1941 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1941 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Dixie champion
ConferenceDixie Conference
Record7–1–1 (4–0–1 Dixie)
Head coach
CaptainFrank Grigonis
Home stadiumChamberlain Field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Dixie Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Chattanooga $ 4 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Howard (AL) 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Mississippi College 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Millsaps 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Southwestern (TN) 0 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Mercer 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Spring Hill 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 Chattanooga Moccasins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chattanooga as a member of the Dixie Conference during the 1941 college football season. In its 11th year under head coach Scrappy Moore, the team compiled a 7–1–1 (4–0–1 against conference opponents), outscored opponents by a total of 209 to 62, and won the Dixie Conference championship.[1]

Fullback Frank Grigonis was the team captain.[1] He played for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League in 1942. Chattanooga players took five of the eleven first-team places on the 1941 All-Dixie Conference football team selected by the Chattanooga News-Press: backs Grigonis and Sib Evans; tackle Tom Barber; guard Slug Burney; and center J.D. Langley.[2]

Chattanooga was ranked at No. 84 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[3]

The team played its home games at Chamberlain Field in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Tennessee Tech*
W 26–94,567[4]
October 4at Georgia Tech*
L 0–2010,000[5]
October 11Mississippi College
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 26–6[6]
October 17at Howard (AL)
T 7–75,000[7]
October 24Southwestern (TN)
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 7–04,632[8]
October 31Spring Hill
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 49–01,750[9]
November 8at Centre*
W 27–7[10]
November 15Sewanee*
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 27–0[11]
November 27Mercer
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 40–133,988[12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ a b "University of Chattanooga Media Guide". University of Chattanooga. 2019. p. 156.
  2. ^ "Chattanooga Places Five on All-Dixie". The Nashville Tennessean. December 15, 1941. p. 11 – 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. ^ "Chattanooga Defeats Tennessee Tech, 26-19". The Birmingham News. September 27, 1941. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ John Martin (October 5, 1941). "Georgia Tech Downs Stubborn Chattanooga Team, 20-0". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 6B – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Chocs Take Licking At Chattanooga". Clarion-Ledger. October 11, 1941. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Jerry Bryan (October 18, 1941). "Howard Deadlocks Chattanooga 7-7 In Surprise Outcome". The Birmingham News. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Moccasins Repulse Lynx, 7-0". The Knoxville Journal. October 25, 1941. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Moccasins Romp Over Spring Hill". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 1, 1941. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "'Noogans Shellack Colonels". The Knoxville Journal. November 9, 1941. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Chattanooga Tops Sewanee By 27 To 0". The Knoxville Journal. November 16, 1941. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Chattanooga Captures Dixie Gridiron Title". The Knoxville Journal. November 28, 1941. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.