Year: | 1941 |
Team: | Creighton Bluejays |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Missouri Valley Conference |
Short Conf: | MVC |
Record: | 5–5 |
Conf Record: | 3–1 |
Head Coach: | Maurice H. Palrang |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Stadium: | Creighton Stadium |
The 1941 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1941 college football season. In its second season under head coach Maurice H. Palrang, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–1 against MVC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 160 to 115.[1]
Four Creighton players were selected by the conference coaches as second-team players on the 1941 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team: halfback Tony Porto; end Joe Boyle; center Fred Dondelinger; and tackle John Powers.[2]
Creighton was ranked at No. 140 (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 Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.