| 1941 SMU Mustangs football | |
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| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Record | 5–5 (2–4 SWC) |
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| Captain | J. Ted Ramsey, Horace Young |
| Home stadium | Ownby Stadium |
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| No. 9 Texas A&M $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Texas | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
SMU was ranked at No. 24 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.
The team played its home games at Ownby Stadium in the University Park suburb of Dallas.
Schedule※
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 27 | North Texas State Teachers* |
| W 54–0 | 12,000 | ||||
| October 4 | at Fordham* | L 10–16 | 28,500 | |||||
| October 11 | vs. Pacific (CA)* | Tyler, TX (Rose Festival game) | W 34–0 | 12,500 | ||||
| October 18 | at Auburn* | W 20–7 | 12,000 | |||||
| November 1 | No. 1 Texas | No. 20 |
| L 0–34 | 23,000 | |||
| November 8 | at No. 5 Texas A&M | L 10–21 | 10,000 | |||||
| November 15 | at Arkansas | W 14–7 | 9,000 | |||||
| November 22 | Baylor |
| W 14–0 | 10,000 | ||||
| November 29 | at TCU | L 13–15 | ||||||
| December 6 | Rice |
| L 0–6 | 10,000 | ||||
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References※
- ^ "1941 SMU Mustangs Schedule. And Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
- ^ "All-Southwest Selections". The Paris News. December 10, "1941." p. 4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Mustangs Display Power, Speed As They Run Over Denton Crew". Sunday American-Statesman. September 28, "1941." p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Gene Ward (October 5, 1941). "Rams Nip Mustangs, 16-10, In Last Half-Minute". New York Daily News. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Richard West (October 12, 1941). "S.M.U. Wallops College of Pacific". The Shreveport Times. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Weldon Hart (November 2, 1941). "Steers Crush Mustangs To Bury 8-Year Jinx". The Austin American-Statesman. pp. 1, 15, 18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ags Show Speed, Passes and Power In 54-0 Victory". Sunday American-Statesman. September 28, 1941. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ponies Take Porkers In Aerial Thriller, 14 to 7". Sunday American-Statesman. November 16, 1941. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dave Cheavens (November 23, 1941). "S.M.U. Cops 14-0 Win Over Baylor". Sunday American-Statesman. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "TCU Defeats SMU, Ties for Second Place". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune and Star Journal. November 30, 1941. p. Peach 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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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