1941 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team

The 1941 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Gonzaga University during the 1941 college football season. They played their home games on campus at Gonzaga Stadium in Spokane, Washington. In their third year under head coach Puggy Hunton, the Bulldogs compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a total of 201 to 65. The season ended with a blowout home loss to Washington State on November 22, two weeks before the Attack on Pearl Harbor. In April 1942, university president Father Leo J. Robinson announced that Gonzaga was suspending its intercollegiate football program for the duration of World War II. Robinson stated the loss of numerous football players and prospect to military service made further competition impossible. The program had been in financial difficulty, and varsity football was not resumed after the war. Gonzaga's decision to cease competition in intercollegiate football began a trend among Catholic universities during the war and immediate post-war years to terminate their football programs. Gonzaga would be followed by Providence (1941); Creighton (1942); Manhattan (1942); Saint Louis (1949); Portland (1949); Saint Mary's (1950); Mount St. Mary's (1950); Niagara (1950); Loyola (1951); San Francisco (1951); St. Bonaventure (1951) and Santa Clara (1952). == Schedule == == Notes == == References ==