1941 Southwestern Lynx football team

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1941 Southwestern Lynx football
Conference Dixie Conference
Record4–4–1 (0–1 Dixie)
Head coach
Home stadium Crump Stadium
Seasons
←  1940
1946  →
1941 Dixie Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Chattanooga $ 4 –0 –17 –1 –1
Howard (AL) 2 –0 –14 –5 –1
Mississippi College 3 –1 –05 –3 –0
Millsaps 1 –1 –04 –5 –0
Southwestern (TN) 0 –1 –04 –4 –1
Mercer 0 –3 –03 –6 –0
Spring Hill 0 –4 –02 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 Southwestern Lynx football team was an American football team that represented Southwestern, The College of the Mississippi Valley (now known as Rhodes College) as a member of the Dixie Conference in the 1941 college football season. Led by Ed Kubale in his fourth season as head coach, the team compiled an overall record of 4–4–1, with a mark of 0–1 in conference play, and finished fifth in the Dixie.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23vs. Memphis State *
W 13–78,000 [1]
October 4at Ole Miss *
L 0–274,500 [2]
October 11 Jefferson Barracks *
  • Crump Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
W 25–03,000 [3]
October 18 Sewanee *
W 35–0 [4]
October 24at Chattanooga
L 0–74,632 [5]
November 1No. 17 Mississippi State *
  • Crump Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
L 6–20 [6]
November 8 Union (TN) *
  • Crump Stadium
  • Memphis, TN
W 21–142,000 [7]
November 15at Kentucky *
L 19–338,000 [8]
November 22at Centenary *
T 0–0 [9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ "Lynx smashes Memphis State". The Tennessean. September 24, 1941. Retrieved April 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Rebels top Lynx 27–0: Ole Miss finds Southwestern easy". The Clarion-Ledger. October 5, 1941. Retrieved April 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Lynx checks Army with little trouble; Holland scores pair". The Commercial Appeal. October 12, 1941. Retrieved April 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Crippled Sewanee team goes down before Southwestern Lynx, 35 to 0". The Chattanooga Times. October 19, 1941. Retrieved April 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Moccasins repulse Lynx, 7–0". The Knoxville Journal. October 25, 1941. Retrieved April 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Purser Hewitt (November 2, 1941). "State breezes over Lynx". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved April 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Union outplays Southwestern by 14–0 during first half, but loses by score of 21–14". The Jackson Sun. November 9, 1941. Retrieved April 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Kentucky troubled but passes click to net 33–19 win over Southwestern". The Courier-Journal. November 16, 1941. Retrieved April 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Gents close home games with 0–0 tie". The Shreveport Times. November 23, 1941. Retrieved April 13, 2024– via Newspapers.com.


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