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1941 Tulane

5–⁠4 (2–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Red Dawson.

Schedule and results

Tulane in 1941, game by game: won vs. Boston College 21–7; won vs. Auburn 32–0; lost at Rice 9–10; won vs. North Carolina 52–6; lost vs. Ole Miss 13–20; won at No. 10 Vanderbilt 34–14; lost vs. No. 13 Alabama 14–19; won at New York University 45–0; lost vs. LSU 0–19+46−19Won 21–7 vs. Boston College+14Boston CollegeWon 32–0 vs. Auburn+32AuburnLost 9–10 at Rice-1RiceWon 52–6 vs. North Carolina+46North CarolinaLost 13–20 vs. Ole Miss-7Ole MissWon 34–14 at No. 10 Vanderbilt+20No. 10 VanderbiltLost 14–19 vs. No. 13 Alabama-5No. 13 AlabamaWon 45–0 at New York University+45New York Univer…Lost 0–19 vs. LSU-19LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsBoston CollegeW 21–⁠744%
Oct 4vsAuburnW 32–⁠061%
Oct 11atRiceL 9–⁠1051%
Oct 18vsNorth CarolinaW 52–⁠665%
Oct 25vsOle MissL 13–⁠2059%
Nov 1at10VanderbiltW 34–⁠1448%
Nov 8vs13AlabamaL 14–⁠1959%
Nov 15atNew York UniversityW 45–⁠076%
Nov 29vsLSUL 0–⁠1973%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 19–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 17
  2. Wk 2: 10
  3. Wk 4: 14

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.

Consensus All-AmericanErnie Blandin, OT

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
2–⁠3 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 10
Points
220–⁠95
Coach
Red Dawson
Elo
1577 +30 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.3 No. 13 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Pete Mandich and James Thibault

Drafted in 1942

The 1942 draft
Rd 5Ernie Blandin OTPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 6Harley McCollum OTWashington Redskins
Rd 6Bob Glass BNew York Giants

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jack TittleOGAP-2
  • Walter McDonaldRBAP-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 Southeastern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Mississippi State4–⁠0–⁠18–⁠1–⁠116
Tennessee3–⁠18–⁠218
Alabama5–⁠29–⁠220
Georgia3–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠114
Ole Miss2–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠117
Vanderbilt3–⁠28–⁠2
LSU2–⁠2–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Tulane2–⁠35–⁠4
Georgia Tech2–⁠43–⁠6
Florida1–⁠34–⁠6
Auburn0–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Kentucky0–⁠45–⁠4

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