1941 Army Cadets football team

The 1941 Army Cadets football team represented the United States Military Academy in the 1941 college football season. In their first year under head coach Earl Blaik, the Cadets compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 105 to 87.

1941 Army Cadets football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3–1
Head coach	Earl Blaik (1st season)
Captain	Ray Murphy
Home stadium	Michie Stadium
Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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
Rankings from AP Poll

The season represented a four-game improvement on the prior year's record of 1–7–1. Army opened with four wins,^[1] then played a scoreless tie with undefeated Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium.^[2] The 11th-ranked Cadets then lost on the road in consecutive weeks to Harvard and Penn.^[3][4] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Midshipmen won for the third straight year.^[5][6]

Army halfback Hank Mazur was selected by Life magazine as a third-team player on the All-America team.^[7] Mazur was also selected by the Associated Press as a second-team player on the 1941 All-Eastern football team.^[8]

Army was ranked at No. 45 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.^[9]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	The Citadel		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 19–6	7,000	[10]
October 11	VMI		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 27–20	7,000	[11][10]
October 18	at Yale		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 20–7	56,000	[12]
October 25	Columbia		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 13–0	28,000	[13]
November 1	vs. No. 6 Notre Dame	No. 14	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY (rivalry)	T 0–0	76,000	[14]
November 8	at Harvard	No. 11	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 6–20	53,000	[3]
November 15	at No. 14 Penn	No. 19	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–14	70,000	[4]
November 22	West Virginia		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	W 7–6	25,000	[15]
November 29	vs. No. 11 Navy		Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, PA (Army–Navy Game)	L 6–14	98,924	[16]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game