1941 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

The 1941 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Aiken, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record. The team was invited to play in a post-season game in Honolulu on New Year's Day, but athletic events in the Territory of Hawaii were cancelled after the Attack on Pearl Harbor.^[1]

1941 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5–1
Head coach	Jim Aiken (3rd season)
Home stadium	Mackay Field
Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

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

Marion Motley, who was later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, played for the Wolf Pack from 1941 to 1943.

Nevada was ranked at No. 159 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Cal Poly	Mackay Field Reno, NV	W 32–0		[3]
October 3	at San Francisco	Seals Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 3–7	6,000	[4]
October 11	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 7–26	9,000	[5]
October 18	Fresno State	Mackay Field Reno, NV	L 3–6		[6]
October 25	Santa Barbara State	Mackay Field Reno, NV	W 7–0		[7]
November 1	at New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM	L 7–26		[8]
November 8	San Jose State	Mackay Field Reno, NV	W 21–19	3,000	[9]
November 15	at Cal Aggies	A Street Field Davis, CA	T 14–14	1,200	[10]
November 30	Loyola (CA)	Gilmore Stadium Los Angeles, CA	L 7–19	8,000	[11]
January 1, 1942	Hawaii	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	No contest		[1]
Homecoming

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