1941 Western Ontario Mustangs football team

1941 Western Ontario Mustangs football
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1941 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Michigan     8 0 0
No. 3 Notre Dame     8 0 1
Youngstown     7 0 1
Xavier     9 1 0
Detroit     7 2 0
Ohio     5 2 1
Dayton     7 3 0
Cincinnati     6 3 0
Akron     5 3 1
Michigan State     5 3 1
Central Michigan     4 3 0
Ohio Wesleyan     5 4 0
Marquette     4 5 0
Carthage     1 5 2
Wayne     2 6 0
Miami (OH)     2 7 0
Western Ontario     1 4 0
Wichita     1 6 1
Michigan State Normal     0 5 2
Detroit Tech     0 6 1

The 1941 Western Ontario Mustangs football team represented the University of Western Ontario as an independent during the 1941 college football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Johnny Metras.[1] The Mustangs had previously played Canadian university football, but the intercollegiate sport was suspended in Canada due to the war. In order to keep the program alive, Coach Metras decided to compete with American college teams in 1941 playing by American rules.[2][3]

Prior to the start of the 1941 season, Western Ontario had not lost a game in two years against Canadian opponents.[4] During the 1941 season, the team compiled a 1–4 record against American teams.

The 1941 Western Ontario team included only one American player, John "Bomber" Douglas of Detroit.[5] Joe Krol scored three touchdowns for the Mustangs in their November 1 game.[6]

  1. ^ "Metras' Second Year". The Windsor Daily Star. October 1, 1941. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Mustangs Open Novel Grid Sked". The Windsor Daily Star. September 26, 1941. p. II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Western's Mustangs Meet Lawrence Tech Tomorrow". The Windsor Daily Star. October 3, 1941. p. II-5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference CCWM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Only One "Import"". The Windsor Daily Star. October 4, 1941. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Mustangs Tamed, 33-18: U. of Detroit Scores 20 Points in Last Quarter". Montreal Gazette. November 3, 1941. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.