1941 Duke Blue Devils football team

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1941 Duke Blue Devils football
SoCon champion
Rose Bowl, L 16–20 vs. Oregon State
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 2
Record9–1 (5–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
MVPPete Goddard
CaptainBob Barnett
Home stadiumDuke Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Duke $ 5 0 0 9 1 0
South Carolina 4 0 1 4 4 1
Clemson 5 1 0 7 2 0
William & Mary 4 1 0 8 2 0
VMI 4 2 0 4 6 0
VPI 4 2 0 6 4 0
Wake Forest 4 2 1 5 5 1
NC State 3 4 2 4 5 2
Furman 2 3 2 3 4 2
Washington and Lee 1 2 2 1 6 2
North Carolina 2 4 0 3 7 0
Maryland 1 2 0 3 5 1
Davidson 1 5 2 1 6 3
The Citadel 0 2 1 4 3 1
George Washington 0 4 1 1 7 1
Richmond 0 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1941 Duke Blue Devils football team was an

Duke Stadium), losing to Oregon State by a 20–16 score.[1]

Four Duke players were selected as first-team players on the 1941 All-Southern Conference football team: halfback Steve Lach, left tackle Mike Karmazin, right end Bob Gantt, and center Bob Barnett. Lach was also selected by the International News Service, Liberty magazine, and the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team player on the 1941 All-America team. Lach was also later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

One minor selector, Ray Bryne, selected Duke as national champion.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Wake ForestW 43–1413,500[3]
October 4Tennessee*dagger
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 19–045,000[4]
October 11at Maryland*W 50–012,000[5]
October 18Colgate*No. 3
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
W 27–1425,000[6]
October 25at Pittsburgh*No. 4W 27–728,000[7]
November 1at Georgia Tech*No. 4W 14–028,000[8]
November 8at DavidsonNo. 4Davidson, NCW 56–010,000[9]
November 15North CarolinaNo. 3
W 20–045,000[10]
November 22at NC StateNo. 3W 55–615,000[11]
January 1, 1942vs. No. 12 Oregon State*No. 2
L 16–2056,000[12][13][14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP
3 (14)4 (7)4 (5)4 (7)3 (11)3 (12)3 (15)2 (9.5)

References

  1. ^ "1941 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "1941 National Championships". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 31, 2016. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
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  12. ^ Feder, Sid (January 2, 1942). "Oregon State, Fordham win bowl tilts". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. 12.
  13. ^ Guenther, Jack (January 2, 1942). "56,000 fans stunned as OSC whips Duke Devils in Rose Bowl". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). United Press. p. 10.
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