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1941 BYU Cougars football team

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1941 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record4–3–2 (3–1–2 MSC)
Head coach
Home stadium'Y' Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Mountain States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 4 0 2 6 0 2
BYU 3 1 2 4 3 2
Denver 3 1 2 4 3 2
Colorado A&M 3 2 1 4 2 1
Colorado 3 2 1 3 4 1
Wyoming 1 5 0 2 7 1
Utah State 0 6 0 0 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented (BYU) as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1941 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Eddie Kimball, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 4–3–2 with a mark of 3–1–2 against conference opponents, tied for second place in the MSC, and outscored opponents by a total of 136 to 100.[1][2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Montana*
L 7–205,500[3]
October 3Colorado State–Greeley*
  • 'Y' Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 26–05,000[4]
October 10at DenverW 13–7[5]
October 18at UtahT 6–613,000[6]
October 24at San Francisco*L 13–25[7]
November 1at Utah State
W 28–03,500[8]
November 8at WyomingW 23–77,000[9]
November 15Coloradodagger
  • 'Y' Stadium
  • Provo, UT
T 13–1310,000[10]
November 22Colorado A&M
  • 'Y' Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 7–22> 2,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

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  1. ^ "1941 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "Powerful Montana Grizzlies Trounce Cougars, 20 to 7". Provo Sunday Herald. September 28, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Glen Snarr (October 5, 1941). "BYU Chances Against D.U. Rise With Win Over Greeley". Provo Sunday Herald. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "BYU Given Chance to Beat Utes After Whipping Denver". Provo Sunday Herald. October 12, 1941. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ LaVerl Christiansen (October 19, 1941). "Fighting Cougars Hold Favored Utes To 6-6 Deadlock". The Sunday Herald (Provo, Utah). p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Bob Brachman (October 25, 1941). "Don Passes Sink B.Y.U., 25-13". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ LaVerl Christensen (November 2, 1941). "B.Y.U. Beats Utah State By 28 To 0". Provo Sunday Herald. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "B.Y.U. Whips Wyoming By 23-7 Score". Provo Sunday Herald. November 9, 1941. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ LaVerl Christensen (November 16, 1941). "10,000 Fans See BYU Hold Buffs To 13-13 Homecoming Deadlock". Provo Sunday Herald. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Laverl Christensen (November 23, 1941). "Coloags Smash B.Y.U. Title Hopes With 22-7 Triumph". Provo Sunday Herald. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.