1941 Saint Louis Billikens football team

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1941 Saint Louis Billikens football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record4–5–1 (1–3–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWalsh Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 4 0 0 8 2 0
Oklahoma A&M 3 1 0 5 4 0
Creighton 3 2 0 5 5 0
Saint Louis 1 3 1 4 5 1
Washington University 1 3 0 4 5 0
Drake 0 3 1 4 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1941 college football season. In its second season under head coach Dukes Duford, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record (1–3–1 against MVC opponents), finished fourth in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 150 to 100.[1] The team played its home games at Walsh Stadium in St. Louis.

Quarterback Dick Weber was selected by the conference coaches as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team.[2]

Saint Louis was ranked at No. 143 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26
Missouri Mines*
W 13–77,451[4]
October 3at CreightonL 8–1810,000[5]
October 11Drake
  • Walsh Stadium
  • St. Louis, MO
T 6–65,819[6]
October 18at
Tulsa, OK
L 7–33[7]
October 24at Xavier*
  • Walsh Stadium
  • St. Louis, MO
L 0–87,450[8]
November 2at Loyola (CA)*W 21–138,500[9]
November 8Oklahoma A&M
  • Walsh Stadium
  • St. Louis, MO
L 7–13[10]
November 15at
Tech Field
  • Lubbock, TX
  • L 6–464,000[11]
    November 22Wichita*
    • Walsh Stadium
    • St. Louis, MO
    W 7–61,129[12]
    November 29Washington University
    • Walsh Stadium
    • St. Louis, MO
    W 25–012,000[13]
    • *Non-conference game

    References

    1. ^ "1941 Saint Louis Billikens Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
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