1941 Butler Bulldogs football team

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1941
Butler Bowl
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rose Poly + 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 0
Saint Joseph's (IN)
+ 		3 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 1
Ball State 3 – 1 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
Butler 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wabash 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
DePauw 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Indiana State 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Evansville
 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
Manchester
 2 – 1 – 1 2 – 2 – 2
Franklin (IN)
 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Hanover
 1 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Central Normal
 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Earlham 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Valparaiso
 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1941 Butler Bulldogs football team was an

Butler Bowl in Indianapolis
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Six Butler players were selected by The Indianapolis News to its All-Indiana college football teams: center Zane Powell (1st team); end Robert Roberts (1st team); back Boris Dimancheff (1st team); guard Lowell Toelle (2nd team); tackle Dan Zavella (2nd team); and end Harold Miller (3rd team).[2]

Butler was ranked at No. 145 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19
Butler Bowl
  • Indianapolis, IN
    		• L 6–138,000[4]
    September 26at Xavier*
    		L 7–408,000[5]
    October 3Western Michigan*
    • Butler Bowl
    • Indianapolis, IN
    		L 6–143,500[6]
    October 10Ball State
    • Butler Bowl
    • Indianapolis, IN
    		W 13–6[7]
    October 18at DePauw
    		W 20–63,000[8]
    October 25Ohio*
    • Butler Bowl
    • Indianapolis, IN
    		L 7–208,500[9]
    November 1Wabash
    • Butler Bowl
    • Indianapolis, IN
    		W 26–0[10]
    November 8at Toledo*Toledo, OHW 18–2[11]
    November 15Washington University*
    • Butler Bowl
    • Indianapolis, IN
    		W 40–139,000[12]
    • *Non-conference game

    References

    1. ^ "Butler Football Records" (PDF). Butler University. 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
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    8. ^ Albert W. Bloemker (October 19, 1941). "Butler Conquers DePauw: Blue Team's Rally Drops Tigers, 20-6". The Indianapolis Star. p. III-1.
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