1941 Southeastern Conference football season

The 1941 Southeastern Conference football season was the ninth season of college football played by the member schools of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and was a part of the 1941 college football season. Mississippi State compiled an 8–1–1 overall record, with a conference record of 4–0–1, and was SEC champion. This also marked the first season without Sewanee after they withdrew from the SEC and demphasized collegiate athletics.[1]

1941 Southeastern Conference football season
SportFootball
DurationSeptember 20, 1941 – January 1, 1942 (1941-09-20 – 1942-01-01)
Number of teams12
ChampionMississippi State
SEC seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 16 Mississippi State $ 4 0 1 8 1 1
No. 18 Tennessee 3 1 0 8 2 0
No. 20 Alabama 5 2 0 9 2 0
No. 14 Georgia 3 1 1 9 1 1
No. 17 Ole Miss 2 1 1 6 2 1
Vanderbilt 3 2 0 8 2 0
LSU 2 2 2 4 4 2
Tulane 2 3 0 5 4 0
Georgia Tech 2 4 0 3 6 0
Florida 1 3 0 4 6 0
Kentucky 0 4 0 5 4 0
Auburn 0 4 1 4 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Results and team statistics

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Conf. rank Team Head coach Overall record Conf. record AP
final
PPG PAG
1 Mississippi State Allyn McKeen 8–1–1 (.850) 4–0–1 (.900) No. 16 19.1 5.5
2 Tennessee John Barnhill 8–2–0 (.800) 3–1–0 (.750) No. 19 18.2 7.3
3 Alabama Frank Thomas 9–2–0 (.818) 5–2–0 (.714) No. 20 23.9 7.7
4 Georgia Wally Butts 9–1–1 (.864) 3–1–1 (.700) No. 14 29.0 7.7
5 Ole Miss Harry Mehre 6–2–1 (.722) 2–1–1 (.625) No. 17 14.6 7.4
6 Vanderbilt Red Sanders 8–2–0 (.800) 3–2–0 (.600) 26.0 8.9
7 LSU Bernie Moore 4–4–2 (.500) 2–2–2 (.500) 11.9 9.3
8 Tulane Red Dawson 5–4–0 (.556) 2–3–0 (.400) 24.4 10.6
9 Georgia Tech William Alexander 3–6–0 (.333) 2–4–0 (.333) 9.1 14.4
10 Florida Tom Lieb 4–6–0 (.400) 1–3–0 (.250) 14.9 9.7
11 Auburn Jack Meagher 4–5–1 (.450) 0–4–1 (.100) 12.3 11.5
12 Kentucky Albert D. Kirwan 5–4–0 (.556) 0–4–0 (.000) 16.8 17.1

Key
AP final = Rankings from AP sports writers. See 1941 NCAA football rankings
PPG = Average of points scored per game[2]
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[2]

Schedule

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Index to colors and formatting
SEC member won
SEC member lost
SEC member tie
SEC teams in bold

Week Zero

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
September 20 Furman Tennessee Shields–Watkins FieldKnoxville, TN W 32–6   12,000 [3]
September 20 Louisiana Tech LSU Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA W 25–0   10,000 [4]
September 20 Randolph–Macon Florida Florida FieldGainesville, FL W 26–0   [5]

Week One

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
September 26 Howard (AL) Auburn Cramton BowlMontgomery, AL W 13–0   9,000 [6]
September 26 Ole Miss Georgetown Griffith StadiumWashington, DC L 6–16   6,000 [7]
September 27 Southwestern Louisiana Alabama Denny StadiumTuscaloosa, AL W 47–6   6,000 [8]
September 27 Georgia Mercer Porter Field • Macon, GA W 81–0   12,000 [9]
September 27 Vanderbilt Purdue Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN W 3–0   17,000 [10]
September 27 Boston College Tulane Tulane StadiumNew Orleans, LA W 21–7   45,000 [11]
September 27 VPI Kentucky Manual StadiumLouisville, KY W 37–14   8,000 [12]
September 27 Holy Cross LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA L 13–19   25,000 [13]
September 27 Florida Mississippi State Scott FieldStarkville, MS  MSS 6–0   13,000 [14]

Week Two

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 4 South Carolina Georgia Sanford StadiumAthens, GA (rivalry) W 34–6   17,000 [15]
October 4 Southwestern (TN) Ole Miss Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS W 27–0   4,500 [16]
October 4 Tennessee Tech Vanderbilt Dudley FieldNashville, TN W 42–0   8,000 [17]
October 4 Chattanooga Georgia Tech Grant FieldAtlanta, GA W 20–0   10,000 [18]
October 4 Tampa Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 46–6   [19]
October 4 Kentucky Washington & Lee Wilson Field • Lexington, VA W 7–0   3,000 [20]
October 4 Tennessee Duke Duke StadiumDurham, NC L 0–19   45,000 [21]
October 4 LSU Texas Memorial StadiumAustin, TX L 0–34   18,000 [22]
October 4 Mississippi State Alabama Denny StadiumTuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)  MSS 14–0   20,000 [23]
October 4 Auburn Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)  TUL 32–0   35,000 [24]

