1941 Central Michigan Bearcats football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1941

| team = Central Michigan Bearcats

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Independent

| record = 4–3

| head_coach = Ron Finch

| hc_year = 5th

| captain =

| stadium = Alumni Field

| next = 1942

}}

The 1941 Central Michigan Bearcats football team represented Central Michigan College of Education, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Ron Finch, the Bearcats compiled a 4–3 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 76 to 44. The team held six of seven opponents to fewer than seven points, but lost in a 45–0 rout against Gus Dorais' Detroit Titans.{{cite web|title=Central Michigan 2015 Football Media Guide|publisher=Central Michigan University|accessdate=July 22, 2016|pages=100, 109|year=2015|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cmu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/2015-Football-Media-Guide.pdf|archive-date=October 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026171041/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cmu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/2015-Football-Media-Guide.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Schedule

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|October 3| |{{cfb link|year=1941|team=Northern State Teachers|title=Northern State Teachers (MI)}}|Alumni Field|Mount Pleasant, MI|W 7–0|

|October 10|at|Detroit|University of Detroit Stadium|Detroit, MI|L 0–45|{{cite news|title=Piper Suffers Broken Collarbone as Titans Beat Bearcats, 45-0|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=W. W. Edgar|date=October 11, 1941|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16744946/piper_suffers_broken_collarbone_as/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 18|at|Ball State|Cardinal Field|Muncie, IN|W 7–0|{{cite news|title=Cardinals Drop Heart-Breaker To Central Michigan Eleven, 7-6: Visitors Trail To Final Period|newspaper=The Muncie Sunday Star|date=October 19, 1941|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16745239/cardinals_drop_heartbreaker_to_central/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 24|at|Michigan State Normal|Briggs Field|Ypsilanti, MI (rivalry)|W 12–6|{{cite news|title=Bearcat Rally Beats Hurons|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 25, 1941|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16746094/bearcat_rally_beats_hurons/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 1|at|Wayne|Keyworth Stadium|Hamtramck, MI|L 0–6|{{cite news|title=Wayne Beats Central Michigan, 6 to 0, for Year's First Victory|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 2, 1941|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16745076/wayne_beats_central_michigan_6_to_0/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 8| |University of Grand RapidsThe short-lived University of Grand Rapids failed financially during World War II. Gerald Ford

was the team's line coach.|Alumni Field|Mount Pleasant, MI|L 6–7|{{cite news|title=Point After Score Beats Mt. Pleasant|newspaper=The Lansing State Journal|date=November 9, 1941|page=19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16744608/point_after_score_beats_mt_pleasant/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 15| |{{cfb link|year=1941|team=DeSales Sailors|title=DeSales (OH)}}|Alumni Field|Mount Pleasant, MI|W 12–6|{{cite news|title=Bearcats Beat De Sales|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 16, 1941|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16744748/bearcats_beat_de_sales/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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References

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