The 1941 St. Cloud State Huskies football team was an American football team that represented St. Cloud State Teachers College (later renamed St. Cloud State University) as a member of the Northern Teachers College Conference (NTCC) during the 1941 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Warren Kasch, the Huskies compiled a perfect 7–0 record (4–0 in NTCC games), won the NTCC championship, shut out five of seven opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 108 to 21.
Left halfback Louis Filippi was selected as the most valuable player in the NTCC. Five St. Cloud players received all-conference honors: Filippi; quarterback Fritz Bierhaus; guards Earl Teas and Harvey Shew; and tackle Ken Zakariasen. Teas and Don Klein were the team captains.
Schedule
Game summaries Stevens Point On October 25, St. Cloud won its sixth game, defeating , 20–14, in a non-conference game in St. Cloud. The St. Cloud Times wrote that halfback Louis Filippi played like a jackrabbit who "danced circles around the big but slow Pointers as he galloped for gain after gain". St. Cloud out-gained Stevens Point by 242 rushing yards to 45 and had 16 first downs to five for Stevens Point. St. Cloud attempted only five pases, completing two. Both of Stevens Point's touchdowns resulted from fumbles on St. Cloud's 11-yard line.
Bemidji State On October 31, St. Cloud concluded its season with a 21–0 road victory against at Bemidji, Minnesota. Co-captain Don Klein scored St. Cloud's first touchdown in the second quarter. Co-captain Earl Teas kicked the estra point. in the fourth quarter, St. Cloud recovered a Bemidji fumble at the Bemidji 35-yard line and drove to the three-yard line where Fritz Bierhause scored on a quarterback sneak. Teas again kicked the extra point. With the victory, St. Cloud won its second consecutive conference championship and its fourth in seven years.
Personnel Players
Fritz Bierhaus, Brainerd Lester Blume, Osakis Edward Eggers, New Ulm Louis Filippi, Keewatin Bob Gray, Stacy Henry Hambrecht, New Ulm Henry Hammer, Granite Falls Jim Hills, Clarissa Wilbur Kessler, Minneapolis Don Klein, St. Cloud, co-captain Ambrose Kramer, Osakis Ted Kruger, Redwood Falls Ken Lindholm, Princeton Jerome Marsolek, Royalton Marv Mathre, Glenwood Jerome McCarthy, St Cloud Bob Miller, St. Cloud Ralph Pearson, Minneapolis Don Renn, St. Cloud Jim Roes, Wadena Harvey Shew, Brainerd Earl Teas, Watertown, co-captain Bud Whelan, Minneapolis Stanton Williams, Clear Lake Ken Zakariasen, Excelsior
Staff Warren Kasch, head coach Edward Coletti, assistant coach Winfield Pehrson, trainer A.S. Mathiasen, bus driver
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