1941 West Texas State Buffaloes football team

1941 West Texas State Buffaloes football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record8–2 (4–1 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumBuffalo 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 West Texas State Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented West Texas State College (now known as West Texas A&M University) in the Border Conference during the 1941 college football season.[1] In its second season under head coach Jack Curtice, the team compiled an 8–2 record (4–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 298 to 100.[2][3] The 1941 season was the first for West Texas as a member of the Border Conference. The team played its home games at Buffalo Stadium in Canyon, Texas.[4]

The team averaged 29.8 points per game, ranking fourth among 119 major college programs for the 1941 season.[3] The team was led by halfback Ben Collins who was one of the nation's leading scorers.[5][6][7] Collins and fullback Larry Sanders were selected by the conference coaches as first-team players on the 1941 All-Border Conference football team. Tackle Cletus Kuehler and guard Jold Farbus were named to the second team.[8]

West Texas was ranked at No. 91 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[9]

  1. ^ "WT Football Record Book 2013". Issuu. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "2018 Buffalo Football Record Book" (PDF). West Texas A&M University. p. 74. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "1941 West Texas A&M Buffaloes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  4. ^ "Buffalo Squad Light But Fast". The Canyon News. September 11, 1941. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference GT34 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference CS29 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference CT39 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "Arizona, Hardin-Simmons Dominate All-Border Eleven". Arizona Republic. December 15, 1941. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ 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.