1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record4–5 (3–2 Big 6)
Head coach
Offensive schemeT formation
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Missouri $ 5 0 0 8 2 0
Nebraska 3 2 0 4 5 0
Oklahoma 3 2 0 6 3 0
Kansas 2 3 0 3 6 0
Kansas State 1 3 1 2 5 2
Iowa State 0 4 1 2 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nebraska in the Big Six Conference during the 1941 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Biff Jones, the team compiled a 4–5 record (3–2 against conference opponents), tied for second place in the Big Six, and outscored opponents by a total of 93 to 81.[1]

Two Nebraska players were selected by the United Press as first-team players on the 1941 All-Big Six Conference football team: junior halfback Dale Bradley and senior guard George Abel. Senior tackle C. Herndon was named to the second team.[2]

Nebraska was ranked at No. 58 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]

The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

  1. ^ "1941 Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "Missouri's Champs Place 5 Men on All Big Six Team". Ames Daily Tribune. December 1, 1941. p. 6.
  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.