1941: Week 8

60 games. Five ranked teams lost, three to unranked teams. Two games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Nov 8, 19417Notre Dame 20, 6Navy 13upsetBox score
Nov 8, 194113Alabama 19, 14Tulane 14Box score

Upsets

Nov 8, 1941Pittsburgh 13, 3Fordham 0upsetBox score
Nov 8, 19417Notre Dame 20, 6Navy 13upsetBox score
Nov 8, 1941Harvard 20, 11Army 6upsetBox score
Nov 8, 1941Penn State 34, 18Syracuse 19upsetBox score

A ranked team beaten as the betting favorite, or, where no line is on file, by an unranked or lower-ranked team.

FBS vs. FBS

Nov 8, 194113Alabama 19, 14Tulane 14Box score
Nov 8, 1941Boston College 26, Wake Forest 6Box score
Nov 8, 1941BYU 23, Wyoming 7Box score
Nov 8, 1941Dartmouth 20, Princeton 13Box score
Nov 8, 1941Denver 14, Utah State 6Box score
Nov 8, 1941Detroit Mercy 7, Marquette 6Box score
Nov 8, 19414Duke 56, Davidson 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941Georgia 19, Florida 3Box score
Nov 8, 1941Georgia Tech 20, Kentucky 13Box score
Nov 8, 1941Harvard 20, 11Army 6upsetBox score
Nov 8, 1941Holy Cross 13, Brown 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941Iowa 21, Illinois 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941Kansas State 3, South Carolina 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941Purdue 0, Michigan State 0Box score
Nov 8, 19412Minnesota 9, Nebraska 0Box score
Nov 8, 194116Ole Miss 13, LSU 12Box score
Nov 8, 194115Mississippi State 14, Auburn 7Box score
Nov 8, 194117Missouri 26, New York University 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941New Mexico 28, New Mexico State 0Box score
Nov 8, 194110Northwestern 20, Indiana 14Box score
Nov 8, 19417Notre Dame 20, 6Navy 13upsetBox score
Nov 8, 194120Ohio State 46, Wisconsin 34Box score
Nov 8, 1941Oklahoma 55, Iowa State 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941Oklahoma State 13, Saint Louis 7Box score
Nov 8, 1941Oregon State 19, UCLA 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941Penn State 34, 18Syracuse 19upsetBox score
Nov 8, 194119Pennsylvania 19, Columbia 16Box score
Nov 8, 1941Rice 21, Arkansas 12Box score
Nov 8, 19419Stanford 13, USC 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941Temple 14, Villanova 13Box score
Nov 8, 1941Baylor 7, 1Texas 7Box score
Nov 8, 19415Texas A&M 21, SMU 10Box score
Nov 8, 1941TCU 35, Centenary (LA) 7Box score
Nov 8, 1941Texas Tech 13, Creighton 6Box score
Nov 8, 1941UTEP 28, Arizona State 0upsetBox score
Nov 8, 1941Vanderbilt 20, Sewanee 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941Virginia 27, Washington and Lee 7Box score
Nov 8, 1941Virginia Tech 14, NC State 13Box score
Nov 8, 1941Washington 13, California 6Box score
Nov 8, 1941West Virginia 21, Kansas 0Box score
Nov 9, 194112Duquesne 9, Saint Mary’s (CA) 0Box score
Nov 9, 1941San Francisco 27, Loyola Marymount 20Box score

Everyone else

Nov 7, 1941Miami 34, West Virginia Wesleyan 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941Arizona 41, Northern Arizona 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941The Citadel 42, Wofford 7Box score
Nov 8, 1941Cornell 21, Yale 7Box score
Nov 8, 1941Drake 13, Northern Iowa 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941Furman 13, George Washington 6Box score
Nov 8, 1941Georgetown 26, Maryland 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941Gonzaga 6, Eastern Washington 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941Manhattan 13, Boston University 7Box score
Nov 8, 1941Montana 13, North Dakota 6Box score
Nov 8, 1941North Carolina 27, Richmond 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941Pittsburgh 13, 3Fordham 0upsetBox score
Nov 8, 1941Tennessee 28, Samford 6Box score
Nov 8, 1941Tulsa 61, North Dakota State 6Box score
Nov 8, 1941Washington St. Louis 53, Illinois College 12Box score
Nov 8, 1941Washington State 26, Idaho 0Box score
Nov 8, 1941West Texas 40, St. Mary’s (Texas) 21Box score
Nov 8, 1941William & Mary 21, VMI 0Box score