1941 Davidson Wildcats football team

1941 Davidson Wildcats football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record1–6–3 (1–5–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumRichardson Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Duke $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
South Carolina 4 – 0 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Clemson 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
William & Mary 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
VMI 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
VPI 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wake Forest 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
NC State 3 – 4 – 2 4 – 5 – 2
Furman 2 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Washington and Lee 1 – 2 – 2 1 – 6 – 2
North Carolina 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Maryland 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Davidson 1 – 5 – 2 1 – 6 – 3
The Citadel 0 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
George Washington 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 7 – 1
Richmond 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Davidson Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Davidson University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Gene McEver, the Wildcats compiled a 1–6–3 record (1–5–2 against SoCon opponents), finished 13th in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 176 to 63. The team was shut out in five of its ten games.[1]

Davidson was ranked at No. 151 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[2]

Home games were played at Richardson Stadium in Davidson, North Carolina.

McEver was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Rollins*
T 0–03,000[3]
September 27vs. NC State
T 6–610,000[4]
October 4North Carolina
  • Richardson Stadium
  • Davidson, NC
L 0–20[5]
October 11at Sewanee
L 0–7[6]
October 18VPI
  • Richardson Stadium
  • Davidson, NC
L 0–165,000[7]
October 25vs. Furman
L 13–31[8]
November 1at VMI
L 7–131,000[9]
November 8 No. 4 Duke
  • Richardson Stadium
  • Davidson, NC
L 0–5610,000[10]
November 15at Washington and Lee
  • Wilson Field
  • Lexington, VA
T 13–137,000[11]
November 22vs. The Citadel
  • American Legion Memorial Stadium
  • Charlotte, NC
W 24–145,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1941 Davidson Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Rollins Tars battle Davidson to scoreless deadlock". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 21, 1941. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "State and Davidson Battle To 6-6 Tie". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 28, 1941. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "North Carolina Defeats Davidson, 20 To 0". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 5, 1941. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Sewanee beats Davidson, 7–0". The Chattanooga Times. October 12, 1941. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tech Power Bests 'Cats" (PDF). The Davidsonian. Davidson College. October 23, 1941. p. 4. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
  8. ^ "Hurricane Has Easy Time Thumping Davidson, 31-13". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 26, 1941. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Wildcats Put Up Battle Before Cadets, With Muha Leading Offense, Triumph, 13-7". Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia). November 2, 1941. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Robert Cranford (November 9, 1941). "Duke Crushes Davidson's Wildcats, 56 To 0". The High Point Enterprise. p. 10A – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Cats fight Generals to a deadlock". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel. November 16, 1941. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Davidson Takes To Air To Sink Citadel, 24-14". The Greenville News. November 21, 1941. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.


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