| Year: | 1941 |
| Team: | West Texas State Buffaloes |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Border Conference |
| Short Conf: | Border |
| Record: | 8–2 |
| Conf Record: | 4–1 |
| Head Coach: | Jack Curtice |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Stadium: | Buffalo Stadium |
The 1941 West Texas State Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented West Texas State College (now known as West Texas A&M University) in the Border Conference during the 1941 college football season.[1] In its second season under head coach Jack Curtice, the team compiled an 8–2 record (4–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 298 to 100.[2] [3] The 1941 season was the first for West Texas as a member of the Border Conference. The team played its home games at Buffalo Stadium in Canyon, Texas.[4]
The team averaged 29.8 points per game, ranking fourth among 119 major college programs for the 1941 season.[3] The team was led by halfback Ben Collins who was one of the nation's leading scorers. Collins and fullback Larry Sanders were selected by the conference coaches as first-team players on the 1941 All-Border Conference football team. Tackle Cletus Kuehler and guard Jold Farbus were named to the second team.[5]
West Texas was ranked at No. 91 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[6]