1941 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team

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1941 Gonzaga Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–7
Head coach
Home stadium Gonzaga Stadium
Seasons
←  1940
1941 Western college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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 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]

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 F Arizona State
L 0–6 [10] [11]
September 26 Fat Pacific Lutheran
L 13–2622,000   [12] [13]
October 3 Fat College of Idaho
W 14–05,000 [14] [15] [16] [17]
October 10 F Idaho
  • Gonzaga Stadium
  • Spokane, WA (rivalry)
L 7–216,000 [18] [19] [20] [21]
October 18at Montana
L 6–13 [22]
October 26 ^ Portland
  • Gonzaga Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
W 19–132,500 [23] [24] [25]
November 2 ^at Saint Mary's
L 0–26   875 [26] [27] [28]
November 8 Eastern Washington
  • Gonzaga Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
W 6–02,000 [29] [30] [31]
November 16 ^at Portland
L 0–37 [32] [33] [34] [35]
November 22 Washington State
  • Gonzaga Stadium
  • Spokane, WA
L 0–596,000 [2] [3] [36]
FFriday (night), ^ Sunday

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  3. 1 2 "Kennedy scores on Gonzaga as Cougars romp through to lopsided victory". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). (photo). November 24, 1941. p. 12.
  4. ↑ "Gonzaga cancels its intercollegiate football program". Spokane Daily Chronicle. April 7, 1942. p. 11.
  5. ↑ "Unofficial word says Hunton will be dismissed at Gonzaga". Spokane Daily Chronicle. April 8, 1942. p. 17.
  6. ↑ "Football Dropped By Gonzaga". The Honolulu Advertiser. April 9, 1942. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Gonzaga might drop football". Ellensburg Daily Record. (Washington). Associated Press. October 23, 1939. p. 6.
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  12. ↑ Ashlock, Herb (September 27, 1941). "Lutherans trample Gonzaga, 26-13". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). p. 8.
  13. ↑ "Pacific Lutheran Downs Gonzaga". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). September 27, 1941. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
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