1941 Utah Redskins football team

1941 Utah Redskins football
MSC champion
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record6–0–2 (4–0–2 MSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumUte Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Mountain States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 4 – 0 – 2 6 – 0 – 2
BYU 3 – 1 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Denver 3 – 1 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Colorado A&M 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 2 – 1
Colorado 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Wyoming 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Utah State 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1941 college football season. In their 17th season under head coach Ike Armstrong, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 6–0–2 with a mark of 4–0–2 against conference opponents, won the MSC championship, and all outscored opponents by a total of 209 to 65.[1]

Utah was ranked at No. 62 (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 Ute Stadium in Salt Lake City.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Idaho*
W 26–79,500[3]
October 11Wyoming
W 60–610,000[4]
October 18BYU
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
T 6–613,000[5]
October 25at Denver
T 0–014,000[6]
November 1Coloradodagger
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
W 46–616,000[7]
November 15at Colorado A&M
W 26–135,000[8]
November 20Utah State
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
W 33–2110,000[9]
December 6at Arizona*
W 12–68,500[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[11][12]

NFL draft

Utah had two players selected in the 1942 NFL draft.[13]

Player Position Round Pick NFL team
Floyd Spendlove Tackle 8 61 Pittsburgh Steelers
Mac Speedie End 15 135 Detroit Lions

References

  1. ^ "1941 Utah Utes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 12, 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. ^ "Redskins Hammer Vandal Crew, 26-7". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 28, 1941. p. B7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Marlowe Branagan (October 12, 1941). "Redskins Rout Cowboy Crew, 60 to 6: Indians Smash Over Nine Touchdowns During Game; 10,000 See Cowboys Mowed Down". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 8B – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ LaVerl Christiansen (October 19, 1941). "Fighting Cougars Hold Favored Utes To 6-6 Deadlock". The Sunday Herald (Provo, Utah). p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Jimmy Hodgson (October 26, 1941). "Utes and Pioneers in Stalemate, 0-0". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. B7 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Utes Rout Colorado In 46 to 6 Triumph". Provo Sunday Herald. November 2, 1941. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Chet Nelson (November 16, 1941). "Utes Triumph: Injuns Blast Coloags in 26-13 Clash". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. B9 – via Newspapers.coms.
  9. ^ Dave Belnap (November 21, 1941). "Utes Drub Aggies To Clinch Share Of League Title". Provo Daily Herald. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Vic Thornton (December 7, 1941). "Henry Stanton Breaks Record But Cats Lose". The Arizona Daily Star. pp. 1, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  12. ^ "Coaching Records Game by Game Ike J. Armstrong 1941". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2010.
  13. ^ "1942 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2010.