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The 1941 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Aiken, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record. The team was invited to play in a post-season game in Honolulu on New Year's Day, but athletic events in the Territory of Hawaii were cancelled after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Headcoach
HomestadiumMackay Field
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1941 Nevada Wolf Pack football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMackay Field
Seasons
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1941 Western college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Hawaii – 8–1–0
Santa Clara – 6–3–0
San Francisco – 6–4–0
Idaho Southern Branch – 5–1–2
Cal Poly – 5–3–1
Saint Mary's – 5–4–0
Loyola (CA) – 5–5–0
Nevada – 3–5–1
Portland – 3–5–0
Gonzaga – 3–7–0
San Francisco State – 2–4–1
Humboldt State – 2–5–1
La Verne – 0–6–0
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Marion Motley, who was later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, played for the Wolf Pack from 1941 to 1943.

Nevada was ranked at No. 159 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Cal PolyW 32–0[3]
October 3at San FranciscoL 3–76,000[4]
October 11at ArizonaL 7–269,000[5]
October 18Fresno Statedagger
  • Mackay Field
  • Reno, NV
L 3–6[6]
October 25Santa Barbara State
  • Mackay Field
  • Reno, NV
W 7–0[7]
November 1at New MexicoAlbuquerque, NML 7–26[8]
November 8San Jose State
  • Mackay Field
  • Reno, NV
W 21–193,000[9]
November 15at Cal Aggies
T 14–141,200[10]
November 30Loyola (CA)L 7–198,000[11]
January 1, 1942HawaiiNo contest[1]
  • daggerHomecoming
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