1941 Creighton Bluejays football team
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] The team played its home games at Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
1941 record | 5–5 (3–1 MVC) |
Head coach | Maurice H. Palrang (2nd season) |
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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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]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 21 | St. Benedict* | W 13–7 | [3] | ||||
September 26 | Centenary (LA)* |
| W 32–20 | 7,000 | [4] | ||
October 3 | Saint Louis |
| W 18–8 | 10,000 | [5] | ||
October 11 | at Tulsa |
| L 7–19 | [6] | |||
October 18 | at Washington University |
| W 14–13 | [7] | |||
October 25 | Drake![]() |
| W 12–7 | [8] | |||
November 1 | at Oklahoma A&M |
| L 6–13 | 4,000 | [9] | ||
November 8 | at Texas Tech* |
| L 6–13 | 6,000 | [10] | ||
November 16 | at Loyola (CA)* | L 7–32 | [11] | ||||
November 23 | Detroit* |
| L 0–28 | 10,000 | [12][13] | ||
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References
- "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.
- "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.
- 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.
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