1941 New Mexico Lobos football team

1941 New Mexico Lobos football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record5–4–1 (3–2–1 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumHilltop Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arizona $ 5 0 0 7 3 0
Texas Tech 2 0 0 9 2 0
West Texas State 4 1 0 8 2 0
Hardin–Simmons 3 1 0 7 3 1
New Mexico 3 2 1 5 4 1
Texas Mines 3 4 0 4 5 1
Arizona State 2 4 1 5 1 1
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 5 0 3 5 0
New Mexico A&M 0 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico in the Border Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their fifth and final season under head coach Ted Shipkey, the Lobos compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–2–1 against Border opponents), finished fifth in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a total of 135 to 116.[1][2]

Guard William Thompson was selected by the conference coaches as a second-team player on the 1941 All-Border Conference football team.[3]

New Mexico was ranked at No. 165 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.[4]

One week after the season ended, the United States entered World War II following the Attack on Pearl Harbor. In May 1942, New Mexico's head football coach, Ted Shipkey, was commissioned as a captain in the Army Air Corps and ordered to report to Albuquerque Air Base for assignment. In his five seasons at New Mexico, Shipkey compiled a 26–17–2 record.[5]

  1. ^ "1941 New Mexico Lobos Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 New Mexico Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of New Mexico. 2018. p. 140. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  3. ^ "Arizona, Hardin-Simmons Dominate All-Border Eleven". Arizona Republic. December 15, 1941. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Lobo Coach Ted Shipkey Commissioned Captain in Army Air Corps". Albuquerque Journal. May 16, 1942. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.