Providence Friars football, 1930–1941

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The Providence Friars football program, 1930–1941 represented the Providence College of Providence, Rhode Island, in college football as an independent from 1930 through the program's termination after the 1941 season. The program was led three head coaches: Archie Golembeski (1925–1933), Joe McGee (1934–1937), and Hugh Devore (1938–1941).

ConferenceIndependent
Headcoach
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1930–1941 Providence Friars football
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Highlights of the decade included:

  • The 1931 team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 141 to 95.
  • The 1932 team compiled a 4–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 110 to 44.
  • The 1935 team compiled a 6–2 record, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 98 to 44.
  • In January 1942, the university dropped its football program for the duration of the emergency resulting from the United States' entry into World War II, and would not resume it after the war.

1930

Quick facts Conference, Record ...
1930 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumCycledrome
Seasons
 1929
1931 
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1930 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Colgate  910
Fordham  810
No. 9 Army  911
No. 8 Dartmouth  711
St. John's  710
NYU  730
Cornell  620
Pittsburgh  621
Washington & Jefferson  621
Tufts  520
Temple  730
Bucknell  630
Carnegie Tech  630
Duquesne  630
Syracuse  522
Yale  522
CCNY  521
Brown  631
Drexel  631
Franklin & Marshall  531
Manhattan  431
Columbia  540
Penn  540
Boston College  550
Villanova  550
Penn State  342
Harvard  341
Providence  341
Princeton  151
Boston University  171
Vermont  171
Massachusetts  180
Rankings from Dickinson System
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The 1930 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Archie Golembeski, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record.

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27at Rutgers
W 12–6[1]
October 4at Holy CrossL 0–27[2]
October 11Coast GuardL 12–14[3]
October 18Clarkson
  • Cycledrome
  • Providence, RI
W 19–0[4]
October 25at CanisiusBuffalo, NYT 0–0[5]
November 1Lowell Textile
  • Cycledrome
  • Providence, RI
W 20–0[6]
November 15at St. John's (NY)L 6–13[7]
November 27at DuquesneL 6–15[8]
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1931

Quick facts Conference, Record ...
1931 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Seasons
 1930
1932 
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1931 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell  603
Colgate  810
No. 9 Pittsburgh  810
Cornell  710
Drexel  710
No. 7 Harvard  710
Temple  811
Columbia  711
Massachusetts State  711
Syracuse  711
Fordham  612
No. 8 Yale  512
Army  821
Franklin & Marshall  620
Manhattan  421
Brown  730
Providence  730
Penn  630
NYU  631
Boston College  640
Washington & Jefferson  640
Tufts  322
Villanova  432
La Salle  440
Duquesne  353
Carnegie Tech  351
St. John's  351
CCNY  251
Boston University  270
Penn State  280
Princeton  170
Vermont  180
Rankings from Dickinson System
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The 1931 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College during the 1931 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Archie Golembeski, the team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 141 to 95.[9]

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Rutgers
L 0–199,000[10]
October 3at Holy CrossL 6–26
October 10Vermont
W 27–13[11]
October 17at ClarksonPotsdam, NYW 6–0
October 24NorwichProvidence, RIW 24–0
October 31at Lowell TextileLowell, MAW 19–6
November 7at NiagaraNiagara, NYW 13–6
November 14St. John'sProvidence, RIW 33–12[12]
November 21at Catholic UniversityL 7–13[13]
November 28Rhode Island StateProvidence, RIW 6–0
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1932

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1932 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–2
Head coach
Seasons
 1931
1933 
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1932 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Colgate  900
Brown  710
Columbia  711
Pittsburgh  812
No. 8 Army  820
Drexel  511
Massachusetts State  720
Villanova  720
Duquesne  721
Fordham  620
Penn  620
Temple  512
Tufts  512
Cornell  521
Franklin & Marshall  421
Boston College  422
La Salle  422
Harvard  530
NYU  530
Washington & Jefferson  531
Manhattan  632
Carnegie Tech  432
Bucknell  441
Syracuse  441
Princeton  223
Yale  223
Boston University  232
Vermont  241
CCNY  250
Penn State  250
Rankings from Dickinson System
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The 1932 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College during the 1932 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Archie Golembeski, the team compiled a 4–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 110 to 44.[14]

Schedule

More information Date, Time ...
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Rutgers
T 6–66,500[15]
October 12:30 p.m.at Holy CrossL 6–26[16][17]
October 8at VermontW 13–0[18]
October 15at Boston UniversityBoston MAW 25–6
October 22at St. LawrenceCanton, NYW 14–0
October 29at SpringfieldSpringfield, MAT 0–0
November 5CCNYProvidence, RIW 46–0[19]
November 12Catholic UniversityProvidence, RIL 0–6[20]
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1933

