The 1941 West Texas State Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented West Texas State College (now known as West Texas A&M University) in the Border Conference during the 1941 college football season. ^[1] In its second season under head coach Jack Curtice, the team compiled an 8–2 record (4–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 298 to 100. ^{[2] [3]} The 1941 season was the first for West Texas as a member of the Border Conference. The team played its home games at Buffalo Stadium in Canyon, Texas. ^[4]

The team averaged 29.8 points per game, ranking fourth among 119 major college programs for the 1941 season. ^[3] The team was led by halfback Ben Collins who was one of the nation's leading scorers. ^{[5] [6] [7]} Collins and fullback Larry Sanders were selected by the conference coaches as first-team players on the 1941 All-Border Conference football team. Tackle Cletus Kuehler and guard Jold Farbus were named to the second team. ^[8]

West Texas was ranked at No. 91 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941. ^[9]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Oklahoma City*	Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	W 34–0		[5]
September 27	at Fresno State*	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	W 7–6	11,000	[10]
October 4	at Arizona State	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 13–7	4,500	[11]
October 11	New Mexico A&M	Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	W 51–0		[12]
October 18	Western State (CO)*	Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	W 66–0		[6]
October 25	at Arizona State–Flagstaff	Buffalo Stadium Flagstaff, AZ	W 27–0		[13]
November 1	at Hardin-Simmons	Abilene, TX	L 13–20	4,000	[14]
November 8	St. Mary's (TX)*	Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	W 40–21	6,000	[15]
November 15	at Texas Mines	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 40–7	4,000	[16]
November 22	at Texas A&I*	Kingsville, TX	L 7–39		[7]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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