The 1941 East Texas State Lions football team represented the East Texas State Teachers College (later renamed the Texas A&M University–Commerce) as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 1941 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Bob Berry, the Lions compiled a 6–2–1 record (2–2 against conference opponents) and finished third in the Lone Star Conference.[1]
| 1941 East Texas State Lions football | |
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| Conference | Lone Star Conference |
| Record | 6–2–1 (2–2 LSC) |
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| Home stadium | East Texas Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Texas State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Texas State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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East Texas was ranked at No. 164 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.[2]
The team played its home games at East Texas Stadium in Commerce, Texas.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 20 | Austin* |
| W 30–0 | [3] | |||
| September 27 | Abilene Christian* |
| W 35–0 | ||||
| October 4 | Howard Payne* |
| T 7–7 | [4] | |||
| October 11 | Stephen F. Austin |
| W 20–0 | [5] | |||
| October 18 | Texas Wesleyan* |
| W 6–0 | [6] | |||
| October 25 | Ouachita Arkansas Teachers* |
| W 14–0 | [7] | |||
| November 1 | at Sam Houston State | Huntsville, TX | W 20–7 | 5,000 | [8] | ||
| November 8 | Southwest Texas State |
| L 0–6 | [9] | |||
| November 15 | at North Texas State |
| L 8–15 | 8,000 | [10] | ||
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References
edit- ^ "Texas A&M-Commerce Football Media Guide". Texas A&M-Commerce University. p. 81. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Texas Raps Austin College". The Big Spring Daily Herald. September 21, 1941. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Texas Held To 7-7 Deadlock". The Paris News. October 5, 1941. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Meeks Leads Lions To Win Over Austin". The Pampa News. October 12, 1941. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Etex Lions Take Texas Wesleyan: Forward Pass and Lateral Nets Teedee And 6-0 Victory". The Paris News. October 19, 1941. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Texas State Wins". El Paso Times. October 26, 1941. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Texas Claws Sam Houston, 20-7". Sunday American-Statesman. November 2, 1941. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "East Texas State Loses First Game". The Pampa News. November 9, 2019. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Denton Takes Third Title". The Big Spring Daily Herald. November 16, 1941. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.