1941 Auburn Tigers football team

1941 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record4–5–1 (0–4–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAuburn Stadium
Legion Field
Cramton Bowl
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 16 Mississippi State $ 4 0 1 8 1 1
No. 18 Tennessee 3 1 0 8 2 0
No. 20 Alabama 5 2 0 9 2 0
No. 14 Georgia 3 1 1 9 1 1
No. 17 Ole Miss 2 1 1 6 2 1
Vanderbilt 3 2 0 8 2 0
LSU 2 2 2 4 4 2
Tulane 2 3 0 5 4 0
Georgia Tech 2 4 0 3 6 0
Florida 1 3 0 4 6 0
Kentucky 0 4 0 5 4 0
Auburn 0 4 1 4 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Auburn Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Auburn University in Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1941 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Jack Meagher, the Tigers compiled a record of four wins, five losses and one tie (4–5–1 overall, 0–4–1 in the SEC), finished in last place in the SEC, and outscored opponents by a total of 123 to 115.[1]

Key players on the 1941 Auburn team included quarterback William Eugene Barrineau, halfback Monk Gafford, and tackle J. H. McClurkin. Cheatham was selected by the United Press as the first-team quarterback on the 1941 All-SEC football team.[2] Gafford was selected by the International News Service as a first-team halfback on the 1942 All-America team.

Auburn was ranked at No. 38 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]

The team divided its home games between Auburn Stadium in Auburn, Alabama, Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama.

  1. ^ "1941 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "Eight Teams Represented On UP Grid Squad". Bradford Evening Star. November 25, 1941. p. 12. Retrieved May 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  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.