1941 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
MVC champion
Sun Bowl, W 6–0 vs. Texas Tech
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record8–2 (5–0 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSkelly Field
1941 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulsa $ 4 –0 –08 –2 –0
Oklahoma A&M 3 –1 –05 –4 –0
Creighton 3 –2 –05 –5 –0
Saint Louis 1 –3 –14 –5 –1
Washington University 1 –3 –04 –5 –0
Drake 0 –3 –14 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 Tulsa Golden Hurricane team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1941 college football season. In their first year under head coach Henry Frnka, the Golden Hurricane compiled an 8–2 record (4–0 against conference opponents), won the Missouri Valley Conference championship, and defeated Texas Tech, 6–0, in the 1942 Sun Bowl.[1]

The team was led by brothers Glenn Dobbs and Bobby Dobbs. Glenn was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame; Bobby served as Tulsa's head coach from 1955 to 1960.

Six Tulsa players were selected by the conference coaches as first-team players on the 1941 All-Missouri Valley Conference football team: halfbacks Glenn Dobbs and N.A. Keithley; end Elston Campbell and Saxon Judd; center Richard Morgan; and tackle Charles Greene. Four others were named to the second team: quarterback Joe Gibson; guard Roy Stuart and Wayne Holt; and tackle Jim Worthington.[2]

Tulsa was ranked at No. 66 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at TCU*
L 0–67,500[4]
October 11Creighton
W 19–710,000[5]
October 18Saint Louis
  • Skelly Field
  • Tulsa, OK
W 33–78,500[6]
October 25at Oklahoma A&M
W 16–012,000[7]
November 1at Wichita*Wichita, KSW 13–7[8]
November 8North Dakota Agricultural*
  • Skelly Field
  • Tulsa, OK
W 61–67,000[9]
November 15Baylor*dagger
  • Skelly Field
  • Tulsa, OK
W 20–1314,000[10]
November 22Drake
  • Skelly Field
  • Tulsa, OK
W 20–62,500[11]
November 27Arkansas*
  • Skelly Field
  • Tulsa, OK
L 6–1316,000–17,000[12]
January 1, 1942vs. Texas Tech
W 6–012,000–14,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[14]

1942 NFL draft

The following Golden Hurriane players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.[15][16]

Round Pick Player Position NFL club
641Charley GreeneTacklePittsburgh Steelers
13111Wayne HoltGuardPittsburgh Steelers
16142Glenn HenicleGuardCleveland Rams

References

  1. ↑ "1941 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ L.E. Skelley (December 5, 1941). "Keithley Awarded Place On Valley All-Star Eleven". Miami Daily News-Record. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "TCU Defeats Tulsa U., 6-0". Sunday American-Statesman. September 28, 1941. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Tulsa's Aerials Daze Creighton". The Daily Oklahoman. October 12, 1941. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Tulsa's Aerials Daze Creighton". The Daily Oklahoman. October 12, 1941. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Otis Wile (October 26, 1941). "Stillwater's 12,000 Turnout Is Certain to Please Tulsa". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Tulsa Smacks Wichita, 13-7". The Daily Oklahoman. November 2, 1941. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Tulsa Buries North Dakota State, 61-6". The Daily Oklahoman. November 9, 1941. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Stan Pate (November 16, 1941). "Tulsa Passes Beat Baylor". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Tulsa Sacks Up Drake And Title". The Daily Oklahoman. November 23, 1941. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Arkansas Has Tulsa's Number". The Daily Oklahoman. November 28, 1941. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Rifle-Armed Tailback Glenn Dobbs Leads Tulsa to 6-0 Win in Sun Bowl; Border Loop Jinx Still On". Del Paso Herald-Post. January 2, 1942. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Record & Fact Book 2022" (PDF). University of Tulsa. p. 180. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  15. ↑ "1942 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Tulsa Drafted Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.


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