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1941 Montana

6–⁠3 (1–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference).

Schedule and results

Montana in 1941, game by game: won at BYU 20–7; won vs. North Dakota State 27–0; lost at UCLA 7–14; won at Gonzaga 13–6; won vs. Montana State 23–13; lost at Washington 0–21; won at North Dakota 13–6; won at Idaho 16–0; lost at No. 16 Oregon State 0–27+27−27Won 20–7 at BYU+13BYUWon 27–0 vs. North Dakota State+27North Dakota St…Lost 7–14 at UCLA-7UCLAWon 13–6 at Gonzaga+7GonzagaWon 23–13 vs. Montana State+10Montana StateLost 0–21 at Washington-21WashingtonWon 13–6 at North Dakota+7North DakotaWon 16–0 at Idaho+16IdahoLost 0–27 at No. 16 Oregon State-27No. 16 Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atBYUW 20–⁠730%
Oct 4vsNorth Dakota StateW 27–⁠087%
Oct 10atUCLAL 7–⁠1440%
Oct 18atGonzagaW 13–⁠645%
Oct 25vsMontana StateW 23–⁠1386%
Nov 1atWashingtonL 0–⁠2127%
Nov 8atNorth DakotaW 13–⁠681%
Nov 15atIdahoW 16–⁠048%
Nov 22at16Oregon StateL 0–⁠2726%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon State 27–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1941.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
1–⁠3 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
119–⁠94
Coach
—
Elo
1445 +66 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.0 No. 77 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1941 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State7–⁠28–⁠212
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠419
Washington5–⁠35–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon4–⁠45–⁠5
UCLA3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
California3–⁠44–⁠5
USC2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Montana1–⁠36–⁠3
Idaho0–⁠44–⁠5

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.