1941 Georgia Teachers Blue Tide football
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Seasons
← 1940
1982 →
1941 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
East Carolina   –   7 – 0 – 0
Delaware   –   7 – 0 – 1
Virginia   –   8 – 1 – 0
Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 10 Navy   –   7 – 1 – 1
Georgetown   –   5 – 4 – 0
Western Maryland   –   3 – 4 – 1
West Virginia   –   4 – 6 – 0
Roanoke   –   3 – 5 – 0
Sewanee   –   2 – 5 – 0
Delaware State   –   1 – 4 – 0
Georgia Teachers   –   2 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Georgia Teachers Blue Tide football team represented the Georgia Teachers College—now known as Georgia Southern University—during the 1941 college football season. The team was led by Crook Smith, in his 13th and final year as head coach. Due to the outbreak of World War II, the football program was suspended after this season and was not revived until 1982.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 20at Western CarolinaCullowhee, NCL 7–14
September 26at Mississippi Southern
L 0–70[1]
October 3at South Georgia CollegeDouglas, GAL 0–7
October 10at MercerMacon, GAL 0–25
October 17at Troy State
L 0–25[2]
October 24ErskineStatesboro, GAL 0–7
November 7at Middle Georgia CollegeChochran, GAW 16–0
November 7OglethorpeStatesboro, GAL 0–53[3]
November 20South Georgia CollegeStatesboro, GAW 14–7
Camp Croft (SC)L 0–21

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References

  1. ^ "Southern gridmen overpower Georgia State team 70–0". The Clarion-Ledger. September 28, 1941. Retrieved April 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Troy Red Wave downs Georgia in home game". The Troy Messenger. October 18, 1941. Retrieved November 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Petrels beat Georgia State in 53–0 rout". The Atlanta Constitution. November 8, 1941. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1941 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2017.


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