| 1941New Mexico Lobos football | |
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| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 5–4–1 (3–2–1 Border) |
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| Home stadium | Hilltop Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Mines | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State–Flagstaff | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1941 New Mexico Lobos football team represented theUniversity of New Mexico in theBorder Conference during the1941 college football season. In their fifth and final season under head coachTed Shipkey, the Lobos compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–2–1 against Border opponents), finished fifth in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a total of 135 to 116.[1][2]
Guard William Thompson was selected by the conference coaches as a second-team player on the 1941 All-Border Conference football team.[3]
New Mexico was ranked at No. 165 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under theLitkenhous Difference by Score System.[4]
One week after the season ended, the United States enteredWorld War II following theAttack on Pearl Harbor. In May 1942, New Mexico's head football coach, Ted Shipkey, was commissioned as a captain in the Army Air Corps and ordered to report to Albuquerque Air Base for assignment. In his five seasons at New Mexico, Shipkey compiled a 26–17–2 record.[5]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 26 | Arizona State–Flagstaff | W 12–6 | 5,000 | [6] | |||
| October 4 | Texas Mines |
| W 16–14 | 6,000 | [7] | ||
| October 11 | atArizona State | T 0–0 | 4,000 | [8] | |||
| October 18 | Arizona |
| L 6–31 | 10,000 | [9] | ||
| October 24 | atTexas Tech | L 0–36 | 7,000 | [10] | |||
| November 1 | Nevada* |
| W 23–7 | [11] | |||
| November 8 | atNew Mexico A&M |
| W 28–0 | 5,000 | [12] | ||
| November 15 | atMarquette* | L 0–34 | 12,000 | [13] | |||
| November 22 | Loyola (CA)* |
| L 3–7 | 3,500 | [14] | ||
| November 29 | Wyoming* |
| W 28–0 | [15] | |||
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