1941 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team
American college football season
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The 1941 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team represented Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1941 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Howard Hancock, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 3–4–2 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, sharing the IIAC title with Northern Illinois State.[1][2] Illinois State Normal played home games at McCormick Field in Normal, Illinois.
| 1941 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football | |
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IIAC co-champion | |
| Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 3–4–2 (3–1 IIAC) |
| Head coach |
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| MVP | Sam Chicas |
| Captain | Harold Gaffney |
| Home stadium | McCormick Field |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois State + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State Normal + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eureka | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 20 | Indiana State* |
| L 6–19 | [3] |
| September 27 | at Platteville State* | Platteville, WI | T 0–0 | [4] |
| October 4 | Michigan State Normal* |
| T 0–0 | [5] |
| October 11 | at Northern Illinois State | L 0–6 | [6] | |
| October 18 | at Eastern Illinois | Charleston, IL (rivalry) | W 26–7 | [7] |
| October 25 | Southern Illinois |
| W 18–0 | [8] |
| November 1 | at Western Illinois |
| W 14–0 | [2] |
| November 8 | at Eastern Kentucky* | Richmond, KY | L 0–54 | [9] |
| November 15 | Illinois Wesleyan* |
| L 0–7 | [10] |
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