1941 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumLaSalle Field
1941 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Duquesne    8 0 0
Thiel    7 0 0
Saint Francis (PA)    6 0 1
No. 6 Fordham    8 1 0
No. 15 Penn    7 1 0
Rochester    6 1 0
Trinity (CT)    6 1 0
Wagner    5 1 0
Franklin & Marshall    5 1 1
Penn State    7 2 0
Temple    7 2 0
Coast Guard    6 2 0
Norwich    6 2 0
Hofstra    5 2 0
Harvard    5 2 1
Syracuse    5 2 1
Boston College    7 3 0
Bucknell    6 3 0
Drexel    4 2 1
Boston University    5 3 0
Cornell    5 3 0
La Salle    5 3 0
Tufts    5 3 0
Army    5 3 1
Brown    5 4 0
Dartmouth    5 4 0
CCNY    4 4 0
Villanova    4 4 0
Manhattan    4 4 1
Holy Cross    4 4 2
Colgate    3 3 2
Providence    3 3 2
Buffalo    3 4 1
Massachusetts State    3 4 1
Columbia    3 5 0
Pittsburgh    3 6 0
Princeton    2 6 0
Vermont    2 6 0
NYU    2 7 0
Carnegie Tech    1 7 0
Yale    1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Providence Friars football team was an American football team that represented Providence College as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Hugh Devore, the team compiled a 3–3–2 record.

Providence was ranked at No. 209 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Holy CrossL 0–1315,000[2]
October 12at CanisiusT 12–1212,000[3]
October 17at Saint AnselmManchester, NHW 25–19
October 22Rhode Island State
T 0–012,000[4]
November 1at Springfield
W 18–0[5]
November 9at NiagaraNiagara Falls, NYL 0–11[6]
November 16at La SalleW 20–7[7]
November 20at XavierL 0–336,500[8]

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Crusaders need breaks to defeat Friars, 13–0". The Hartford Courant. October 5, 1941. p. 4C. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Canisius ties Friars, 12–12". Democrat and Chronicle. October 13, 1941. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Rhode Island plays tie with Providence". The Hartford Courant. October 23, 1941. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Friars trounce Maroon gridders by 18–0 margin". The Hartford Courant. November 2, 1941. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Niagara defeats Providence, 11–0". Democrat and Chronicle. November 10, 1941. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "LaSalle loses to Providence". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1941. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Bob Bohne (November 21, 1941). "It's Mutryn again as Musketeers win, 33–0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 11. Retrieved May 1, 2022 via Newspapers.com.


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