1941 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
American college football season
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The 1941 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State Normal School—now known as California State University, Fresno—during the 1941 college football season.
| 1941 Fresno State Bulldogs football | |
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CCAA co-champion | |
| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 4–3–2 (2–0–1 CCAA) |
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| Home stadium | Ratcliffe Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State + | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara State | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fresno State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by sixth-year head coach James Bradshaw and played home games at Ratcliffe Stadium on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished the season as co-champions of the CCAA, with a record of four wins, three losses and two ties (4–3–2, 2–0–1 CCAA). The Bulldogs outscored their opponents 118–90 for the season, including shutting out their opponents four times.
Fresno State was ranked at No. 123 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | West Texas State* | L 6–7 | 11,000 | [2] | |
| October 4 | Camp Haan (CA)* |
| T 7–7 | [3] | |
| October 11 | at Santa Barbara State |
| W 26–0 | 5,000 | [4] |
| October 18 | at Nevada* | W 6–3 | 4,000 | [6] | |
| October 25 | San Diego State |
| W 26–0 | 6,720 | [7] |
| November 1 | San Francisco* |
| L 27–47 | 12,000 | [8] |
| November 11 | Pacific (CA)* |
| W 13–0 | 13,000 | [9] |
| November 15 | at San Jose State | T 0–0 | 10,000 | [10] | |
| November 20 | Arizona State* |
| L 7–26 | 8,000 | [11] |
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Team players in the NFL
No Fresno State Bulldog players were selected in the 1942 NFL draft.[13][14]
The following Fresno State Bulldog players finished their college career in 1941, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.
| Player | Position | First NFL team |
| Len Masini | Blocking Back – Fullback – Linebacker | 1947 San Francisco 49ers |
Notes
- This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[5]
