1941 SMU Mustangs football team

The 1941 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1941 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Matty Bell, the Mustangs compiled a 5–5 record (2–4 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 169 to 106.[1]

1941 SMU Mustangs football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–5 (2–4 SWC)
Head coach
CaptainJ. Ted Ramsey, Horace Young
Home stadiumOwnby Stadium
1941 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 9 Texas A&M $ 5 –1 –09 –2 –0
No. 4 Texas 4 –1 –18 –1 –1
TCU 4 –1 –17 –3 –1
Rice 3 –2 –16 –3 –1
SMU 2 –4 –05 –5 –0
Baylor 1 –4 –13 –6 –1
Arkansas 0 –6 –03 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Fullback Preston Johnson was selected by both the Associated Press and the United Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Southwest Conference football team.[2]

SMU was ranked at No. 24 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]

The team played its home games at Ownby Stadium in the University Park suburb of Dallas.

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27North Texas State*
  • Ownby Stadium
  • University Park, TX (rivalry)
W 54–012,000[4]
October 4at Fordham*
L 10–1628,500[5]
October 11vs. Pacific (CA)*Tyler, TX (Rose Festival game)W 34–012,500[6]
October 18at Auburn*
W 20–712,000[7]
November 1 No. 1 TexasNo. 20
L 0–3423,000[8]
November 8at No. 5 Texas A&M
L 10–2110,000[9]
November 15at Arkansas
W 14–79,000[10]
November 22Baylor
  • Ownby Stadium
  • University Park, TX
W 14–010,000[11]
November 29at TCU
L 13–15[12]
December 6Rice
  • Ownby Stadium
  • University Park, TX (rivalry)
L 0–610,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1941 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  2. "All-Southwest Selections". The Paris News. December 10, 1941. p. 4.
  3. 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.
  4. "Mustangs Display Power, Speed As They Run Over Denton Crew". Sunday American-Statesman. September 28, 1941. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Gene Ward (October 5, 1941). "Rams Nip Mustangs, 16-10, In Last Half-Minute". New York Daily News. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Richard West (October 12, 1941). "S.M.U. Wallops College of Pacific". The Shreveport Times. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Zipp Newman (October 19, 1941). "Auburn Falls Before S.M.U., 20 To 7: Tigers Rally But Too Late In Last Half". The Birmingham News. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Weldon Hart (November 2, 1941). "Steers Crush Mustangs To Bury 8-Year Jinx". The Austin American-Statesman. pp. 1, 15, 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Ags Show Speed, Passes and Power In 54-0 Victory". Sunday American-Statesman. September 28, 1941. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Ponies Take Porkers In Aerial Thriller, 14 to 7". Sunday American-Statesman. November 16, 1941. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Dave Cheavens (November 23, 1941). "S.M.U. Cops 14-0 Win Over Baylor". Sunday American-Statesman. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "TCU Defeats SMU, Ties for Second Place". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Star Journal. November 30, 1941. p. Peach 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Harold V. Ratliff (December 7, 1941). "Rice Rides Herd On Ponies, 6-0, In Final Southwest Loop Tilt". Sunday American-Statesman. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.


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