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1941 Western Michigan Broncos football
1941 Western Michigan Broncos football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–0
Head coach	Mike Gary (13th season);
MVP	Horace Coleman
Captain	Bob Metzger
Home stadium	Waldo Stadium
	Seasons ← 1940 1942 →

1941 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Western Michigan		–		8	–	0	–	0
No. 3 Notre Dame		–		8	–	0	–	1
Youngstown		–		7	–	0	–	1
Xavier		–		9	–	1	–	0
Detroit		–		7	–	2	–	0
Ohio		–		5	–	2	–	1
Dayton		–		7	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		6	–	3	–	0
Akron		–		5	–	3	–	1
Michigan State		–		5	–	3	–	1
Central Michigan		–		4	–	3	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan		–		5	–	4	–	0
Marquette		–		4	–	5	–	0
Carthage		–		1	–	5	–	2
Wayne		–		2	–	6	–	0
Miami (OH)		–		2	–	7	–	0
Western Ontario		–		1	–	4	–	0
Wichita		–		1	–	6	–	1
Michigan State Normal		–		0	–	5	–	2
Detroit Tech		–		0	–	6	–	1

The 1941 Western Michigan Broncos football team was an American football team that represented Michigan College of Education (later renamed Western Michigan University) during the 1941 college football season. In their 13th and final season under head coach Mike Gary, the Hilltoppers compiled an 8–0 record, shut out four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 183 to 27.^[1] The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.^[2]

End Bob Metzger was the team captain.^[3] For the second consecutive year, halfback Horace Coleman received the team's most outstanding player award.^[4]

Western Michigan was ranked at No. 85 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.^[5]

With the United States entry into World War II after the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Mike Gary left his position as head football coach at Western Michigan and served three years in the Naval Air Corps with the rank of commander.^[6]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Western Reserve	League Park Cleveland	W 7–0	4,000	^[7]
October 3	at Butler	Butler Bowl Indianapolis, IN	W 14–6	3,500	^[8]
October 18	at Iowa State Teachers	O. R. Latham Stadium Cedar Falls, IA	W 28–7	6,000	^[9]
October 25	Toledo	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	W 34–0		^[10]
November 1	Western Kentucky State Teachers	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	W 21–7		^[11]
November 8	Manchester (IN)	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	W 12–0		^[12]
November 15	at Wayne	Keyworth Stadium Detroit	W 34–0	10,000	^[13]
November 20	Ripon	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	W 33–7		^[14]