1941 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1941 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1941 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	3–6 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach	William Alexander (22nd season);
Captain	Charles R. Sanders
Home stadium	Grant Field
	Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team		W		L			W		L
No. 16 Mississippi State $	4	–	0	–	1	8	–	1	–	1
No. 18 Tennessee	3	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 20 Alabama	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 14 Georgia	3	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
No. 17 Ole Miss	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Vanderbilt	3	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
LSU	2	–	2	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Tulane	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Georgia Tech	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Florida	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Kentucky	0	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Auburn	0	–	4	–	1	4	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1941 college football season. In their 22nd season under head coach William Alexander, the Yellow Jackets compiled a 3–6 record (2–4 against SEC opponents) and were outscored by a total of 130 to 82.^[1]

Georgia Tech was ranked at No. 40 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.^[2]

The team played its home games at Grant Field in Atlanta.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Chattanooga*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 20–0	10,000	^[3]
October 11	Notre Dame*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 0–20	31,000	^[4]
October 18	at No. 18 Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 7–14	15,000	^[5]
October 25	Auburn	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 28–14	20,000	^[6]
November 1	No. 4 Duke*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 0–14	28,000	^[7]
November 8	Kentucky	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 20–13	15,000	^[8]
November 15	at No. 9 Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	L 0–20	25,000	^[9]
November 22	at Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, FL	L 7–14	15,000	^[10]
November 29	No. 20 Georgia	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 0–21	31,000	^[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game