Week Three

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 10 Ole Miss Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA  T 14–14   25,000 [25]
October 11 Dayton Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 26–0   30,000 [26]
October 11 Howard (AL) Alabama Legion FieldBirmingham, AL W 61–0   6,000 [27]
October 11 Louisiana Tech Auburn Auburn StadiumAuburn, AL W 34–0   8,500 [28]
October 11 Tulane Rice Rice FieldHouston, TX L 9–10   25,000 [29]
October 11 Notre Dame Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 0–20   31,000 [30]
October 11 Villanova Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL L 0–6   > 20,000 [31]
October 11 Mississippi State LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  T 0–0   30,000 [32]
October 11 Vanderbilt Kentucky McLean StadiumLexington, KY (rivalry)  VAN 39–15   11,000 [33]

Week Four

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 18 Georgia No. 20 Columbia Baker FieldNew York, NY W 7–3   27,000 [34]
October 18 Ole Miss Holy Cross Fitton FieldWorcester, MA W 21–0   22,000 [35]
October 18 Rice LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA W 27–0   25,000 [36]
October 18 North Carolina No. 17 Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA W 52–6   33,000 [37]
October 18 Kentucky Xavier Xavier Stadium • Cincinnati, OH W 21–6   11,000 [38]
October 18 Florida Maryland Byrd StadiumCollege Park, MD L 12–13   7,500 [39]
October 18 SMU Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, AL L 7–20   12,000 [40]
October 18 No. 4 Alabama Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)  ALA 9–2   37,000 [41]
October 18 Georgia Tech No. 18 Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (rivalry)  VAN 14–7   15,000 [42]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Five

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
October 25 Union (TN) Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 56–7   14,000 [43]
October 25 Cincinnati Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 21–6   7,000 [44]
October 25 Princeton No. 15 Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN W 46–7   14,000 [45]
October 25 West Virginia Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 18–6   7,000 [46]
October 25 Georgia Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)  ALA 27–14   23,000 [47]
October 25 Ole Miss No. 10 Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)  OM 20–13   45,000 [48]
October 25 Florida LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  LSU 10–7   20,000 [49]
October 25 Auburn Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)  GT 28–14   20,000 [50]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Six

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 1 No. 17 Mississippi State Southwestern (TN) Crump StadiumMemphis, TN W 20–6   [51]
November 1 No. 17 Ole Miss Marquette Marquette StadiumMilwaukee, WI W 12–6   7,500 [52]
November 1 No. 4 Duke Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA L 0–14   28,000 [53]
November 1 Tennessee LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA  TEN 13–6   30,000 [54]
November 1 Kentucky No. 15 Alabama Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL  ALA 30–0   11,000 [55]
November 1 Auburn Georgia Memorial StadiumColumbus, GA (rivalry)  UGA 7–0   17,000 [56]
November 1 Tulane No. 10 Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN  TUL 34–14   22,000 [57]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Seven

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 8 Howard (AL) Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN W 28–6   4,000 [58]
November 8 Sewanee Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN (rivalry) W 20–0   5,000 [59]
November 8 No. 15 Mississippi State Auburn Legion Field • Birmingham, AL  MSS 14–7   11,000 [60]
November 8 No. 13 Alabama No. 14 Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA  ALA 19–14   50,000 [61]
November 8 Florida Georgia Municipal StadiumJacksonville, FL (rivalry)  UGA 19–3   21,000 [62]
November 8 No. 16 Ole Miss LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  OM 13–12   28,000 [63]
November 8 Kentucky Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA  GT 20–13   15,000 [64]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Eight

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 15 Tennessee No. 18 Boston College Alumni Field • Chestnut Hill, MA W 14–7   32,000 [65]
November 15 Centre Georgia Ponce de Leon Park • Atlanta, GA W 47–6   5,000 [66]
November 15 Tulane NYU Yankee StadiumBronx, NY W 45–0   10,000 [67]
November 15 Florida Miami (FL) Burdine StadiumMiami, FL (rivalry) W 14–0   31,731 [68]
November 15 Southwestern (TN) Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY W 33–19   8,000 [69]
November 15 No. 13 Mississippi State No. 10 Duquesne Forbes FieldPittsburgh, PA L 0–16   31,483 [70]
November 15 Georgia Tech No. 9 Alabama Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)  ALA 20–0   25,000 [71]
November 15 Auburn LSU Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)  T 7–7   [72]
November 16 Vanderbilt Louisville duPont Manual StadiumLouisville, KY W 68–0   4,000 [73]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Nine

