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1941 Colorado College Tigers football team

1941 Colorado College Tigers football
RMC champion
ConferenceRocky Mountain Conference
Record6–2 (4–0 RMC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWashburn Field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Rocky Mountain Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colorado College $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Colorado State–Greeley 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Colorado Mines 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 2
Montana State 1 – 2 – 1 1 – 4 – 2
Western State (CO) 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 Colorado College Tigers football team was an American football team represented Colorado College as a member of the Rocky Mountain Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Juan Reid, the team compiled an overall record of 6–2 record with a mark of 4–0 against conference opponents, winning the RMC title for the second consecutive year.

Colorado College players were selected by the Associated Press for five of eleven first-team slots on the 1941 All-Rocky Mountain Conference football team. The five players to receive first-team honors were: senior end Al Ritchie; senior guard Lou Miller; senior center Sog Pantor; junior quarterback Junie Schuler; and junior fullback Bill Singen. Four other Colorado College players were selected for the second team: end Dale Peterson; guard Bernard Wiener; quarterback John Clark; and halfback Tom Pelican. Tackle Henry Elkins was named to the third team.[1]

Colorado College was ranked at No. 211 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.[2]

In May 1942, coach Reid stepped down as the school's head football and basketball coach for military service with the U.S. Army Air Force technical training command.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Regis*
W 42–01,676[4]
October 4Western State (CO)
  • Washburn Field
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 19–0[5]
October 11Montana State
  • Washburn Field
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 28–7[6]
October 18at Colorado Mines
W 20–194,500[7]
November 1Wyoming*dagger
  • Washburn Field
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 16–0[8]
November 11Colorado State–Greeley
  • Washburn Field
  • Colorado Springs, CO
W 19–65,371[9]
November 22Grinnell*
  • Washburn Field
  • Colorado Springs, CO
L 0–12[10]
November 29at Occidental*
L 20–347,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "Five Colorado College Players Make AP Eleven". The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, CO). November 23, 1931. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Colorado College Coach Goes Into Army Tuesday". Chicago Tribune. May 31, 1942. p. II-5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Colorado College 42, Regis 0". The Greeley Daily Tribune. September 29, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Western State Is Defeated by Colorado College". The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colorado). October 5, 1941. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Bobcats Trim Western State". The Billings Gazette. September 28, 1941. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Loudon Kelly (October 19, 1941). "Colorado College Whips Mines in Biggest Circus Of Rocky Mountain Area". The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colorado). p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tigers Have Powerful Line And Strong Fleet Backfield, Coach John Hancock Reports". The Greeley Daily Tribune. November 3, 1941. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "C.C. Tigers Defeat Bears, 21-7, To Take RMC Crown". The Greeley Daily Tribune. November 12, 1941. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Grinnell Blows Colorado College From Unbeaten Ranks". The Des Moines Register. November 23, 1941. p. Sports 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Occidental Smashes Colorado College in Free-Scoring 34-20 Fray". Los Angeles Times. November 30, 1941. p. I-32 – via Newspapers.com.
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