1941 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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1941 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–4 (0–4 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainNone
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 Mississippi State $ 4 – 0 – 1 8 – 1 – 1
No. 18 Tennessee 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Alabama 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 14 Georgia 3 – 1 – 1 9 – 1 – 1
No. 17 Ole Miss 2 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Vanderbilt 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
LSU 2 – 2 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
Tulane 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Georgia Tech 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Florida 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Kentucky 0 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Auburn 0 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1941 Kentucky Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky in Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1941 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Albert D. Kirwan, the Wildcats compiled a 5–4 record (0–4 against SEC opponents) and were outscored by a total of 154 to 151.[1]

Kentucky was ranked at No. 56 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[2]

The team played its home games at McLean Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27VPI*
W 37–148,000[3]
October 4at Washington & LeeLexington, VAW 7–03,000[4]
October 11Vanderbiltdagger
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
L 15–3911,000[5]
October 18at Xavier*
W 21–611,000[6]
October 25West Virginia*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 18–67,000[7]
November 1at No. 15 Alabama
L 0–3011,000[8]
November 8at Georgia Tech
L 13–2015,000[9]
November 15Southwestern*
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 33–198,000[10]
November 22Tennessee
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
L 7–2014,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1941 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
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  3. ^ "8000 See Wildcats Trounce VPI, 37–14, In Season Opener At Manual Stadium". The Kentucky Kernel. University of Kentucky. September 30, 1941. p. 4. Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
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  8. ^ "Tide strides through Wildcats in offensive display, 30 to 0". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. November 2, 1941. p. 6. Retrieved June 9, 2012.
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