Quick facts Conference, Record ...
1933 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4
Head coach
Seasons
 1932
1934 
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1933 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Princeton  900
Duquesne  1010
No. 9 Army  910
Boston College  810
Columbia  810
Pittsburgh  810
Colgate  611
Bucknell  720
Fordham  620
Tufts  620
Villanova  721
Harvard  521
Drexel  530
Massachusetts State  530
Temple  530
Manhattan  531
Cornell  430
Carnegie Tech  432
La Salle  332
Syracuse  440
Yale  440
Penn State  331
Brown  350
Vermont  350
Franklin & Marshall  450
NYU  241
Penn  241
Northeastern  131
Boston University  250
Washington & Jefferson  271
CCNY  151
Rankings from Dickinson System
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The 1933 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College during the 1933 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Archie Golembeski, the team compiled a 2–4 record and was outscored by a total of 68 to 63.[21]

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7at Rutgers
L 0–215,000[22]
October 14at Holy CrossL 0–14
October 21at SpringfieldSpringfield, MAL 0–7
November 4NiagaraProvidence, RIL 6–7
November 11at CCNYW 39–61,500[23]
November 18at Lowell TextileLowell, MAW 18–13
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1934

Quick facts Conference, Record ...
1934 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3
Head coach
Seasons
 1933
1935 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1934 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Tufts  800
Trinity (CT)  700
La Salle  701
Washington College  501
Franklin & Marshall  810
No. 4 Pittsburgh  810
No. 8 Colgate  710
Columbia  710
No. 5 Princeton  710
Duquesne  820
Holy Cross  820
No. 15 Temple  712
No. 10 Syracuse  620
Bucknell  722
No. 14 Army  730
Northeastern  611
Rochester  520
Dartmouth  630
Saint Anselm  630
Amherst  530
Fordham  530
Yale  530
Massachusetts State  531
CCNY  430
Providence  430
Drexel  431
Boston College  540
Bates  331
Middlebury  331
Penn  440
Penn State  440
Williams  440
Carnegie Tech  450
Washington & Jefferson  450
Villanova  342
NYU  341
Boston University  340
Colby  340
Springfield  233
Manhattan  351
Harvard  350
Vermont  242
Wesleyan  350
Brown  360
Geneva  252
Saint Joseph's  251
Cornell  250
Lafayette  260
Norwich  260
Bowdoin  061
Lowell Textile  071
Rankings from Associated Press
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The 1934 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College during the 1934 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Joe McGee, the team compiled a 4–3 record and was outscored by a total of 100 to 66.[24]

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at Holy CrossL 0–25
October 13CCNYW 19–6800[25]
October 20Springfield
  • Cycledrome
  • Providence, RI
L 13–14
October 27at Boston CollegeW 13–7
November 4at NiagaraLewiston, NYL 0–7
November 12at Lowell TextileLowell, MAW 34–0
November 24Rhode Island State
  • Brown Field
  • Providence, RI
W 21–7[26]
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1935

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1935 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
CaptainOmer Landry
Home stadiumHendricken Field
Seasons
 1934
1936 
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1935 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Princeton  900
No. 14 Holy Cross  901
NYU  710
Dartmouth  820
Northeastern  503
Syracuse  611
No. 10 Pittsburgh  712
No. 11 Fordham  612
Villanova  720
Franklin & Marshall  721
Providence  620
No. 18 Army  621
Colgate  730
Temple  730
Boston College  630
Bucknell  630
Duquesne  630
Yale  630
CCNY  430
Manhattan  531
Massachusetts State  540
La Salle  441
Penn  440
Penn State  440
Columbia  441
Vermont  450
Boston University  342
Harvard  350
Carnegie Tech  251
Buffalo  260
Tufts  152
Brown  180
Cornell  061
Rankings from United Press
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The 1935 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College during the 1934 college football season. The team compiled a 6–2 record, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 98 to 44.[27] The team played its home games at Hendricken Field in Providence, Rhode Island.[28]

Joe McGee was the head coach for the second year. His assistant coaches were Phil Couhig, Charles Burdge, and Oliver Roberge.[28] Quarterback Omer Landry was the team captain.[29] After the successful 1935 season, Providence signed McGee to a three-year contract.[28]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Holy CrossL 0–123,000[30]
October 5at Saint AnselmManchester, NHW 7–6[31]
October 12at CCNYW 14–0[32]
October 19at ColbyWaterville, MEW 26–0
October 26at SpringfieldSpringfield, MAW 12–0[33]
November 2at Boston CollegeL 6–20[34]
November 9Niagara
W 20–6[35]
November 16Rhode Island State
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
W 13–0[36]
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1936

