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1941 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–4 (2–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons← 19401942 →
1941 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Penn $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Columbia 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Harvard 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Cornell 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Dartmouth 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Brown 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Princeton 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Yale 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College in the Ivy League during the 1941 college football season. In its first season under head coach Tuss McLaughry, the team compiled a 5–4 record and was outscored by a total of 146 to 104.

Quarterback John Krol and halfback Douglas were selected by the United Press as second-team players on the 1941 All-New England football team.

Dartmouth was ranked at No. 47 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.

The team played its home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Norwich*W 35–0
October 4Amherst*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 47–7
October 11Colgate*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 18–6
October 18at HarvardL 0–737,000
October 25at YaleW 7–0
November 1William & Mary*
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 0–38,000
November 8at PrincetonW 20–1330,000
November 15at CornellL 19–3318,000
November 22at No. 20 Georgia*L 0–35> 18,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1941 Dartmouth Big Green Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  2. "Harvard Linemen Land Five Berths on All-N.E. Team". The Boston Globe. November 26, 1941. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 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.
  4. "Dartmouth Spanks Norwich, 35-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 28, 1941. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Dartmouth Slaps Amherst Down". The Honolulu Advertiser. October 5, 1941. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Dartmouth Stops Colgate, 18-6". New York Daily News. October 12, 1941. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Harvard Upsets Dartmouth, 7-0". New York Daily News. October 19, 1941. p. 41C – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Ronald Melcher (October 26, 1941). "Dartmouth Eleven Marches 93 Yards For Touchdown To Conquer Yale Rivals". The New Haven Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "W.&M. Beats Dartmouth". The Pittsburgh Press. November 2, 1941. p. III-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Indians Defeat Tigers In Weird Battle 20-13". The Hartford Courant. November 9, 1941. p. 6C – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Cornell Is Victor Over Dartmouth". The Hartford Courant. November 16, 1941. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Sinkwich Sparks Georgia to 35-0 Victory Over Dartmouth". The Atlanta Constitution. November 23, 1941. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
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