1941 Penn Quakers football team

1941 Penn Quakers football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
Ranking
APNo. 15
Record7–1 (5–0 Ivy)
Head coach
Home stadiumFranklin Field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Penn $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Columbia 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Harvard 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Cornell 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Dartmouth 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Brown 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Princeton 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Yale 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania in the Ivy League during the 1941 college football season.

History

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In its fourth season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 7–1 record, won the Ivy League championship, outscored opponents by a total of 180 to 55, and was ranked No. 15 in the final AP Poll. The team's lone setback was a 13–6 loss to Navy.[1]

Back Gene Davis was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Eastern football team, and end Bernie Kuczynski was named to the second team.[2] Other key players included halfback Bob Odell, fullback Bert Stiff, and Bob Brundage.

Munger was Penn's head coach for 16 years; he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Harvard
W 19–0[3]
October 11at Yale
W 28–1330,000[4]
October 18at PrincetonNo. 11
W 23–031,500[5]
October 25Maryland*No. 12
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 55–640,000[6]
November 1at No. 11 Navy*No. 8
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–1374,000[7]
November 8ColumbiaNo. 19
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–1650,000[8]
November 15 No. 19 Army*No. 14
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–770,000[9]
November 22CornellNo. 13
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 16–074,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

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See also: 1941 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP11128 (1)1914131315

References

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  1. ^ "1941 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  2. ^ "MacKinney and Peabody on A.P. Eastern Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. December 5, 1941. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Fred Byrod (October 5, 1941). "Penn Power Crushes Harvard, 19 to 0: 50,000 Fans See Stiff, Odell, Brundage Star". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ W.J. Lee (October 12, 1941). "Pennsylvania Football Team Scores 21 Points In First Half To Defeat Yale". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Cy Peterman (October 19, 1941). "Penn Beats Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Cy Peterman (October 26, 1941). "Penn Crushes Maryland Foe, 55 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Cy Peterman (November 2, 1941). "74,000 See Navy Stop Penn, 13 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Cy Peterman (November 9, 1941). "Penn Defeats Columbia, 19-16, In Wild Finish Before 50,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Cy Peterman (November 16, 1941). "70,000 See Penn Beat Army, 14-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Cy Peterman (November 23, 1941). "74,000 See Penn Beat Cornell, 16-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
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