1941 Portland Pilots football team

The 1941 Portland Pilots football team was an American football team that represented the University of Portland as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its fifth year under head coach Robert L. Mathews, the team compiled a 3–5 record.

1941 Portland Pilots football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5
Head coach	Robert L. Mathews (5th season)
Home stadium	Multnomah Stadium
Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Hawaii			–					8	–	1	–	0
Santa Clara			–					6	–	3	–	0
San Francisco			–					6	–	4	–	0
Idaho Southern Branch			–					5	–	1	–	2
Cal Poly			–					5	–	3	–	1
Saint Mary's			–					5	–	4	–	0
Loyola (CA)			–					5	–	5	–	0
Nevada			–					3	–	5	–	1
Portland			–					3	–	5	–	0
Gonzaga			–					3	–	7	–	0
San Francisco State			–					2	–	4	–	1
Humboldt State			–					2	–	5	–	1
La Verne			–					0	–	6	–	0

Portland was ranked at No. 218 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.^[1]

The team played its home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, Oregon.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Hawaii	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 6–33	9,000	[2]
September 25	Pacific (OR)	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 30–7		[3]
October 2	Willamette	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 0–26		[4]
October 19	at Saint Mary's	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 0–31	< 5,000	[5]
October 26	at Gonzaga	Gonzaga Stadium Spokane, WA	L 13–19	2,500	[6][7]
November 2	Fort Ord	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 25–28		[8]
November 16	Gonzaga	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 37–0		[9][10]
November 21	at Pacific Lutheran	Tacoma, WA	W 20–6		[11]