1941 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

The 1941 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (now known as Louisiana Tech University) as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1941 college football season. In their second year under head coach Joe Aillet, the team compiled an overall record of 5–4–1 and won the LIC title with a mark of 5–0.

1941 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
LIC champion
Conference	Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	5–4–1 (5–0 LIC, 5–1 SIAA)
Head coach	Joe Aillet (2nd season)
Captain	Garland Gregory
Home stadium	Tech Stadium
Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Louisiana Tech $	5	–	0	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Southwestern Louisiana	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Louisiana Normal	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Southeastern Louisiana	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Centenary	0	–	1	–	1			0	–	8	–	2
Louisiana College	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion

1941 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Presbyterian $	5	–	0	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Miami (FL)	2	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Centre	2	–	0	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Mississippi Southern	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	0	–	1
Louisiana Tech	5	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Eastern Kentucky	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
SW Louisiana	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Union (TN)	3	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Tennessee Tech	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Western Kentucky State Teachers	3	–	1	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Georgetown (KY)	2	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Wofford	2	–	1	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Memphis State	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Rollins	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Louisiana Normal	3	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Murray State	3	–	3	–	2			4	–	3	–	2
Tampa	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Louisville	1	–	1	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Newberry	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Mississippi College	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
SE Louisiana	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Oglethorpe	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	3	–	0
Transylvania	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Troy State	1	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Southeastern Louisiana	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
Louisiana College	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Delta State	1	–	7	–	1			1	–	8	–	1
Centenary	0	–	1	–	1			0	–	8	–	2
Union (KY)	0	–	1	–	0			0	–	5	–	0
Morehead State	0	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Erskine	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Louisiana Tech was ranked at No. 130 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	at LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–25	10,000	[2]
September 27	at Texas Mines*	El Paso High School Stadium El Paso, TX	T 0–0	7,000	[3]
October 3	Mississippi Southern	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA (Rivalry in Dixie)	L 7–19	6,000	[4]
October 11	at Auburn*	Auburn Stadium Auburn, AL	L 0–34	8,500	[5]
October 18	vs. Louisiana Normal	State Fair Stadium Shreveport, LA (rivalry)	W 10–0	8,000	[6]
October 24	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	W 21–14	5,000	[7]
October 31	Southwestern Louisiana	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA (rivalry)	W 12–0		[8]
November 8	at Louisiana College	Alumni Field Pineville, LA	W 45–0		[9]
November 15	Hardin–Simmons*	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA	L 0–13		[10]
November 27	Centenary	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA	W 39–7	3,500	[11]
*Non-conference game