendance for the league's 55 regular season games was 1,118,616. This represented an increase of 9% over the previous season's attendance.


1941 NFL season, Draft
The 1941 NFL Draft was held on December 10, 1940 at Washington, D.C.'s Willard Hotel. With the first pick, the Chicago Bears selected halfback Tom Harmon from The University of Michigan.


1941 NFL season, Major rule changes
In addition to these rule changes, this season marked the first time that the league commissioner became involved in enforcement of player conduct standards. Commissioner Elmer Layden in August assessed $25 fines on Green Bay Packers quarterback Larry Craig and New York Giants halfback Hank Soar for fighting.


1941 NFL season, Division Races
In the Eastern Division, the Redskins held a half-game after nine weeks of play; at 5–1–0, their only loss had been 17–10 to the 5–2-0 Giants, who had lost two games in a row. Washington, however, lost its next three games, while the Giants rebounded to win their next two games. On November 23, the 5–3 Redskins met 7–2 New York at the Polo Grounds, and the Giants' 20–13 win clinched the division championship.


1941 NFL season, Division Races
The Western Division race was one between the Bears and Packers. By November 2, when the teams met at Wrigley Field, the Bears were 5–0 and the Packers 6–1, in part because of the Bears' earlier 25–17 win at Green Bay. Green Bay's 16–14 win put them in the lead, and they finished the regular season at 10–1 on November 30 with a 22–17 comeback win at Washington.


1941 NFL season, Division Races
On the afternoon of December 7, 1941, on the day Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor, the Bears were losing to the Cardinals, 14–0, and trailed 24–20 in the fourth quarter, before rallying for a 34–24 win. Both teams finished at 10–1 and a playoff was set to determine who would go to the title game. With the United States now embroiled in World War II, the Bears and Packers met at Wrigley Field on December 14, with Chicago winning 33–14.


1941 NFL season, Final standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1941 NSWRFL season
The 1941 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the thirty-fourth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season, which lasted from April until August, culminating in Eastern Suburbs’ loss to St. George in the grand final.


1941 NSWRFL season, Teams
34th seasonGround: North Sydney Oval Coach: Arthur HallowayCaptain: Rex Harrison


1941 NSWRFL season, Teams
34th seasonGround: Sydney Sports Ground Coach: Jim TaitCaptain: Bob Banham


1941 NSWRFL season, Ladder
Owing to the fact that three clubs were equal on points at the end of the home-and-away season, no club had the right of challenge in the finals.


1941 NSWRFL season, Finals
Eastern Suburbs and St. George won their respective semi finals, allowing them to meet in the Final.


1941 NSWRFL season, Finals, Premiership final
In a tough encounter the Dragons won their first ever premiership in their twenty-first season in the competition. St. George captain-coach Neville Smith was knocked out after a heavy tackle early in the match. Smith recovered and scored 13 points through one try and five goals.


1941 NSWRFL season, Finals, Premiership final
Along with Smith, St. George centre Gordon Hart also gave a sparkling display of free-running rugby league. Recently enlisted in the AIF, Hart had been given permission to leave barracks to participate in the finals.


1941 NSWRFL season, Finals, Premiership final
In another incident Easts’ prop Jack Arnold and Saints’ lock Bill Tyquin were sent off after an almighty punch up. Tyquin, a Queensland representative who would later captain Australia, played only the 1941 war-time season in Sydney while he was stationed there on duty with the AIF.


1941 NSWRFL season, Finals, Premiership final
It was to prove to be the final match in the stellar, record-setting career of Easts’ Dave Brown who at twenty-nine years of age announced his retirement at game’s end.


1941 NSWRFL season, Finals, Premiership final
St. George 31 (Tries: Campbell 2, Hanson 2, Smith, Kelly, Hart. Goals: Smith 5)


1941 NSWRFL season, Finals, Premiership final
Eastern Suburbs 14 (Tries: Dermond 2, Brown, Bamford. Goals: Brown 1)


1941 NYU Violets football team
The 1941 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their eighth and final season under head coach Mal Stevens, the Violets compiled a 2–7 record and were outscored by a total of 243 to 47. The team played its home games at the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan, and Ohio Field and Yankee Stadium in The Bronx.


1941 National Challenge Cup
The 1941 National Challenge Cup was the 28th edition of the United States Football Association's annual open cup. Today, the tournament is known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Teams from the American Soccer League II competed in the tournament, based on qualification methods in their base region.


1941 National Challenge Cup
Pawtucket F.C. from Pawtucket, Rhode Island won the tournament for first time defeating, Detroit Chrysler of Detroit, Michigan in the process.


1941 National Invitation Tournament
The 1941 National Invitation Tournament was the 1941 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.


1941 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the eight teams selected for the tournament.


