In its 12th season under head coach Jimmy Phelan, the team compiled a 5–4 record, finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 120 to 94.
26 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.
[2] After the season in mid-December, Phelan and his two assistants were fired.
[3][4][5] Assistant Ralph Welch was rehired as head coach for 1942.
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