1941 NYU Violets football team

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1941 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
Home stadiumYankee Stadium
Polo Grounds
Ohio Field
Seasons
← 1940
1944 →
1941 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 0
Thiel   –   7 – 0 – 0
Saint Francis (PA)   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Fordham   –   8 – 1 – 0
Rochester
   –   6 – 1 – 0
Trinity (CT)
   –   6 – 1 – 0
Wagner   –   5 – 1 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 2 – 0
Coast Guard   –   6 – 2 – 0
Norwich
   –   6 – 2 – 0
Hofstra
   –   5 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 1
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   4 – 2 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
La Salle   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Army   –   5 – 3 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 4 – 1
Holy Cross   –   4 – 4 – 2
Colgate   –   3 – 3 – 2
Providence   –   3 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   3 – 4 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their eighth and final season under head coach Mal Stevens, the Violets compiled a 2–7 record and were outscored by a total of 243 to 47.[1]

NYU was ranked at No. 126 (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 the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan, and Ohio Field and Yankee Stadium in The Bronx.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27
Pennsylvania Military
W 25–7[3]
October 4at
Fisher Stadium
  • Easton, PA
    		• W 6–07,500[4]
    October 11Texas A&M
    		L 7–4918,000[5]
    October 18Syracuse
    • Yankee Stadium
    • Bronx, NY
    		L 0–3110,000[6]
    October 25at
    Worcester, MA
    		L 0–138,000[7]
    October 31Penn State
    		L 0–4210,691[8]
    November 8 No. 17 Missouri
    • Yankee Stadium
    • Bronx, NY
    		L 0–266,700[9]
    November 15Tulane
    • Yankee Stadium
    • Bronx, NY
    		L 0–4510,000[10]
    November 29vs. No. 8 Fordham
    • Yankee Stadium
    • Bronx, NY
    		L 9–3031,000[11]
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    References

    1. ^ "1941 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
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