1941 Creighton Bluejays football team
| 1941 Creighton Bluejays football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 5–5 (3–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Creighton Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1941 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1941 college football season. In its second season under head coach Maurice H. Palrang, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–1 against MVC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 160 to 115.[1]
Four Creighton players were selected by the conference coaches as second-team players on the 1941 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team: halfback Tony Porto; end Joe Boyle; center Fred Dondelinger; and tackle John Powers.[2]
Creighton was ranked at No. 140 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]
The team played its home games at Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | St. Benedict's* | W 13–7 | [4] | |||||
| September 26 | Centenary* |
| W 32–20 | 7,000 | [5] | |||
| October 3 | Saint Louis |
| W 18–8 | 10,000 | [6] | |||
| October 11 | at Tulsa | L 7–19 | 10,000 | [7] | ||||
| October 18 | 2:30 p.m. | at Washington University | W 14–13 | 3,500 | [8][9][10][11] | |||
| October 25 | Drake |
| W 12–7 | [12] | ||||
| November 1 | at Oklahoma A&M | L 6–13 | 4,000 | [13] | ||||
| November 8 | at Texas Tech* | L 6–13 | 6,000 | [14] | ||||
| November 16 | at Loyola (CA)* | L 7–32 | [15] | |||||
| November 23 | Detroit* |
| L 0–28 | 10,000 | [16][17] | |||
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References[edit]
- ^ "1941 Creighton Bluejays Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- ^ L.E. Skelley (December 5, 1941). "Keithley Awarded Place On Valley All-Star Eleven". Miami Daily News-Record. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ravens force Creighton, 13-7". Evening State Journal. September 22, 1941. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bill Brock Stars As Bluejays Win Thriller, 32-20". The Columbus Daily Telegram. September 27, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brock Averages Over 5 Yards as Creighton Wins". The Columbus Daily Telegram. October 4, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tulsa's Aerials Daze Creighton". The Daily Oklahoman. October 12, 1941. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fleischman, Bill (October 18, 1941). "Injured Bears Play Creighton". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 3B. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Fleischman, Bill (October 19, 1941). "Creighton Nips Bears, 14-13". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 1E. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Fleischman, Bill (October 19, 1941). "Creighton Nips Bears, 14-13 (continued)". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 3E. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ J. Roy Stockton (October 19, 1941). "Washington Nosed Out by Creighton, 14 to 13". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Creighton scores twice in fourth to defeat Drake". Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star. October 26, 1941. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Otis Wile (November 2, 1941). "Faubion Paces Aggie Victory: Farmers Score Late, Down Jays, 13-6". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Creighton Falls, 13-6: Texas Tech Rally Beats Jays". The Des Moines Register. November 9, 1941. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Loyola Wins, 32-7: Creighton Grids Upset". Los Angeles Times. November 17, 1941. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Titans Roll to Easy Victory over Creighton, 28-0". Detroit Free Press. November 24, 1941. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Detroit Spanks Creighton, 28-0". The Columbus Daily Telegram. November 24, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