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1936 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–7
Head coach
Home stadiumHendricken Field
Seasons
 1935
1937 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1936 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Middlebury  800
Saint Anselm  601
No. 3 Pittsburgh  811
No. 10 Penn  710
No. 12 Yale  710
No. 13 Dartmouth  711
Franklin & Marshall  711
No. 14 Duquesne  820
Boston College  612
Boston University  512
No. 15 Fordham  512
Holy Cross  721
Villanova  721
Army  630
Colgate  630
Drexel  630
Temple  632
La Salle  631
Buffalo  530
Columbia  530
Princeton  422
Saint Vincent  530
NYU  531
Manhattan  640
Northeastern  540
Bucknell  441
CCNY  440
Tufts  331
Harvard  341
Cornell  350
Penn State  350
Westminster (PA)  241
Brown  370
Carnegie Tech  260
Massachusetts State  260
Providence  170
Syracuse  170
Vermont  180
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 1936 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In their third year under head coach Joe McGee, the team compiled a 1–7 record.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Colby
W 27–0[37]
October 3at Holy CrossL 6–2110,000[38]
October 10Western Maryland
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
L 6–13[39]
October 18Saint Anselm
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
L 2–74,000[40]
October 24at Boston College
L 0–2610,000[41]
October 31at Springfield
L 0–19[42]
November 8at NiagaraNiagara Falls, NYL 6–19[43]
November 13vs. Rhode Island StateL 0–1910,000[44]
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1937

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1937 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
Home stadiumHendricken Field
Cranston Stadium
Seasons
 1936
1938 
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1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh  901
No. 6 Villanova  801
No. 3 Fordham  701
No. 7 Dartmouth  702
No. T–14 Holy Cross  802
St. Thomas (PA)  611
No. 12 Yale  611
Army  720
Boston University  620
Cornell  521
Harvard  521
Syracuse  521
CCNY  520
No. 12 Manhattan  631
Penn State  530
Duquesne  640
Brown  540
NYU  540
Temple  324
Boston College  441
Bucknell  332
Buffalo  440
Princeton  440
Tufts  341
Colgate  350
Columbia  252
Hofstra  240
Carnegie Tech  251
Penn  251
Providence  260
Vermont  260
La Salle  270
Massachusetts State  171
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 1937 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Joe McGee, the team compiled a 2–6 record.

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at Holy CrossL 0–7[45]
October 8XavierW 7–68,000[46]
October 16at Saint Anselm
L 0–26
October 23Springfield
W 9–6[47]
October 30at CCNYL 6–8[48]
November 7Niagara
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
L 6–17[49]
November 12vs. Rhode Island State
  • Cranston Stadium
  • Cranston, RI
L 0–134,000[50]
November 25Western Maryland
L 0–20[51]
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1938

Quick facts Conference, Record ...
1938 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
Home stadiumHendricken Field
LaSalle Field
Seasons
 1937
1939 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Worcester Tech  600
No. 18 Villanova  801
No. 9 Holy Cross  810
Boston College  612
No. 15 Fordham  612
No. 12 Cornell  511
Army  820
No. 8 Pittsburgh  820
No. 6 Carnegie Tech  720
No. 20 Dartmouth  720
Vermont  421
Brown  530
Bucknell  530
Syracuse  530
CCNY  430
Penn  323
Manhattan  540
Harvard  440
La Salle  440
NYU  440
Boston University  341
Penn State  341
Princeton  341
Hofstra  231
Duquesne  460
Temple  361
Providence  350
Columbia  360
Massachusetts State  360
Colgate  250
Buffalo  260
Yale  260
Tufts  161
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 1938 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In their first year under head coach Hugh Devore, the team compiled a 3–5 record. In January 1938, Devore was appointed as head coach of the Friars.[52]

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Holy CrossL 0–2812,000[53]
October 2Saint Anselm
L 0–9[54]
October 9at NiagaraNiagara Falls, NYL 7–20[55]
October 15Manhattan
  • LaSalle Field
  • Providence, RI
L 7–203,000[56]
October 22at Springfield
W 7–3[57]
October 30at XavierL 7–3312,000[58]
November 5CCNY
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
W 25–6[59]
November 11vs. Rhode Island StateW 19–7
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1939

Quick facts Conference, Record ...
1939 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
Home stadiumHendricken Field
Cranston Stadium
Seasons
 1938
1940 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Cornell  800
No. 10 Duquesne  801
Swarthmore  601
Scranton  702
Princeton  710
La Salle  611
Penn State  512
No. 11 Boston College  920
No. 17 Fordham  620
Villanova  620
Boston University  530
Brown  531
Dartmouth  531
Hofstra  430
NYU  540
Pittsburgh  540
Harvard  440
Manhattan  440
Penn  440
Syracuse  332
Vermont  332
Tufts  341
Yale  341
Army  342
Bucknell  350
Carnegie Tech  350
Providence  350
Columbia  242
Massachusetts State  252
Colgate  251
Temple  270
CCNY  170
Buffalo  070
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 1939 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their second year under head coach Hugh Devore, the team compiled a 3–5 record.

