1941 Colgate Red Raiders football team

1941 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–2
Head coach
CaptainHans Guenther
Home stadiumColgate Athletic Field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 0
Thiel   –   7 – 0 – 0
Saint Francis (PA)   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 6 Fordham   –   8 – 1 – 0
Rochester   –   6 – 1 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   6 – 1 – 0
Wagner   –   5 – 1 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   7 – 2 – 0
Coast Guard   –   6 – 2 – 0
Norwich   –   6 – 2 – 0
Hofstra   –   5 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 2 – 1
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   4 – 2 – 1
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
La Salle   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Army   –   5 – 3 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 4 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 4 – 1
Holy Cross   –   4 – 4 – 2
Colgate   –   3 – 3 – 2
Providence   –   3 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   3 – 4 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its 13th season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 3–3–2 record.[1][2]

Colgate was ranked at No. 37 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]

The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27St. Lawrence
W 66–04,500[4]
October 4vs. Penn State
W 7–013,000[5]
October 11at Dartmouth
L 6–18[6]
October 18at Duke
L 14–2725,000[7]
October 25at Cornell
L 2–21[8]
November 1Holy Cross
  • Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
T 6–67,000[9]
November 15at Syracuse
T 19–1934,000[10]
November 22at Columbia
W 30–2123,000[11]

References

  1. ^ "Colgate (NY) Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Wilbur W. O'Brien (September 28, 1941). "Colgate Blasts St. Lawrence In Opener, 66 to 0". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Colgate Defeats Penn State, 7-0". New York Daily News. October 5, 1941. p. 39C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Dartmouth Spanks Norwich, 35-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 28, 1941. p. 2S – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Duke Wins: Blue Devils Lick Colgate By 27 to 14". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 19, 1941. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Cornell Conquers Colgate, 21 to 2". New York Daily News. October 26, 1941. p. 91 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Holy Cross Ties Colgate, 6 to 6". New York Daily News. November 2, 1941. p. 89 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Syracuse, Colgate Tie 19-19, on Morris' Run". New York Daily News. November 16, 1941. p. 101 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Hy Turkin (November 23, 1941). "Colgate Downs Columbia, 30-21". New York Daily News. p. 90 – via Newspapers.com.


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