1941 VMI Keydets football team explained

Year:1941
Team:VMI Keydets
Sport:football
Conference:Southern Conference
Short Conf:SoCon
Record:4–6
Conf Record:4–2
Head Coach:Pooley Hubert
Hc Year:5th
Stadium:Alumni Field

The 1941 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1941 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Pooley Hubert, the team compiled a 4–6 record (4–2 against conference opponents), tied for fifth place in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 173 to 134.[1]

VMI was ranked at No. 101 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[2]

Backs Bosh Pritchard and Joe Muha were selected by both the Associated Press and United Press as second-team players on the 1941 All-Southern Conference football team.[3] [4]

The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Lexington, Virginia, and Municipal Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1941 Virginia Military Institute Keydets Schedule and Results. Sports Reference LLC. SR/College Football.
  2. News: Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published. The Courier-Journal. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous. December 26, 1941. Sports 4. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: All Southern Conference Team Paced by Duke. The Delta Democrat-Times. 2 December 1941. 6.
  4. News: All-Southern Conference Team. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 29, 1941. 9.