Providence was ranked at No. 203 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[60]

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Rhode Island StateW 6–0[61][62][63]
September 29St. Bonaventure
  • Cranston Stadium
  • Cranston, RI
L 0–6[64]
October 6at Long IslandL 0–710,000[65]
October 15Niagara
W 14–63,500[66]
October 20American International
  • Cranston Stadium
  • Cranston, RI
W 27–02,000[67]
October 28Springfield
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
L 0–13
November 4at Holy CrossL 0–4610,000[68]
November 18at Saint Anselm
L 13–04,000[69]
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1940

Quick facts Conference, Record ...
1940 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
Home stadiumLaSalle Field
Seasons
 1939
1941 
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Boston College  1100
Duquesne  710
No. 14 Penn  611
Penn State  611
No. 12 Fordham  720
No. 15 Cornell  620
La Salle  620
Princeton  521
Columbia  522
Brown  631
Bucknell  422
Boston University  530
Colgate  530
Hofstra  430
Harvard  323
Dartmouth  540
Temple  441
Tufts  440
Vermont  440
Villanova  450
Pittsburgh  341
Syracuse  341
Buffalo  350
Carnegie Tech  350
Manhattan  360
Providence  360
NYU  270
Yale  170
Army  171
CCNY  151
Massachusetts State  180
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 1940 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their third year under head coach Hugh Devore, the team compiled a 3–6 record.

Providence was ranked at No. 195 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[70]

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Holy CrossL 6–3415,000[71]
October 6at Long IslandL 0–6[72]
October 13at NiagaraNiagara Falls, NYL 0–14[73]
October 20Canisius
W 13–2[74]
October 23vs. Rhode Island StateW 25–07,000[75]
November 2at Springfield
W 20–0[76]
November 10La Salle
  • LaSalle Field
  • Providence, RI
L 7–133,000[77]
November 17Saint Anselmdagger
  • LaSalle Field
  • Providence, RI
L 7–85,000[78]
November 23at Catholic UniversityL 7–40[79]
  • daggerHomecoming
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1941

Quick facts Conference, Record ...
1941 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumLaSalle Field
Seasons
 1940
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1941 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Duquesne  800
Thiel  700
Saint Francis (PA)  601
No. 6 Fordham  810
Rochester  610
Trinity (CT)  610
Wagner  510
Franklin & Marshall  511
Penn State  720
Temple  720
Coast Guard  620
Norwich  620
Hofstra  520
Boston College  730
Syracuse  521
Bucknell  630
Drexel  421
Boston University  530
La Salle  530
Tufts  530
Army  531
CCNY  440
Villanova  440
Manhattan  441
Holy Cross  442
Colgate  332
Providence  332
Buffalo  341
Massachusetts State  341
Pittsburgh  360
Vermont  260
NYU  270
Carnegie Tech  170
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 1941 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Hugh Devore, the team compiled a 3–3–2 record.

Providence was ranked at No. 209 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.[80]

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Holy CrossL 0–1315,000[81]
October 12at CanisiusT 12–1212,000[82]
October 17at Saint AnselmManchester, NHW 25–19
October 22Rhode Island State
T 0–012,000[83]
November 1at Springfield
W 18–0[84]
November 9at NiagaraNiagara Falls, NYL 0–11[85]
November 16at La SalleW 20–7[86]
November 20at XavierL 0–336,500[87]
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Discontinuance of program

On January 22, 1942, Providence College president, the Very Rev. John J. Dillon, announced that the college was dropping football for the duration of World War II. He stated that the decision was influenced by heavy expenses, schedule difficulties and the lack of a suitable stadium.[88] Providence's decision, alongside that of Gonzaga the same year, started a trend among Catholic universities during the war and immediate post-war years to terminate their football programs. The trend would encompass Manhattan (1942); Creighton (1942); Saint Louis (1949); Portland (1949); Saint Mary's (1950);[a] Mount St. Mary's (1950);[89] Niagara (1950);[90] Loyola (1951); San Francisco (1951);[b] St. Bonaventure (1951)[91] and Santa Clara (1952).[c]

Notes

  1. Saint Mary's did make a comeback to football at "College Division" (ancestor of NCAA Division II and III) level between 1959 and 1992, and would play as an independent in NCAA division I-AA (ancestor of today's Football Championship Subdivision) between 1993 and 2003, before dropping football again after 2003.
  2. San Francisco did make a comeback to football at "College Division" level between 1959 and 1982, but has not fielded a varsity football team since 1983.
  3. Santa Clara did make a comeback to football at "College Division" level between 1959 and 1992, but has not fielded a varsity football team since 1993.

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