1941 VMI

4–⁠6 (4–⁠2 Southern Conference).

Schedule and results

VMI in 1941, game by game: lost vs. Clemson 7–36; lost at Temple 13–28; lost at Army 20–27; lost vs. Virginia 7–27; won at Richmond 25–7; won vs. Davidson 13–7; lost at William & Mary 0–21; won at Maryland 27–0; won vs. Virginia Tech 15–10; lost at Miami 7–10+27−29Lost 7–36 vs. Clemson-29ClemsonLost 13–28 at Temple-15TempleLost 20–27 at Army-7ArmyLost 7–27 vs. Virginia-20VirginiaWon 25–7 at Richmond+18RichmondWon 13–7 vs. Davidson+6DavidsonLost 0–21 at William & Mary-21William & MaryWon 27–0 at Maryland+27MarylandWon 15–10 vs. Virginia Tech+5Virginia TechLost 7–10 at Miami-3Miami
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Miami 10–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southern Conference.

In program history: The 31st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 118 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
4–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 5th in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
134–⁠173
Coach
—
Elo
1455 −61 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−7.8 No. 87 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Southern Conference

2 second team

Second team

  • Bosh PritchardBAP-2; UP-2
  • Joe MuhaBAP-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 Southern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Duke5–⁠09–⁠12
South Carolina4–⁠0–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Clemson5–⁠17–⁠2
William & Mary4–⁠18–⁠2
Virginia Tech4–⁠26–⁠4
VMI4–⁠24–⁠6
Wake Forest4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
NC State3–⁠4–⁠24–⁠5–⁠2
Furman2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Washington and Lee1–⁠2–⁠21–⁠6–⁠2
North Carolina2–⁠43–⁠7
Maryland1–⁠23–⁠5–⁠1
Davidson1–⁠5–⁠21–⁠6–⁠3
The Citadel0–⁠2–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
George Washington0–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Richmond0–⁠62–⁠7

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