1941 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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1941 Colorado Buffaloes football
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record3–4–1 (3–2–1 MSC)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumColorado Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Mountain States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 4 – 0 – 2 6 – 0 – 2
BYU 3 – 1 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Denver 3 – 1 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Colorado A&M 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Colorado 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Wyoming 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Utah State 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1941 college football season. Led by first-year head coach James J. Yeager, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 3–4–1 with a mark of 3–2–1 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the MSC. Colorado was outscored by a total of 161 to 97 on the season.

Colorado was ranked at No. 116 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[1]

The team played its home games at Colorado Stadium in Boulder, Colorado.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Texas*
L 6–3415,000[2]
October 4at Missouri*
L 6–215,000[3]
October 11Utah State
  • Colorado Stadium
  • Boulder, CO
W 13–77,500[4]
October 18Colorado A&Mdagger
  • Colorado Stadium
  • Boulder, CO (rivalry)
W 26–13[5]
October 25Wyoming
  • Colorado Stadium
  • Boulder, CO
W 27–0[6]
November 1at
Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
    		• L 6–4616,000[7]
    November 15at BYU
    		T 13–1310,000[8]
    November 20at Denver
    		L 0–27[9]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming

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    After the season

    NFL Draft

    The following Buffalo was selected in the

    1942 NFL Draft following the season.[13]

    Round Pick Player Position NFL club
    19 171 Ray Jenkins Back Pittsburgh Steelers

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    10. ^ "1941 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
    11. ^ "1941 Football Schedule". University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
    12. ^ "Colorado Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). University of Colorado Boulder. p. 14. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
    13. ^ "1942 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
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