1941 San Jose State Spartans football team

1941 San Jose State Spartans football
CCAA co-champion
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
Record5–3–3 (2–0–1 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Jose State + 2 0 1 5 3 3
Fresno State + 2 0 1 4 3 2
Santa Barbara State 1 2 0 3 5 1
San Diego State 0 3 0 6 4 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1941 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1941 college football season.

San Jose State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. The team was led by head coach Ben Winkelman, in his second year, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season as co-champion of the CCAA, with a record of five wins, three losses and three ties (5–3–3, 2–0–1 CCAA).

San Jose State was ranked at No. 107 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[1]

The team was due to play a benefit game against Hawaii in Honolulu on December 13, 1941, which was cancelled following the attack on Pearl Harbor.[2][3] The team had already arrived in Hawaii, and players were assigned to police duty following the attack.[4]


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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Watson, Don (December 1, 1941). "Sports Comment". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. p. 14. Retrieved December 26, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "San Jose Eleven Is Paid Off". The Honolulu Advertiser. December 27, 1941. p. 9. Retrieved December 26, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "War Casts Cloud On Sports World". The Evening Herald. Klamath Falls, Oregon. AP. December 9, 1941. p. 10. Retrieved December 26, 2018 – via newspapers.com.