| Year: | 1941 |
| Team: | Purdue Boilermakers |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 2–5–1 |
| Conf Record: | 1–3 |
| Head Coach: | Mal Elward |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Mvp: | Bill Combs |
| Captain: | Tom Melton, Jim Miller |
| Stadium: | Ross–Ade Stadium |
The 1941 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1941 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth season under head coach Mal Elward, the Boilermakers compiled a 2–5–1 record, finished in a tie for seventh place in the Big Ten Conference with a 1–3 record against conference opponents, and were outscored by their opponents by a total of 62 to 27.[1] [2]
Purdue was ranked at No. 50 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]