Year: | 1941 |
Team: | Chattanooga Moccasins |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Dixie Conference |
Short Conf: | Dixie |
Record: | 7–1–1 |
Conf Record: | 4–0–1 |
Head Coach: | Scrappy Moore |
Hc Year: | 11th |
Captain: | Frank Grigonis |
Stadium: | Chamberlain Field |
Champion: | Dixie champion |
The 1941 Chattanooga Moccasins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chattanooga as a member of the Dixie Conference during the 1941 college football season. In its 11th year under head coach Scrappy Moore, the team compiled a 7–1–1 (4–0–1 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 209 to 62, and won the Dixie Conference championship.[1]
Fullback Frank Grigonis was the team captain.[1] He played for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League in 1942. Chattanooga players took five of the eleven first-team places on the 1941 All-Dixie Conference football team selected by the Chattanooga News-Press: backs Grigonis and Sib Evans; tackle Tom Barber; guard Slug Burney; and center J.D. Langley.[2]
Chattanooga was ranked at No. 84 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3] The team played its home games at Chamberlain Field in Chattanooga, Tennessee.