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1941 Colorado A&M Aggies football team

season of football team

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ60525145 ↗
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The 1941 Colorado A&M Aggies football team represented Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1941 college football season. In their 31st season under head coach Harry W. Hughes, the Aggies compiled a 4–2–1 record (3–2–1 against MSC opponents), tied for fourth place in the MSC, and outscored opponents by a total of 109 to 77.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1941—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Colorado, Aggies and football providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “1941 Colorado A&M Aggies football team” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.