1941 Penn Quakers football team

1941 Penn Quakers football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
AP	No. 15
Record	7–1 (5–0 Ivy)
Head coach	George Munger (4th season)
Home stadium	Franklin Field
Seasons ←  1940 1942  →

1941 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 15 Penn $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Columbia	3	–	1	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Harvard	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Cornell	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Dartmouth	2	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Brown	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Princeton	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Yale	0	–	6	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania in the Ivy League during the 1941 college football season.

History

In its fourth season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 7–1 record, won the Ivy League championship, outscored opponents by a total of 180 to 55, and was ranked No. 15 in the final AP Poll. The team's lone setback was a 13–6 loss to Navy. ^[1]

Back Gene Davis was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Eastern football team, and end Bernie Kuczynski was named to the second team. ^[2] Other key players included halfback Bob Odell, fullback Bert Stiff, and Bob Brundage.

Munger was Penn's head coach for 16 years; he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Harvard		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 19–0		[3]
October 11	at Yale		Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 28–13	30,000	[4]
October 18	at Princeton	No. 11	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 23–0	31,500	[5]
October 25	Maryland *	No. 12	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 55–6	40,000	[6]
November 1	at No. 11 Navy *	No. 8	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–13	74,000	[7]
November 8	Columbia	No. 19	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 19–16	50,000	[8]
November 15	No. 19 Army *	No. 14	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 14–7	70,000	[9]
November 22	Cornell	No. 13	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 16–0	74,000	[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1941 NCAA football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final
AP	11	12	8 (1)	19	14	13	13	15

References

1. "1941 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
2. "MacKinney and Peabody on A.P. Eastern Eleven". The Boston Daily Globe. December 5, 1941. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Fred Byrod (October 5, 1941). "Penn Power Crushes Harvard, 19 to 0: 50,000 Fans See Stiff, Odell, Brundage Star". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
4. W.J. Lee (October 12, 1941). "Pennsylvania Football Team Scores 21 Points In First Half To Defeat Yale". The Hartford Courant. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Cy Peterman (October 19, 1941). "Penn Beats Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S5 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Cy Peterman (October 26, 1941). "Penn Crushes Maryland Foe, 55 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
7. Cy Peterman (November 2, 1941). "74,000 See Navy Stop Penn, 13 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
8. Cy Peterman (November 9, 1941). "Penn Defeats Columbia, 19-16, In Wild Finish Before 50,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
9. Cy Peterman (November 16, 1941). "70,000 See Penn Beat Army, 14-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
10. Cy Peterman (November 23, 1941). "74,000 See Penn Beat Cornell, 16-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.