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The 1941 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its second season under head coach Ray Morrison, the team compiled a 7–2 record and was outscored by a total of 176 to 146. The team was ranked No. 13 in the AP Poll before losing to Boston College on November 1, 1941.[1]

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1941 Temple Owls football
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Record7–2
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Home stadiumTemple Stadium
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1941 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Duquesne – 8–0–0
Thiel – 7–0–0
Saint Francis (PA) – 6–0–1
No. 6 Fordham – 8–1–0
Rochester – 6–1–0
Trinity (CT) – 6–1–0
Wagner – 5–1–0
Franklin & Marshall – 5–1–1
Penn State – 7–2–0
Temple – 7–2–0
Coast Guard – 6–2–0
Norwich – 6–2–0
Hofstra – 5–2–0
Boston College – 7–3–0
Syracuse – 5–2–1
Bucknell – 6–3–0
Drexel – 4–2–1
Boston University – 5–3–0
La Salle – 5–3–0
Tufts – 5–3–0
Army – 5–3–1
CCNY – 4–4–0
Villanova – 4–4–0
Manhattan – 4–4–1
Holy Cross – 4–4–2
Colgate – 3–3–2
Providence – 3–3–2
Buffalo – 3–4–1
Massachusetts State – 3–4–1
Pittsburgh – 3–6–0
Vermont – 2–6–0
NYU – 2–7–0
Carnegie Tech – 1–7–0
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Back Andy Tomasic was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Eastern football team. Tackle Hank Zajkowski was named to the second team.[2]

Temple was ranked at No. 68 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]

The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26KansasW 31–923,000[4]
October 4VMI
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 28–1315,000[5]
October 10Georgetown
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 17–733,000[6]
October 18Penn State
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–025,000[7]
October 24BucknellNo. 17
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 41–1420,000[8]
November 1at Boston CollegeNo. 13L 0–3123,000[9]
November 8Villanova
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 14–1330,000[10]
November 15at Michigan State
  • Macklin Field
  • East Lansing, MI
L 0–4615,000[11]
November 22at Holy CrossW 31–1314,000[12]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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