1941 Bowling Green Falcons football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1941 Bowling Green Falcons football Ohio Athletic Conference OAC 7–1–1 4–0–1 Robert Whittaker 1st Edward Wellner University Stadium The 1941 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1941 college football season. In its first season under head coach Robert Whittaker, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 173 to 40.2016 BGSU Football Media Guide Bowling Green State University 2016 148, 153 http://bgsufalcons.com.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2016/8/13/8_Section.pdf?id=6645 September 16, 2019 September 20, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160920085041/http://bgsufalcons.com.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/2016/8/13/8_Section.pdf?id=6645 dead Edward Wellner was the team captain. Bowling Green was ranked at No. 161 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.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 University Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio. Schedule yes yes September 27 1941 Wooster Fighting Scots Wooster University Stadium Bowling Green, OH T 14-14 Whittaker's B-G Eleven Ties Scots The Sandusky Register-Star-News September 28, 1941 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36361263/whittakers_bg_eleven_ties_scots/ Newspapers.com October 3 at Akron<ncg> Rubber Bowl Akron, OH L 0-8 Zips Beat Bowling Green In Mud Akron Beacon Journal Eddie Butler October 4, 1941 12 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36074511/zips_beat_bowling_green_in_mud/ Newspapers.com October 11 at Miami (OH)<ncg> Miami Field Oxford, OH W 9-0 Miami U. Falls Victim To Bowling Green, 9-0 Dayton Sunday Journal-Herald October 12, 1941 Sports 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36335408/miami_u_falls_victim_to_bowling_green/ Newspapers.com October 18 at Michigan State Normal<ncg> Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI W 20-6 Bowling Green Beats Hurons Detroit Free Press II-6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36330541/bowling_green_beats_hurons/ Newspapers.com October 25 1941 Heidelberg Student Princes Heidelberg<hc> University Stadium Bowling Green, OH W 39-6 4,000 Bowling Green Eleven Upsets Princes, 39-6 The Sandusky Register-Star-News October 26, 1941 10 November 1 at Kent State Kent, OH (rivalry) W 12-6 3,000 Bee Gees Top Kent In Last Five Seconds, 12-6 Akron Beacon Journal November 2, 1941 7C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36361472/bee_gees_top_kent_in_last_five_seconds/ Newspapers.com November 8 at 1941 Wittenberg Tigers Wittenberg Springfield, OH W 13-0 Bowling Green Wins Over Wittenberg Eleven, 13-0 The Sandusky Register-Star-News November 9, 1941 12 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36361603/bowling_green_wins_over_wittenberg/ Newspapers.com November 15 1941 Findlay Oilers Findlay University Stadium Bowling Green, OH W 47-0 Falcons Defeat Findlay, 47-0 In Conference Game The Sandusky Register-Star-News November 16, 1941 12 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36361722/falcons_defeat_findlay_470_in/ Newspapers.com November 20 Wayne<ncg> University Stadium Bowling Green, OH W 19-0 6,000 Vastly Superior Bowling Green Whips Wayne, 19-0, in Final Detroit Free Press November 21, 1941 27 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18889630/vastly_superior_bowling_green_whips/ Newspapers.com References Bowling Green Category:Bowling Green Falcons football seasons Bowling Green Falcons football