1941 Bowling Green Falcons football team

1941 Bowling Green Falcons football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record7–1–1 (4–0–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainEdward Wellner
Home stadiumUniversity Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Case $ 4 0 0 7 1 0
Ohio Northern 5 0 0 6 1 1
Toledo 2 0 0 7 4 0
Bowling Green 4 0 1 5 2 0
Kenyon 4 1 0 5 2 0
Wooster 4 1 1 5 1 1
Heidelberg 5 2 0 6 2 0
Otterbein 4 2 0 5 3 0
Wittenberg 3 3 0 4 4 0
Muskingum 2 3 0 3 5 0
John Carroll 1 2 1 2 5 1
Kent State 1 3 0 2 5 1
Marietta 1 3 0 1 6 0
Capital 1 4 0 2 4 1
Baldwin–Wallace 0 2 1 3 4 1
Findlay 0 4 0 3 5 0
Mount Union 0 5 0 1 7 0
Ashland 0 3 0 0 5 0
Oberlin 0 3 0 0 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1941 college football season. In its first season under head coach Robert Whittaker, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 173 to 40.[1] Edward Wellner was the team captain.[1]

Bowling Green was ranked at No. 161 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.[2]

The team played its home games at University Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Wooster
T 14–14[3]
October 3at Akron*L 0–8[4]
October 11at Miami (OH)*W 9–0[5]
October 18at Michigan State Normal*
W 20–6[6]
October 25Heidelbergdagger
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 39–64,000[7]
November 1at Kent StateKent, OH (rivalry)W 12–63,000[8]
November 8at WittenbergSpringfield, OHW 13–0[9]
November 15Findlay
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 47–0[10]
November 20Wayne*
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 19–06,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

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  1. ^ a b "2016 BGSU Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green State University. 2016. pp. 148, 153.
  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. ^ "Whittaker's B-G Eleven Ties Scots". The Sandusky Register-Star-News. September 28, 1941. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Eddie Butler (October 4, 1941). "Zips Beat Bowling Green In Mud". Akron Beacon Journal. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Miami U. Falls Victim To Bowling Green, 9-0". Dayton Sunday Journal-Herald. October 12, 1941. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Bowling Green Beats Hurons". Detroit Free Press. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Bowling Green Eleven Upsets Princes, 39-6". The Sandusky Register-Star-News. October 26, 1941. p. 10.
  8. ^ "Bee Gees Top Kent In Last Five Seconds, 12-6". Akron Beacon Journal. November 2, 1941. p. 7C – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Bowling Green Wins Over Wittenberg Eleven, 13-0". The Sandusky Register-Star-News. November 9, 1941. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Falcons Defeat Findlay, 47-0 In Conference Game". The Sandusky Register-Star-News. November 16, 1941. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Vastly Superior Bowling Green Whips Wayne, 19-0, in Final". Detroit Free Press. November 21, 1941. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.