1941 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1941 Navy Midshipmen football team was an American football team that represented the United States Naval Academy as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their third season under head coach Swede Larson, the Midshipmen compiled a 7–1–1 record, shut out five opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined score of 192 to 34. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Midshipmen beat the Cadets for the third straight year, and finished the season ranked No. 10 in the final AP Poll.


1941 Navy Midshipmen football team
Back Bill Busik and tackle Bill Chewning were selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1941 All-Eastern football team. Tackle Gene Flathmann was named to the second team.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nebraska in the Big Six Conference during the 1941 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Biff Jones, the team compiled a 4–5 record (3–2 against conference opponents), tied for second place in the Big Six, and outscored opponents by a total of 93 to 81. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Before the season
Nebraska was fresh off its first ever bowl appearance, a well-fought 21-13 loss to Stanford in the 1941 Rose Bowl, and started the 1941 season, the program's 50th year, as defending Big 6 champions, having surpassed 100 conference wins the previous year. The Cornhuskers lost nineteen seniors to graduation, and it was a tall order to hope for a performance to top 1940. Prompted by the stunning success Stanford found by reviving the T formation offense, that was used to defeat the Cornhuskers in the Rose Bowl, coach Jones installed the same formations into the Nebraska offense schemes for 1941.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Before the season
Two Nebraska players were selected by the United Press as first-team players on the 1941 All-Big Six Conference football team: junior halfback Dale Bradley and senior guard George Abel. Senior tackle C. Herndon was named to the second team.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Abel, George #47  GAthey, Marvin #41  HBBachman, Forrest #11  CBlue, Wayne #39  HBBordy, Phil #21  TBottorff, Don #28  GBradley, Dale #42  HBBryant, William #29  GByler, Joe #45  TCooper, Robert #24  QBDeBus, William Howard #31  HBDeviney, Robert #40  GDomeier, Dwayne #27  TDuda, Charles #22  GFrancis, Vike #38  FBGissler, Bert #10  EHanisch, E.C. #49  GHanson, Wilmer #13  HBHazen, Jack #32  EHerndon, Clarence #34  THyde, Robert #51  GIrick, Gene #23  G


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Roster
Jackson, Dean #46  HBKathol, Gerald #12  EKelly, Howard #56  CLeik, Francis #52  TLong, Roy #33  HBLudwick, Robert #30  EMartig, Howard #35  TMeier, Fred #20  CMetheny, Fred #36  QBMyers, Lynn #48  GNelson, Jack #55  GNyden, Ed #16  EPreston, Fred #50  EProchaska, Jerome #53  ESalisbury, Randall #14  FBSchleich, Victor #57  TSimmons, Kenneth #19  HBSindt, Wayne #15  HBThompson, Marvin #44  EVonGoetz, Herbert #58  GWilkins, Frank #37  GZikmund, Allen #59  HB


