1941 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

The 1941 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team was an American football team that represented Carnegie Mellon University as an independent during the 1941 college football season.[1] In Edward Baker's second year as head coach, the Tartans compiled a 1–7 record, concurrent with their recent de-emphasis of football[2], and were outscored 148 to 37, including no points in their final three contests.

1941 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
Conference	Independent
1941 record	1–7
Head coach	Edward Baker (2nd season)
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium

1941 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 8 Duquesne			–					8	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Fordham			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 15 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					7	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					7	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	2	–	1
Boston College			–					7	–	3	–	0
Hofstra			–					5	–	2	–	0
Drexel Tech			–					4	–	2	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Army			–					5	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan			–					4	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross			–					4	–	4	–	2
Colgate			–					3	–	3	–	2
Buffalo			–					3	–	4	–	1
Massachusetts State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					3	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	6	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					1	–	7	–	0
Yale			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September	Westminster (PA)	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 13–19	7,000	[3][4][5]
October 4	Albright	reading, PA	W 12–0	5,000	[6][7]
October 11	at Muhlenberg	Allentown, PA	L 6–26		[8][9][10]
October 18	No. 8 Notre Dame	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–16	27,719	[11][12][13]
October 25	at Geneva	Beaver Falls, PA	L 6–13	5,000	[14][15]
November 1	at Case	Shaw Stadium East Cleveland, OH	L 0–27		[16][17]
November 8	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 0–20		[18]
November 29	Pittsburgh	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–27	19,000	[19]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Year by Year Results". web.archive.org. 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
2. "Carnegie Tech Hits New Low, Loses Opener". Oakland Tribune. 1941-09-28. p. 18. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
3. "Slippery Rock Tops Favored Titans, 6-0". The Pittsburgh Press. 1941-10-05. p. 42. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
4. "Carnegie Tech". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1941-11-02. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
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6. "Carnegie Tech". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1941-11-02. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
7. "Rally By Carnegie Defeats Albright". Harrisburg Sunday Courier. 1941-10-05. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
8. "1941 MUHLENBERG MULES COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROGRAM v. CARNEGIE TECH TARTANS". eBay. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
9. "Tartans 'Pitiful' In Loss To Mules". The Pittsburgh Press. 1941-10-12. p. 43. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
10. "Carnegie Tech". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1941-11-02. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
11. Eddie Beachler (October 19, 1941). "Underdog Tartans Hold Notre Dame To 16-0". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Irish Beat Tech By Only 16 to 0". The Pittsburgh Press. 1941-10-19. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
13. "Carnegie Tech". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1941-11-02. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
14. "Geneva Scores 13-6 Win Over Carnegie Tech". The Morning Call. 1941-10-26. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
15. "Carnegie Tech". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1941-11-02. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
16. "Carnegie Tech". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1941-11-02. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
17. "Unbeaten Case..." The News and Observer. 1941-11-02. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
18. "Carnegie Tech". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1941-11-02. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
19. Eddie Beachler (November 30, 1941). "Pitt Tramples Tech, 27-0: Panthers' Power Beats Game Scots". The Pittsburgh Press. pp. III-11, III-12 – via Newspapers.com.