1941 Purdue
2–5–1 (1–3 Western Conference), coached by Mal Elward. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Pittsburgh 6–0Oct 4
By 6 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | vs Vanderbilt | L 0–3 | 63% |
| Oct 4 | at Pittsburgh | W 6–0 | 33% |
| Oct 18 | at 10Ohio State | L 14–16 | 30% |
| Oct 25 | vs Iowa | W 7–6 | 61% |
| Nov 1 | at 3Fordham | L 0–17 | 21% |
| Nov 8 | vs Michigan State | T 0–0 | 58% |
| Nov 15 | at Wisconsin | L 0–13 | 50% |
| Nov 22 | at Indiana | L 0–7 | 46% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Indiana 7–0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Western Conference.
In program history: The 92nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 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
- 2–5–1
- Conference
- 1–3 tied for 7th in Western Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 27–62
- Coach
- Mal Elward
- Elo
- 1444 −49 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 4.1 No. 53 of 119 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Tom Melton and Jim Miller
- Most valuable player
- Bill Combs
Drafted in 1942
The 1942 draft| Rd 7 | Italo Rossi OT | Cleveland Rams |
All-Big Ten
2 first teamFirst team
Tom MeltonOGAP-1; UP-1- Iron Man Bob JohnsonCUP-2; INS-1
From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1941 Western Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota | 5–0 | 8–0 | 1 |
 Michigan | 3–1–1 | 6–1–1 | 5 |
| Ohio State | 3–1–1 | 6–1–1 | 13 |
 Northwestern | 4–2 | 5–3 | 11 |
| Wisconsin | 3–3 | 3–5 | |
| Iowa | 2–4 | 3–5 | |
| Purdue | 1–3 | 2–5–1 | |
| Indiana | 1–3 | 2–6 | |
 Illinois | 0–5 | 2–6 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.