1941 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team

The 1941 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Gonzaga University during the 1941 college football season. They played their home games on campus at Gonzaga Stadium in Spokane, Washington. In their third year under head coach Puggy Hunton, the Bulldogs compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a total of 201 to 65.^[1]

1941 Gonzaga Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–7
Head coach	Puggy Hunton (3rd season)
Home stadium	Gonzaga Stadium
Seasons ← 1940

1941 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Hawaii			–					8	–	1	–	0
Santa Clara			–					6	–	3	–	0
San Francisco			–					6	–	4	–	0
Idaho Southern Branch			–					5	–	1	–	2
Cal Poly			–					5	–	3	–	1
Saint Mary's			–					5	–	4	–	0
Loyola (CA)			–					5	–	5	–	0
Nevada			–					3	–	5	–	1
Portland			–					3	–	5	–	0
Gonzaga			–					3	–	7	–	0
San Francisco State			–					2	–	4	–	1
Humboldt State			–					2	–	5	–	1
La Verne			–					0	–	6	–	0

The season ended with a blowout home loss to Washington State on November 22,^[2][3] two weeks before the Attack on Pearl Harbor. In April 1942, university president Father Leo J. Robinson announced that Gonzaga was suspending its intercollegiate football program for the duration of World War II. Robinson stated the loss of numerous football players and prospect to military service made further competition impossible.^[4][5][6] The program had been in financial difficulty,^[7][8][9] and varsity football was not resumed after the war.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19 F	Arizona State	Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA	L 0–6		[10][11]
September 26 F	at Pacific Lutheran	Tacoma Stadium Tacoma, WA	L 13–26	22,000	[12][13]
October 3 F	at College of Idaho	Nampa, ID Lettuce Bowl	W 14–0	5,000	[14][15][16][17]
October 10 F	Idaho	Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA (rivalry)	L 7–21	6,000	[18][19][20][21]
October 18	at Montana	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	L 6–13		[22]
October 26 ^	Portland	Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA	W 19–13	2,500	[23][24][25]
November 2 ^	at Saint Mary's	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 0–26	875	[26][27][28]
November 8	Eastern Washington	Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA	W 6–0	2,000	[29][30][31]
November 16 ^	at Portland	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 0–37		[32][33][34][35]
November 22	Washington State	Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA	L 0–59	6,000	[2][3][36]

^F Friday (night), ^ Sunday