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
A steady but light rain kept the Cornhuskers focused on the ground attack, and Nebraska quickly converted an early first quarter blocked punt into a touchdown. The 7-point lead was doubled in the third quarter to take the game. It was Nebraska's third straight win over the Cyclones, and their 30th win over Iowa State overall, as the series moved to 30-5-1.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas
Kansas was unable to put up much of a fight as the Cornhuskers romped over the Jayhawks in Lincoln. The 20-0 lead by halftime reflected the tone of the day as Nebraska sent Kansas home with no points and winless against the Huskers in their last 25 tries. When the AP Poll came out after the game, Nebraska appeared at #15.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Indiana
The Cornhuskers posted the first points of the day to set up what many expected would be another win against the Hoosiers, but Indiana had other plans. The visiting team subsequently racked up 21 unanswered points on a surprised Nebraska squad. Finally in the fourth quarter the Cornhuskers responded with a touchdown, but it was not enough to keep the Hoosiers from finally putting a win in their series against Nebraska on their sixth attempt. The surprise loss caused Nebraska to fall out of the AP Poll, and they would not be seen ranked again until 1950.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Missouri
In front of a record crowd at Faurot Field, Nebraska advanced to the Missouri 11-yard line in the first quarter before being turned away. Another serious threat to the Tigers was repelled early in the second half, and the Huskers were unable to give much of a real scare afterward. Missouri's one touchdown handed them the win, marked the 100th Cornhusker loss in program history, and returned the Missouri-Nebraska Bell to the Tigers. It was the first time Nebraska had been shut out since a 0-19 loss to Pittsburgh in 1938, but the Cornhuskers still held the series at 23-9-3. Missouri would go on to finish the season ranked #7 by the AP Poll, and played Fordham in the 1942 Sugar Bowl.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
Stunned by the first back-to-back losses since 1938, the Cornhuskers managed just a single first-quarter touchdown against the Wildcats before going flat and allowing two answering scores before the halftime break. Although Nebraska was able to keep Kansas State off the board in the second half, with no points of their own they were unable to prevent the Wildcats from snapping their five-game losing streak against the Cornhuskers. It was just the third win that Kansas State had taken from all 26 tries in the series, and just the 10th loss Nebraska had ever experienced in conference play.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Minnesota
The university's yearbook praised the Cornhusker squad for inspired play and described the team for reaching "glorious heights", but the result of their efforts was not enough to prevent the powerhouse Minnesota Golden Gophers from shutting them completely out. This was the fourth loss in a row for Nebraska, a new record for consecutive losses in a season, breaking the three-loss mark set in 1899. Minnesota improved their commanding series lead to 17-4-2, and went on to finish the year ranked #1 in the AP Poll.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh
Reeling from four straight losses, the Cornhuskers summoned their resolve to halt the skid against the ever-powerful Pittsburgh Panthers. Nebraska scored first in their bid, but the Panthers responded soon after. Carrying the tie through much of the rest of the game, Pittsburgh managed to snag an interception in the last minute of play, returning it for the go-ahead touchdown. As Nebraska scrambled to recover with time running out, the Panthers intercepted yet again and returned the ball to Nebraska's 3-yard line before time expired.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Pittsburgh
The brief two-win streak that Nebraska had enjoyed over Pittsburgh was broken as the Panthers took away their tenth win against Nebraska in sixteen tries. More importantly, however, they handed Nebraska the new dubious record of five consecutive losses for the first time in the history of the Cornhusker football program.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Iowa
Iowa rolled out to a 13-0 lead and it looked like a repeat of the past handful of games where Nebraska was bound to go flat and give up the game, but somehow the Cornhusker squad dug down and found the resolve to fight back. Finally, in the fourth quarter, Nebraska punched in the tying score, and then followed it with a successful place kick to go up by one and snap their losing streak at five. It was Nebraska's 8th straight win over Iowa, and 20th win over the Hawkeyes overall, as they improved to 20-7-3 over Iowa to date.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Encouraged by the win over Iowa the previous week, Nebraska took the home field for the last game of the season hoping to close out 1941 with a win. Oklahoma found the scoreboard very early on, but just before the halftime break the Cornhuskers picked off a Sooner pass and returned it for a score. The kick after was good and put the Huskers up by a point. The teams battled back and forth for the rest of the game, but the one-point lead was enough to carry the win. Nebraska marked their third straight defeat of Oklahoma and improved to 15-3-3 over the Sooners all time.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
Although the two wins to close the season provided some relief, it was not enough to overcome the meaning of the program's first ever five-game losing streak. The dark mood over the nation brought by the expansion of World War II was soon made manifest when Japan carried out the attack on Pearl Harbor just a week after the end of the season. Shortly afterward, coach Jones was recalled to active military duty and was forced to step down as head coach.


1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season
In his five years at Nebraska, he compiled a Big 6 record of 17-6-2 (.720) and an overall program record of 28-14-4, moving Nebraska to 298-103-31 all-time with an overall conference record of 104-17-11. The effects of the war would soon be felt by the football program in other ways, as many thousands of young men immediately started volunteering for duty overseas to help the war effort, many of them from the pool of college football players.


1941 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 1941 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Aiken, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record. The team was invited to play in a post-season game in Honolulu on New Year's Day, but athletic events in the Territory of Hawaii were cancelled after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.


1941 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
Marion Motley, who was later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, played for the Wolf Pack from 1941 to 1943.


1941 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 1941 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the New England Conference during the 1941 college football season. In its fifth year under head coach George Sauer, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record, outscoring their opponents 153–62. The team played its home games at Lewis Field (also known as Lewis Stadium) in Durham, New Hampshire.


1941 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
Due to World War II, the next time the Wildcats would play an eight-game season would be 1946.


1941 New Hampshire Wildcats football team, Schedule
The 1941 game remains the last time that the Bates and New Hampshire football programs have met.


1941 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
The 1941 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now known as New Mexico State University) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1941 college football season. In its second year under head coach Julius H. Johnston, the team compiled a 2–7 record (0–6 against conference opponents), finished in last place in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 228 to 93. The team played its home games at Quesenberry Field in Las Cruces, New Mexico.


1941 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team
End Rex Dempsey was selected by the conference coaches as a second-team player on the 1941 All-Border Conference football team.


1941 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 1941 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the Border Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their fifth and final season under head coach Ted Shipkey, the Lobos compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–2–1 against Border opponents), finished fifth in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a total of 135 to 116.


1941 New Mexico Lobos football team
Guard William Thompson was selected by the conference coaches as a second-team player on the 1941 All-Border Conference football team.


1941 New Mexico Lobos football team
One week after the season ended, the United States entered World War II following the Attack on Pearl Harbor. In May 1942, New Mexico's head football coach, Ted Shipkey, was commissioned as a captain in the Army Air Corps and ordered to report to Albuquerque Air Base for assignment. In his five seasons at New Mexico, Shipkey compiled a 26–17–2 record.