| 1941 Creighton Bluejays football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 5–5 (3–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Creighton Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1941 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1941 college football season. In its second season under head coach Maurice H. Palrang, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–1 against MVC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 160 to 115.
Four Creighton players were selected by the conference coaches as second-team players on the 1941 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team: halfback Tony Porto; end Joe Boyle; center Fred Dondelinger; and tackle John Powers.
Creighton was ranked at No. 140 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.
The team played its home games at Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | St. Benedict's* | W 13–7 | ||||||
| September 26 | Centenary* |
| W 32–20 | 7,000 | ||||
| October 3 | Saint Louis |
| W 18–8 | 10,000 | ||||
| October 11 | at Tulsa | L 7–19 | 10,000 | |||||
| October 18 | 2:30 p.m. | at Washington University | W 14–13 | 3,500 | ||||
| October 25 | Drake |
| W 12–7 | |||||
| November 1 | at Oklahoma A&M | L 6–13 | 4,000 | |||||
| November 8 | at Texas Tech* | L 6–13 | 6,000 | |||||
| November 16 | at Loyola (CA)* | L 7–32 | ||||||
| November 23 | Detroit* |
| L 0–28 | 10,000 | ||||
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References
- "1941 Creighton Bluejays Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
- L.E. Skelley (December 5, 1941). "Keithley Awarded Place On Valley All-Star Eleven". Miami Daily News-Record. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- 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.
- "Ravens force Creighton, 13-7". Evening State Journal. September 22, 1941. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Bill Brock Stars As Bluejays Win Thriller, 32-20". The Columbus Daily Telegram. September 27, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Brock Averages Over 5 Yards as Creighton Wins". The Columbus Daily Telegram. October 4, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tulsa's Aerials Daze Creighton". The Daily Oklahoman. October 12, 1941. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com.
- Fleischman, Bill (October 18, 1941). "Injured Bears Play Creighton". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 3B. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
- Fleischman, Bill (October 19, 1941). "Creighton Nips Bears, 14-13". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 1E. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
- Fleischman, Bill (October 19, 1941). "Creighton Nips Bears, 14-13 (continued)". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 3E. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
- J. Roy Stockton (October 19, 1941). "Washington Nosed Out by Creighton, 14 to 13". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Creighton scores twice in fourth to defeat Drake". Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star. October 26, 1941. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- Otis Wile (November 2, 1941). "Faubion Paces Aggie Victory: Farmers Score Late, Down Jays, 13-6". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
- "Creighton Falls, 13-6: Texas Tech Rally Beats Jays". The Des Moines Register. November 9, 1941. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Loyola Wins, 32-7: Creighton Grids Upset". Los Angeles Times. November 17, 1941. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Titans Roll to Easy Victory over Creighton, 28-0". Detroit Free Press. November 24, 1941. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Detroit Spanks Creighton, 28-0". The Columbus Daily Telegram. November 24, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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