1941 Bowling Green Falcons football team

The 1941 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1941 college football season. In its first season under head coach Robert Whittaker, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 173 to 40.^[1] Edward Wellner was the team captain.^[1]

1941 Bowling Green Falcons football
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
Record	7–1–1 (4–0–1 OAC)
Head coach	Robert Whittaker (1st season)
Captain	Edward Wellner
Home stadium	University Stadium
Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Case $	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Ohio Northern	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	1	–	1
Toledo	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Bowling Green	4	–	0	–	1			5	–	2	–	0
Kenyon	4	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	0
Wooster	4	–	1	–	1			5	–	1	–	1
Heidelberg	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Otterbein	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Wittenberg	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Muskingum	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
John Carroll	1	–	2	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Kent State	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	5	–	1
Marietta	1	–	3	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Capital	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace	0	–	2	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Findlay	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Mount Union	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Ashland	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	5	–	0
Oberlin	0	–	3	–	0			0	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Bowling Green was ranked at No. 161 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.^[2]

The team played its home games at University Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Wooster	University Stadium Bowling Green, OH	T 14–14		[3]
October 3	at Akron*	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 0–8		[4]
October 11	at Miami (OH)*	Miami Field Oxford, OH	W 9–0		[5]
October 18	at Michigan State Normal*	Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI	W 20–6		[6]
October 25	Heidelberg	University Stadium Bowling Green, OH	W 39–6	4,000	[7]
November 1	at Kent State	Kent, OH (rivalry)	W 12–6	3,000	[8]
November 8	at Wittenberg	Springfield, OH	W 13–0		[9]
November 15	Findlay	University Stadium Bowling Green, OH	W 47–0		[10]
November 20	Wayne*	University Stadium Bowling Green, OH	W 19–0	6,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming