1941 Creighton Bluejays football team

The 1941 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1941 college football season. In its second season under head coach Maurice H. Palrang, the team compiled a 5–5 record (3–1 against MVC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 160 to 115.^[1]

1941 Creighton Bluejays football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	5–5 (3–1 MVC)
Head coach	Maurice H. Palrang (2nd season)
Home stadium	Creighton Stadium
Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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
$ – Conference champion

Four Creighton players were selected by the conference coaches as second-team players on the 1941 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team: halfback Tony Porto; end Joe Boyle; center Fred Dondelinger; and tackle John Powers.^[2]

Creighton was ranked at No. 140 (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 Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21		St. Benedict's*	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	W 13–7		[4]
September 26		Centenary*	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	W 32–20	7,000	[5]
October 3		Saint Louis	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	W 18–8	10,000	[6]
October 11		at Tulsa	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	L 7–19	10,000	[7]
October 18	2:30 p.m.	at Washington University	Francis Field St. Louis, MO	W 14–13	3,500	[8][9][10][11]
October 25		Drake	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	W 12–7		[12]
November 1		at Oklahoma A&M	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	L 6–13	4,000	[13]
November 8		at Texas Tech*	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	L 6–13	6,000	[14]
November 16		at Loyola (CA)*	Gilmore Stadium Los Angeles, CA	L 7–32		[15]
November 23		Detroit*	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	L 0–28	10,000	[16][17]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time