1941 Butler Bulldogs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1941
| team = Butler Bulldogs
| sport = football
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| conference = Indiana Intercollegiate Conference
| short_conf = IIC
| record = 5–4
| conf_record = 3–1
| head_coach = Tony Hinkle
| hc_year = 3rd
| captain = Bob Roberts
| stadium = Butler Bowl
}}
{{1941 Indiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings}}
The 1941 Butler Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Butler University as a member of the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference (IIC) during the 1941 college football season. In its third season under head coach Tony Hinkle, the team compiled a 5–4 record.{{cite news|title=Butler Football Records|publisher=Butler University|year=2017|accessdate=September 16, 2019|url=https://butlersports.com/documents/2016/5/31/Football_Records.pdf}} The team played its home games at the Butler Bowl in Indianapolis.
Six Butler players were selected by The Indianapolis News to its All-Indiana college football teams: center Zane Powell (1st team); end Robert Roberts (1st team); back Boris Dimancheff (1st team); guard Lowell Toelle (2nd team); tackle Dan Zavella (2nd team); and end Harold Miller (3rd team).{{cite news|title=The 1941 News All-Indiana College Team|newspaper=The Indianapolis News|date=November 29, 1941|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38046988/the_1941_news_allindiana_college_team/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Butler was ranked at No. 145 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.{{cite news|title=Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 26, 1941|page=Sports 4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123088221/gophers-grid-kings-over-6-year-span/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
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|September 19||{{cfb link|year=1941|team=Saint Joseph's Pumas|title=Saint Joseph's (IN)}}|Butler Bowl|Indianapolis, IN|L 6-13|8,000|{{cite news|title=Bulldogs Lose First League Tilt Since '33|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|author=Chris Hankemeier|date=September 20, 1941|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36357166/bulldogs_lose_first_league_tilt_since/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|September 26|at|Xavier
|October 3||Western Michigan
|October 10||Ball State|Butler Bowl|Indianapolis, IN|W 13-6||{{cite news|title=Butler Gridmen End Losing Streak by Besting Ball State, 13 to 6|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|date=October 11, 1941|page=15|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36357051/butler_gridmen_end_losing_streak_by/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 18|at|DePauw|Blackstock Memorial Stadium|Greencastle, IN|W 20-6|3,000|{{cite news|title=Butler Conquers DePauw: Blue Team's Rally Drops Tigers, 20-6|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|author=Albert W. Bloemker|date=October 19, 1941|page=III-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36030399/butler_conquers_depauw_blue_teams/}}
|October 25||Ohio
|November 1||{{cfb link|year=1941|team=Wabash Little Giants|title=Wabash}}|Butler Bowl|Indianapolis, IN|W 26-0||{{cite news|title=Butler Trounces Wabash|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|author=W. Blaine Patton|date=November 2, 1941|pages=37, 41|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36356674/butler_trounces_wabash/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 8|at|Toledo
|November 15||Washington University
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