1941 Willamette Bearcats football team information
College football season
1946Willamette Bearcats football
NWC champion
Conference
Northwest Conference
Record
8–2 (5–0 NWC)
Head coach
Spec Keene (16th season)
Captain
Buddy Reynolds and ?[1]
Home stadium
Sweetland Field
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1941 Northwest Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Willamette $
5
–
0
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Whitman
4
–
1
–
0
5
–
1
–
0
Pacific (OR)
2
–
3
–
0
4
–
4
–
0
Puget Sound
2
–
3
–
0
2
–
6
–
0
College of Idaho
1
–
3
–
0
5
–
5
–
0
Linfield
0
–
4
–
0
1
–
6
–
1
$ – Conference champion
The 1941 Willamette Bearcats football team was an American football team that represented the Willamette University of Salem, Oregon, as a member of the Northwest Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their 16th season under head coach Spec Keene, the Bearcats compiled an 8–2 record (5–0 against NWC opponents), outscored five conference opponents by a total of 218 to 7, and won the conference championship.[2] Dick Weisgerber, a Willamette alumnus who went on to play for the Green Bay Packers, returned to Willamette as an assistant coach in 1941.[3]
Due to their playing in Honolulu on the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor, they became known as the "Pearl Harbor" team. Four members of the team (Keene, Weisgerber, Ted Ogdahl, and Marvin Goodman) were inducted individually into the Willamette University Athletic Hall of Fame. The team as a whole was inducted in 1997.[2][4]
Willamette players received 11 of 13 first-team spots on the 1941 All-Northwest Conference football team. Four players were unanimous picks: end Bill Reder; tackle Martin Barstad; guard Tony Fraiola; and back Teddy Ogdahl.[5]
Willamette was ranked at No. 99 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[6]
The team played its home games at Sweetland Field in Salem, Oregon.
^"Ex-La Grander Runs for Bearcats". La Grande Observer. October 31, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ab"1941 "Pearl Harbor" Football Team". Willamette Bearcats Football. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
^"Weisgerber Back To Coach Bearcats". The Capital Journal. September 16, 1941. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
^Dan Postrel (December 7, 1997). "Surprise of Pearl Harbor forever changed Willamette athletes". Statesman Journal. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
^"All-Northwest Conference 11? Certainly, It's 'All'-Willamette". The Oregon Statesman. November 22, 1941. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
^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.
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