1941 Drake Bulldogs football team

1941 Drake Bulldogs football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record4–5–1 (0–3–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDrake Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football represented Drake University in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1941 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Vee Green, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record (0–3–1 against MVC opponents), finished in last place in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 134 to 83.[1] The team played its home games at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.

Guard Leonard Adams was selected by the conference coaches as first-team player on the 1941 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team.[2]

Drake was ranked at No. 166 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.[3]

  1. ^ "1941 Drake Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  2. ^ L.E. Skelley (December 5, 1941). "Keithley Awarded Place On Valley All-Star Eleven". Miami Daily News-Record. p. 5 – 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.