1941 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1941 Harvard Crimson football Ivy League Ivy 5–2–1 4–2 Dick Harlow 7th Harvard Stadium The 1941 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University in the Ivy League during the 1941 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 70 to 43. The team was ranked No. 17 in the AP Poll released on November 10, 1941, and No. 19 in the poll released on November 24, 1941.1941 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football September 11, 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1941-schedule.html The team was unranked in the final AP Poll but was ranked at No. 32 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published The Courier-Journal Dr. E. E. Litkenhous December 26, 1941 Sports 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123088221/gophers-grid-kings-over-6-year-span/ Newspapers.com Harvard's Endicott Peabody won the 1941 Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as the best collegiate lineman and was the only player to be unanimously selected by all nine official selectors as a first-team player on the 1941 All-America team.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 8 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Peabody and end Loren MacKinney were also selected by the Associated Press as first-team players on the 1941 All-Eastern football team.MacKinney and Peabody on A.P. Eastern Eleven The Boston Daily Globe December 5, 1941 28 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36483061/mackinney_and_peabody_on_ap_eastern/ Newspapers.com Peabody was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame and served as Governor of Massachusetts. Schedule 1941 AP y y y October 4 at Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) L 0-19 40,000 Penn Power Crushes Harvard, 19 to 0: 50,000 Fans See Stiff, Odell, Brundage Star The Philadelphia Inquirer Fred Byrod October 5, 1941 1S https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35836398/penn_power_crushes_harvard_19_to_0/ Newspapers.comPenn Batters Harvard, 19-0 New York Daily News October 5, 1941 88 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35858664/penn_batters_harvard_190/ Newspapers.com October 11 Cornell Harvard Stadium Boston, MA L 0-7 20,000 Pass Wins for Cornell, 7-0, Over Harvard New York Daily News October 12, 1941 97 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35858766/pass_wins_for_cornell_70_over_harvard/ Newspapers.com October 18 Dartmouth Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 7-0 37,000 Harvard Upsets Dartmouth, 7-0 New York Daily News October 19, 1941 41C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35858859/harvard_upsets_dartmouth_70/ Newspapers.com October 25 No. 5 Navy<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 20-6 40,000 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9XcbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_kwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4320%2C3749381 Pittsburgh Press United Press Navy tied by Harvard October 26, 1941 11, part 3 November 1 at Princeton Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry) W 6-4 18,000 Harvard Wins, 6-5 On 87-Yard Run New York Daily News November 2, 1941 41C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35859056/harvard_wins_65_on_87yard_run/ Newspapers.com November 8 No. 11 Army<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 20-6 53,000 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n3IbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bUwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2509%2C2210520 Pittsburgh United Press Harvard uncovers scoring punch to kayo Army, 20-7 November 9, 1941 14, part 3 November 15 Brown 17 Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 23-7 20,000 Harvard Rolls Over Brown Bear, 23-7 New York Daily News November 16, 1941 100 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35859172/harvard_rolls_over_brown_bear_237/ Newspapers.com November 22 Yale Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 14-0 53,000 Harvard Beats Back Yale, 14-0 New York Daily News November 23, 1941 96 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35859261/harvard_beats_back_yale_140/ Newspapers.com Rankings 1941 college football rankings AP 1 8 NR NR NR NR 17 NR 19 NR References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Harvard Crimson football Category:1940s in Boston