1941 Texas Longhorns football team
| 1941 Texas Longhorns football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 4 |
| 1941 record | 8-1-1 (4-1-1 SWC) |
| Head coach | Dana X. Bible |
| Home stadium |
Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 40,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #9 Texas A&M $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #4 Texas | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1941 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1941 college football season.[1] On November 3, 1941, the Longhorns became the first Texas Longhorn football team to reach #1 in the AP Poll.[2] They were crowned National Champions by three different rating systems: Clyde Berryman, James Howell, and the Williamson System.[3] The 1941 National Championship is officially recognized by the NCAA.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| September 27 | at Colorado* | Colorado Stadium • Boulder, CO | W 34–6 | ||||||
| October 4 | LSU* | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 34–0 | ||||||
| October 11 | vs. Oklahoma* | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Rivalry) | W 40–7 | ||||||
| October 18 | Arkansas | No. 2 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (Rivalry) | W 48–14 | |||||
| October 25 | Rice | No. 2 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 40–0 | |||||
| November 1 | at No. 20 SMU | No. 2 | Dallas, TX | W 34–0 | |||||
| November 8 | at Baylor | No. 1 | Waco Stadium • Waco, TX | T 7–7 | |||||
| November 15 | TCU | No. 2 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | L 7–14 | |||||
| November 27 | at No. 2 Texas A&M | No. 10 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry) | W 23–0 | |||||
| December 6 | Oregon* | No. 4 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 71–7 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas/1941-schedule.html
- ↑ "Texas Passes Minnesota in National Ranking: Longhorns Out Front First Time". Pittsburgh Post Gazette, via Google News. Associated Press. November 4, 1941.
- ↑ http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/big12/texas/all_national_champs.php
- ↑ http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html
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