1941 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

The 1941 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Cam Henderson, the team compiled a 7–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 217 to 47. Jim Pearcy and Ed Ulinski were the team captains.^[1]

1941 Marshall Thundering Herd football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–1
Head coach	Cam Henderson (7th season)
Captain	Jim Pearcy, Ed Ulinski
Home stadium	Fairfield Stadium
Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Southern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
East Carolina			–					7	–	0	–	0
Delaware			–					7	–	0	–	1
Virginia			–					8	–	1	–	0
Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 10 Navy			–					7	–	1	–	1
Georgetown			–					5	–	4	–	0
Western Maryland			–					3	–	4	–	1
West Virginia			–					4	–	6	–	0
Roanoke			–					3	–	5	–	0
Sewanee			–					2	–	5	–	0
Delaware State			–					1	–	4	–	0
Georgia Teachers			–					2	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Marshall was ranked at No. 53 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 20	Omaha	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 62–6
September 27	Illinois Wesleyan	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 51–7
October 4	at Dayton	Dayton Stadium Dayton, OH	L 0–7	[3]
October 11	Toledo	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 13–7	[4]
October 18	Western Kentucky State Teachers	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 34–7
October 25	at Scranton	Scranton, PA	W 13–0
November 1	Wake Forest	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 28–7	[5]
November 8	Morehead State	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 28–7