1941 NYU Violets football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1941 NYU Violets football Independent 2–7 Mal Stevens 8th Yankee StadiumPolo GroundsOhio Field 1944 The 1941 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their 68th season of intercollegiate football,N.Y.U. Grid Squad Begins Practice At Lake Sebago, N.Y. The New York Age September 6, 1941 11 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-age-nyu-grid-squad-begin/165357196/ Newspapers.com and their eighth and final season under head coach Mal Stevens, the Violets compiled a 2–7 record and were outscored by a total of 243 to 47.1941 New York University Violets Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football September 15, 2019 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/new-york-university/1947-schedule.html Prior to the season, Stevens called the team "the best conditioned squad in years". The Violets began the season with two wins, then lost the final seven games, including shutout losses against Syracuse, Penn State, Big 6 champion Missouri, and Tulane, and fell by a 49–7 score to a Texas A&M team that won the Southwest Conference championship. NYU was ranked at No. 126 (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 The team played its home games at the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan, and Ohio Field and Yankee Stadium in The Bronx. Schedule 1941 AP y y September 27 Pennsylvania Military Cadets Pennsylvania Military Ohio Field New York, NY W 25-7 Bates of Violets Rips PMC New York Daily News September 28, 2019 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36003893/bates_of_violets_rips_pmc/ Newspapers.com October 4 at Lafayette Leopards Lafayette Fisher Stadium Easton, PA W 6-0 7,500 N.Y.U. 6, Lafayette 0 Sunday Call-Chronicle October 5, 1941 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36004486/nyu_6_lafayette_0/ Newspapers.com October 11 Texas A&M Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY L 7-49 18,000 Texans' Second Half Drive Crushes NYU, 49-7 New York Daily News October 12, 1941 92 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36004782/texans_second_half_drive_crushes_nyu/ Newspapers.comTexas Aggies Pass NYU Dizzy to Win, 49 to 7 Harry Ferguson The Eau Claire Leader United Press October 12, 1941 11 https://www.newspapers.com/article/leader-telegram-texas-aggies-pass-nyu-di/165355354/ Newspapers.com October 18 Syracuse Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY L 0-31 10,000 Syracuse Rips Violets, 31-0 New York Daily News Joe Trimble October 19, 1941 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36005354/syracuse_rips_violets_310/ Newspapers.com October 25 at Holy Cross Fitton Field Worcester, MA L 0-13 8,000 Holy Cross Wallops Weak Violets, 13-0 New York Daily News October 26, 1941 91 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35659541/holy_cross_wallops_weak_violets_130/ Newspapers.com October 31 Penn State Polo Grounds New York, NY L 0-42 10,691 State Smothers Violets, 42-0 New York Daily News Jack Smith November 1, 1941 28 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35921708/state_smothers_violets_420/ Newspapers.com November 8 No. 17 Missouri Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY L 0-26 6,700 Missouri Whips Violets, 26-0 New York Daily News Joe Trimble November 9, 1941 94 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35814047/missouri_whips_violets_260/ Newspapers.com November 15 Tulane Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY L 0-45 10,000 Tulane Passes Smother NYU, 45-0 New York Daily News November 16, 1941 92 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36005996/tulane_passes_smother_nyu_450/ Newspapers.com November 29 vs No. 8 Fordham Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY L 9-30 31,000 Rams Conquer NYU, 30-9; Blumenstock Scores 2 New York Daily News Jack Smith November 30, 1941 C36 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35795454/rams_conquer_nyu_309_blumenstock/ Newspapers.comFordham Rams Close Season By Trouncing New York University Gridders, 30-9 The Hartford Courant Associated Press November 30, 1941 2C https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-fordham-rams-close-seas/165355738/ Newspapers.com Program discontinuation Despite having the largest enrollment of any university in the United States, the NYU football program lost $30,000 in 1940 and $35,000 in 1941 and was described as "verging on bankruptcy". In January 1942, the university announced that its Committee on Athletics and Health would study the matter and issue a report on whether the football program should be discontinued.Stevens To Yale! The Pittsburgh Press January 27, 1942 23 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-stevens-to-yale/165356285/ Newspapers.com In late February 1942, NYU announced that it was discontinuing the football program for "economical reasons". NYU president Harry Woodburn Chase stated: "Varsity football at New York University has been carried on for the past two years at a substantial deficit and the University cannot maintain the sport any further under the uncertain conditions that prevail."NYU Boots Out Grid; Took Loss at Gate -- And on Field, Too New York Daily News February 25, 1942 58 https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-nyu-boots-out-grid-took-loss/165356545/ Newspapers.com The university also terminated its relationship with head coach Mal Stevens.N.Y.U. Through With Football But Stevens Sees 'Other Offers' Brooklyn Eagle Oscar Fraley February 25, 1942 16 https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-nyu-through-with-footb/165358996/ Newspapers.com NYU later restored the football program in 1944. Players 30em Jack Barmak - quarterbackWinds Up College Grid Career Brooklyn Eagle November 23, 1941 C3 https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-jack-barmak/165357757/ Newspapers.com Len Bates - halfback/fullbackBates to Face Rams New York Daily News November 25, 1941 51 https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-bates-to-face-rams/165358234/ Newspapers.com (African-American player held out of 1940 game with Missouri for racial reasons)The Bates Campaign Didn't Lose! Jim Crow Tradition Smashed Daily Worker October 27, 1941 8 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-worker-the-bates-campaign-didn/165359144/ Newspapers.com Paul Boroff - end and captainBoroff to Captain N.Y.U The Buffalo News November 19, 1941 20 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-paul-boroff/165357904/ Newspapers.com Rico Casucci - centeruntitled The Daily Argus October 14, 1941 10 https://www.newspapers.com/article/mount-vernon-argus-rico-casucci/165357682/ Newspapers.com Alverne Chalek - endA Violet, But Not Blushing The Brooklyn Eagle October 30, 1941 15 https://www.newspapers.com/article/brooklyn-eagle-laverne-chalek/165358482/ Newspapers.com Ross J. Cherico - guardCherico NYU Coach New York Daily News September 12, 1944 17C https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-cherico/165358047/ Newspapers.com B. Cohen - guard Carlo Delfino - tackle Vincent "Roxie" Finn - right halfback Nick Fortiages - guard Joe Frank - left halfback Haslinger - tackle Charlie Heiser - end Sam Rosen - tackle Wyatt Teubert - halfback References NYU Category:NYU Violets football seasons NYU Violets football Category:University Heights, Bronx