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 22 Millsaps Mississippi State Scott Field • Starkville, MS W 49–6   [74]
November 22 Dartmouth No. 20 Georgia Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA W 35–0   > 18,000 [75]
November 22 Arkansas No. 15 Ole Miss Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN (rivalry) W 18–0   10,000 [76]
November 22 Auburn Villanova Shibe ParkPhiladelphia, PA W 13–0   12,000 [77]
November 22 Tennessee Kentucky McLean Stadium • Lexington, KY (rivalry)  TEN 20–7   14,000 [78]
November 22 No. 7 Alabama Vanderbilt Dudley Field • Nashville, TN  VAN 7–0   12,000 [79]
November 22 Georgia Tech Florida Florida Field • Gainesville, FL  FLA 14–7   15,000 [80]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Ten

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
November 28 No. 18 Alabama Miami (FL) Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL W 21–7   26,000 [81]
November 28 No. 16 Clemson Auburn Auburn Stadium • Auburn, AL (rivalry) W 28–7   12,000 [82]
November 29 No. 14 Mississippi State Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (rivalry)  MSS 6–0   28,000 [83]
November 29 No. 12 Vanderbilt Tennessee Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN (rivalry)  TEN 26–7   30,000 [84]
November 29 No. 20 Georgia Georgia Tech Grant Field • Atlanta, GA (rivalry)  UGA 21–0   31,000 [85]
November 29 LSU Tulane Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (rivalry)  LSU 19–0   50,764 [86]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Week Eleven

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
December 6 No. 16 Mississippi State San Francisco Kezar StadiumSan Francisco, CA W 26–13   25,000 [87]
December 20 UCLA Florida Fairfield Stadium • Jacksonville, FL L 27–30   8,000 [88]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Postseason

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Date Visiting team Home team Site Result Attendance Ref.
January 1, 1942 No. 20 Alabama No. 9 Texas A&M Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) W 29–21   38,000 [89]
January 1, 1942 TCU No. 14 Georgia Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL (Orange Bowl) W 40–26   38,000 [90]
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

All-conference players

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The following players were recognized as consensus first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) on the 1941 All-SEC football team:

All-Americans

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Three SEC players were consensus first-team picks on the 1941 College Football All-America Team:[91]

Other SEC players receiving All-American honors from at least one selector were:

Head coaches

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Records through the completion of the 1941 season

Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school SEC record
Alabama Frank Thomas 11 111–24–6 (.809) 85–15–5 (.833) 42–10–4 (.786)
Auburn Jack Meagher 8 68–59–4 (.534) 42–33–9 (.554) 23–22–7 (.510)
Florida Tom Lieb 2 56–44–4 (.558) 9–11–0 (.450) 3–6–0 (.333)
Georgia Wally Butts 3 19–11–2 (.625) 19–11–2 (.625) 5–4–2 (.545)
Georgia Tech William Alexander 22 109–87–15 (.552) 109–87–15 (.552) 22–30–5 (.430)
Kentucky Albert D. Kirwan 4 18–16–3 (.527) 18–16–3 (.527) 3–12–3 (.250)
LSU Bernie Moore 7 59–34–6 (.626) 47–22–3 (.674) 24–15–2 (.610)
Mississippi State Allyn McKeen 3 39–9–2 (.800) 26–3–2 (.871) 11–2–2 (.800)
Ole Miss Harry Mehre 4 90–42–7 (.673) 31–8–1 (.788) 22–18–3 (.547)
Tennessee John Barnhill 1 8–2–0 (.800) 8–2–0 (.800) 3–1–0 (.750)
Tulane Red Dawson 6 36–19–4 (.644) 36–19–4 (.644) 16–13–3 (.547)
Vanderbilt Red Sanders 2 11–8–1 (.575) 11–8–1 (.575) 4–7–1 (.375)

1942 NFL draft

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The following SEC players were selected in the 1942 NFL draft:[92]

Round Overall Pick Player name School Position NFL team
1 8 Merle Hapes Ole Miss Fullback New York Giants
2 14 Lloyd Cheatham Auburn Back Chicago Cardinals
3 21 Rufus Deal Auburn Back Washington Redskins
5 33 Ernie Blandin Tulane Tackle Philadelphia Eagles
6 46 Harley McCollum Tulane Tackle Washington Redskins
6 48 Bob Glass Tulane Back New York Giants
7 51 John Butler Tennessee Back Pittsburgh Steelers
9 73 Ray Graves Tennessee Center Philadelphia Eagles
9 79 Noah Langdale Alabama Tackle Green Bay Packers
10 90 Noah Mullins Kentucky Back Chicago Bears
12 107 Jim Thibaut Tulane Back Brooklyn Dodgers
14 122 Tom Greene Georgia Tackle Cleveland Rams
14 123 John Wyhonic Alabama Guard Philadelphia Eagles
14 130 Bob Gude Vanderbilt Center Chicago Bears
15 132 Ike Peel Tennessee Back Cleveland Rams
17 160 Don Edmiston Tennessee Tackle Chicago Bears
18 168 Junie Hovious Ole Miss Back New York Giants
18 170 Holt Rast Alabama End Chicago Bears
19 174 Jimmy Nelson Alabama Back Chicago Cardinals
22 198 Milt Hull Florida Tackle New York Giants

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