1941–42 NCAA football bowl games

{{short description|College football postseason game series}}

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{{Infobox College football bowl games

| season = 1941

| regular_season =

| number_of_bowls = 5

| all_star_games = Blue–Gray Football Classic
East–West Shrine Game

| bowl_start = January 1, 1942

| bowl_end =

| champions = Minnesota (AP, consensus)

| bowl_record_link = #Conference performance in bowl games

| conference1 = SEC

| conference1_teams = 2

| conference1_wins = 2

| conference1_losses = 0

| conference1_ap_poll = 5

| conference2 = SWC

| conference2_teams = 2

| conference2_wins = 0

| conference2_losses = 2

| conference2_ap_poll = 2

| conference3 = Independent

| conference3_teams = 1

| conference3_wins = 1

| conference3_losses = 0

| conference3_ap_poll = 4

| conference4 = Missouri Valley

| conference4_teams = 1

| conference4_wins = 1

| conference4_losses = 0

| conference4_ap_poll = 0

| conference5 = PCC

| conference5_teams = 1

| conference5_wins = 1

| conference5_losses = 0

| conference5_ap_poll = 2

| conference6 = Big Six

| conference6_teams = 1

| conference6_wins = 0

| conference6_losses = 1

| conference6_ap_poll = 1

| conference7 = Border

| conference7_teams = 1

| conference7_wins = 0

| conference7_losses = 1

| conference7_ap_poll = 0

| conference8 = Southern

| conference8_teams = 1

| conference8_wins = 0

| conference8_losses = 1

| conference8_ap_poll = 1

| conference9 = Big Ten

| conference9_teams = 0

| conference9_wins = 0

| conference9_losses = 0

| conference9_ap_poll = 4

| conference10 = Ivy League

| conference10_teams = 0

| conference10_wins = 0

| conference10_losses = 0

| conference10_ap_poll = 1

}}

The 1941–42 NCAA football bowl games were the final games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 1941 college football season and featured five bowl games, each of which had been held the previous season. All five bowls were played on January 1, 1942.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-yesterdays-bowl-games/160973423/ |title=Yesterday's Bowl Games |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=1 |date=January 2, 1942 |accessdate=December 15, 2024 |via=newspapers.com}} Minnesota was the consensus selection for the national championship, according to recognized selectors.{{cite book | url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2018/FBS.pdf | title=2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records | publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association | date=August 2018 | access-date=December 11, 2018}}{{RP|112}}