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1941 Texas

8–⁠1–⁠1 (4–⁠1–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Dana Bible, finished No. 4 in the AP poll.

Texas, 1941
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Texas in 1941, game by game: won at Colorado 34–6; won vs. LSU 34–0; won vs. Oklahoma 40–7; won vs. Arkansas 48–14; won vs. Rice 40–0; won at No. 20 SMU 34–0; tied at Baylor 7–7; lost vs. TCU 7–14; won at No. 2 Texas A&M 23–0; won vs. Oregon 71–7+64−7Won 34–6 at Colorado+28ColoradoWon 34–0 vs. LSU+34LSUWon 40–7 vs. Oklahoma+33OklahomaWon 48–14 vs. Arkansas+34ArkansasWon 40–0 vs. Rice+40RiceWon 34–0 at No. 20 SMU+34No. 20 SMUTied 7–7 at Baylor0BaylorLost 7–14 vs. TCU-7TCUWon 23–0 at No. 2 Texas A&M+23No. 2 Texas A&MWon 71–7 vs. Oregon+64Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atColoradoW 34–⁠651%
Oct 4vsLSUW 34–⁠073%
Oct 11vsOklahomaW 40–⁠757%
Oct 18vsArkansasW 48–⁠1483%
Oct 25vsRiceW 40–⁠078%
Nov 1at20SMUW 34–⁠053%
Nov 8atBaylorT 7–⁠771%
Nov 15vsTCUL 7–⁠1479%
Nov 27at2Texas A&MW 23–⁠033%
Dec 6vsOregonW 71–⁠783%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon 71–⁠7; No. 4 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 2
  2. Wk 2: 2
  3. Wk 3: 1
  4. Wk 4: 1
  5. Wk 5: 2
  6. Wk 6: 9
  7. Wk 7: 10
  8. Final: 4

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
8–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1–⁠1 tied for 2nd in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 4 peak No. 1
Points
338–⁠55
Coach
Dana Bible
Elo
1749 +156 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
28.8 No. 1 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1942

The 1942 draft
Rd 1Spec Sanders RBWashington Redskins
Rd 2Vern Martin BPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 4Malcolm Kutner EPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Mike Sweeney ECleveland Rams
Rd 6Chal Daniel OGChicago Cardinals

All-Southwest Conference

4 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Vernon MartinBAP-2; UP-2
  • Julian GarrettOTAP-2; UP-2
  • Buddy JungmichelOGAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M5–⁠19–⁠29
Texas4–⁠1–⁠18–⁠1–⁠14
TCU4–⁠1–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Rice3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
SMU2–⁠45–⁠5
Baylor1–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Arkansas0–⁠63–⁠7

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