1941 NYU Violets football team

The 1941 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their eighth and final season under head coach Mal Stevens, the Violets compiled a 2–7 record and were outscored by a total of 243 to 47.[1] The team played its home games at the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan, and Ohio Field and Yankee Stadium in The Bronx.

1941 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
1941 record2–7
Head coachMal Stevens (8th season)
Home stadiumYankee Stadium
Polo Grounds
Ohio Field
1941 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Pennsylvania Military
W 25–7[2]
October 4at Lafayette
W 6–07,500[3]
October 11Texas A&M
L 7–4918,000[4]
October 18Syracuse
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–3110,000[5]
October 25at Holy Cross
L 0–138,000[6]
October 31Penn State
L 0–4210,691[7]
November 8 No. 17 Missouri
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–266,700[8]
November 15Tulane
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–4510,000[9]
November 29vs. No. 8 Fordham
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 9–3031,000[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References
  1. "1941 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  2. "Bates of Violets Rips PMC". New York Daily News. September 28, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "N.Y.U. 6, Lafayette 0". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 5, 1941. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Texans' Second Half Drive Crushes NYU, 49-17". New York Daily News. October 12, 1941. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Joe Trimble (October 19, 1941). "Syracuse Rips Violets, 31-0". New York Daily News – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Holy Cross Wallops Weak Violets, 13-0". New York Daily News. October 26, 1941. p. 91 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Jack Smith (November 1, 1941). "State Smothers Violets, 42-0". New York Daily News. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Joe Trimble (November 9, 1941). "Missouri Whips Violets, 26-0". New York Daily News. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Tulane Passes Smother NYU, 45-0". New York Daily News. November 16, 1941. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Jack Smith (November 30, 1941). "Rams Conquer NYU, 30-9; Blumenstock Scores 2". New York Daily News. p. C36 – via Newspapers.com.


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