1941 Richmond Spiders football team

1941 Richmond Spiders football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record2–7 (0–6 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainBert Milling
Home stadiumCity Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Duke $ 5 0 0 9 1 0
South Carolina 4 0 1 4 4 1
Clemson 5 1 0 7 2 0
William & Mary 4 1 0 8 2 0
VMI 4 2 0 4 6 0
VPI 4 2 0 6 4 0
Wake Forest 4 2 1 5 5 1
NC State 3 4 2 4 5 2
Furman 2 3 2 3 4 2
Washington and Lee 1 2 2 1 6 2
North Carolina 2 4 0 3 7 0
Maryland 1 2 0 3 5 1
Davidson 1 5 2 1 6 3
The Citadel 0 2 1 4 3 1
George Washington 0 4 1 1 7 1
Richmond 0 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Richmond Spiders football team was an American football team that represented the University of Richmond in the Southern Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their eighth and final season under head coach Glenn Thistlethwaite, the Spiders compiled a 2–7 record (0–6 against conference opponents), finished in last place in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 184 to 57.[1]

Richmond was ranked at No. 254 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.[2]

The team played its home games at City Stadium in Richmond, Virginia.

  1. ^ "1941 Richmond Spiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. ^ 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.