1941 Colorado College Tigers football team

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1941 Colorado College Tigers football
RMC champion
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
1941 record6–2 (4–0 RMC)
Head coach
  • (1st season)
Home stadiumWashburn Field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colorado College $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Colorado State–Greeley 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Colorado Mines 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 2
Montana State 1 – 2 – 1 1 – 4 – 2
Western State (CO) 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 Colorado College Tigers football team was an American football team represented Colorado College as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach , the team compiled a 6–2 record (3–0 against RMC opponents) and won the RMC championship. The conference championship was the second in a row for Colorado College.

Colorado College players were selected by the Associated Press for five of eleven first-team slots on the 1941 All-Rocky Mountain Conference football team. The five players to receive first-team honors were: senior end Al Ritchie; senior guard Lou Miller; senior center Sog Pantor; junior quarterback Junie Schuler; and junior fullback Bill Singen. Four other Colorado College players were selected for the second team: end Dale Peterson; guard Bernard Wiener; quarterback John Clark; and halfback Tom Pelican. Tackle Henry Elkins was named to the third team.[1]

In May 1942, coach Reid stepped down as the school's head football and basketball coach for military service with the U.S. Army Air Force technical training command.[2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Regis*
W 42–01,676[3]
October 4Western State (CO)
  • Washburn Field
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 19–0[4]
October 11Montana State
  • Washburn Field
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 28–7[5]
October 18at Colorado Mines
W 20–194,500[6]
November 1Wyoming*dagger
  • Washburn Field
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 16–0[7]
November 11Colorado State–Greeley
  • Washburn Field
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 19–65,371[8]
November 22Grinnell*
  • Washburn Field
  • Colorado Springs, CO
L 0–12[9]
November 29at Occidental*
L 20–347,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "Five Colorado College Players Make AP Eleven". The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, CO). November 23, 1931. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Colorado College Coach Goes Into Army Tuesday". Chicago Tribune. May 31, 1942. p. II-5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Colorado College 42, Regis 0". The Greeley Daily Tribune. September 29, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Western State Is Defeated by Colorado College". The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colorado). October 5, 1941. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bobcats Trim Western State". The Billings Gazette. September 28, 1941. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Loudon Kelly (October 19, 1941). "Colorado College Whips Mines in Biggest Circus Of Rocky Mountain Area". The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colorado). p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tigers Have Powerful Line And Strong Fleet Backfield, Coach John Hancock Reports". The Greeley Daily Tribune. November 3, 1941. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "C.C. Tigers Defeat Bears, 21-7, To Take RMC Crown". The Greeley Daily Tribune. November 12, 1941. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Grinnell Blows Colorado College From Unbeaten Ranks". The Des Moines Register. November 23, 1941. p. Sports 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Occidental Smashes Colorado College in Free-Scoring 34-20 Fray". Los Angeles Times. November 30, 1941. p. I-32 – via Newspapers.com.
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