1941 Western Michigan Broncos football team information
American college football season
1941Western Michigan Broncos football
Conference
Independent
Record
8–0
Head coach
Mike Gary (13th season)
MVP
Horace Coleman
Captain
Bob Metzger
Home stadium
Waldo Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Midwestern college football independents records
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Western Michigan
–
8
–
0
–
0
No. 3 Notre Dame
–
8
–
0
–
1
Youngstown
–
7
–
0
–
1
Xavier
–
9
–
1
–
0
Detroit
–
7
–
2
–
0
Ohio
–
5
–
2
–
1
Dayton
–
7
–
3
–
0
Cincinnati
–
6
–
3
–
0
Akron
–
5
–
3
–
1
Michigan State
–
5
–
3
–
1
Central Michigan
–
4
–
3
–
0
Ohio Wesleyan
–
5
–
4
–
0
Marquette
–
4
–
5
–
0
Carthage
–
1
–
5
–
2
Wayne
–
2
–
6
–
0
Miami (OH)
–
2
–
7
–
0
Western Ontario
–
1
–
4
–
0
Wichita
–
1
–
6
–
1
Michigan State Normal
–
0
–
5
–
2
Detroit Tech
–
0
–
6
–
1
The 1941 Western Michigan Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Michigan College of Education (later renamed Western Michigan University) during the 1941 college football season. In their 13th and final season under head coach Mike Gary, the Hilltoppers compiled an 8–0 record, shut out four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 183 to 27.[1] The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[2]
End Bob Metzger was the team captain.[3] For the second consecutive year, halfback Horace Coleman received the team's most outstanding player award.[4]
Western Michigan was ranked at No. 85 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[5]
With the United States entry into World War II after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Mike Gary left his position as head football coach at Western Michigan and served three years in the Naval Air Corps with the rank of commander.[6]
^"Football Records: Year-By-Year Results - 1940-49". Western Michigan Football Media Guide. Western Michigan University. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
^"Waldo Stadium". Western Michigan University. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
^"Football History: All-Time Captains". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
^"Football History: Team Awards". Western Michigan University. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
^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.
^"Mike Gary Dies". The News-Palladium. December 31, 1969. p. 14.
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