1941 Saint Louis Billikens football team
American college football season
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The 1941 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1941 college football season. In its second season under head coach Dukes Duford, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record (1–3–1 against MVC opponents), finished fourth in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 150 to 100.[1] The team played its home games at Walsh Stadium in St. Louis.
- Dukes Duford (2nd season)
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 4–5–1 (1–3–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Walsh Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterback Dick Weber was selected by the conference coaches as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team.[2]
Saint Louis was ranked at No. 143 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 26 | Missouri Mines* |
| W 13–7 | 7,451 | [4] | ||
| October 3 | at Creighton | L 8–18 | 10,000 | [5] | |||
| October 11 | Drake |
| T 6–6 | 5,819 | [6] | ||
| October 18 | at Tulsa | L 7–33 | [7] | ||||
| October 24 | at Xavier* |
| L 0–8 | 7,450 | [8] | ||
| November 2 | at Loyola (CA)* | W 21–13 | 8,500 | [9] | |||
| November 8 | Oklahoma A&M |
| L 7–13 | [10] | |||
| November 15 | at Texas Tech* | L 6–46 | 4,000 | [11] | |||
| November 22 | Wichita* |
| W 7–6 | 1,129 | [12] | ||
| November 29 | Washington University |
| W 25–0 | 12,000 | [13] | ||
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