1941 Missouri Tigers football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1941 Missouri Tigers football Big Six Conference Big 6 7 8–2 5–0 Don Faurot 7th Memorial Stadium Big 6 champion Sugar Bowl L 0–2 vs. Fordham The 1941 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1941 college football season. The team compiled an 8–2 record (5–0 against Big 6 opponents), won the Big 6 championship, lost to Fordham in the 1942 Sugar Bowl, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 226 to 39, and was ranked No. 7 in the final AP Poll. Don Faurot was the head coach for the seventh of 19 seasons.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/missouri/1941-schedule.html 1941 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football November 10, 20162014 Mizzou Football Records Book University of Missouri 40 March 23, 2019 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf September 28, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180928041623/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf dead The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. The team's leading scorer was junior halfback Bob Steuber with 67 points.2014 Mizzou Football Records Book, p. 26. Five Missouri players were selected by the United Press as first-team players on the 1941 All-Big Six Conference football team: Steuber; senior quarterback Harry Ice; senior center Darold Jenkins; senior guard Robert Jeffries; and senior tackle Norville Wallach. Three others (quarterback Maurice Wade, end Bert Ekern, and tackle Robert Brenton) were named to the second team.Missouri's Champs Place 5 Men on All Big Six Team Ames Daily Tribune December 1, 1941 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3093721/missouris_champs/ Schedule 1941 AP y y y September 27 at Ohio State<ncg> Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH L 7-12 49,671 Coach Brown's Ohio State Eleven Triumphs The Sandusky Register-Star-News September 28, 1941 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35807769/coach_browns_ohio_state_eleven_triumphs/ Newspapers.com October 4 Colorado<ncg> Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO W 21-6 5,000 Long Runs by Missouri Trample Colorado, 21-6 St. Louis Globe-Democrat October 5, 1941 1E, 3E https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35813060/long_runs_by_missouri_trample_colorado/ Newspapers.com October 11 Kansas State Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO W 35-0 Tigers Rout Kansas State, 35 to 0, in Big Six Opener St. Louis Post-Dispatch October 12, 1941 1E, 2E https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35813194/tigers_rout_kansas_state_35_to_0_in/ Newspapers.com October 18 at Iowa State Clyde Williams Field Ames, IA (rivalry) W 39-13 15,000 Tigers' First Score Comes After 5 Plays The Des Moines Register Jack North October 19, 1941 Sports 1, 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35813473/tigers_first_score_comes_after_5_plays/ Newspapers.com October 25 Nebraska Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry) W 6-0 29,000 Missouri 6, Nebraska 0: Reece Tallies; Stout Defense Stops Huskers St. Louis Post-Dispatch October 26, 1941 1B, 2B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35813703/missouri_6_nebraska_0_reece_tallies/ Newspapers.com November 1 at Michigan State<ncg> 19 Macklin Field East Lansing, MI W 19-0 15,750 Missouri Eleven Spoils State Homecoming, 19-0 The Lansing State Journal November 2, 1941 17, 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35813598/missouri_eleven_spoils_state/ Newspapers.com November 8 at NYU<ncg> 17 Yankee Stadium New York, NY W 26-0 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 Oklahoma<hc> 16 Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry) W 28-0 27,000 Missouri Wallops Oklahoma, 28-0; Wade Stars St. Louis Post-Dispatch J. Roy Stockton November 16, 1941 1E, 2E https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35814171/missouri_wallops_oklahoma_280_wade/ Newspapers.com November 22 at Kansas 8 Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry) W 45-6 > 14,000 Missouri Smothers Jayhawks The Morning Chronicle, Manhattan, Kansas November 23, 1941 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35814280/missouri_smothers_jayhawks/ Newspapers.com January 1, 1942 vs No. 6 Fordham<ncg> 7 Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) L 0-2 73,000 Over-Tense Missouri Team Is Defeated By Fordham, 2-0, In Rain-Drenched Sugar Bowl Before 73,000 St. Louis Post-Dispatch January 2, 1942 2B https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29870364/overtense_missouri_team_is_defeated_by/ Newspapers.com Rankings 1941 college football rankings AP 1 8 NR NR 19 17 16 8 7 (1) 7 (1) References Missouri Category:Missouri Tigers football seasons Category:Big Eight Conference football champion seasons Missouri Tigers football