The 1941 Ball State Cardinals football team was an

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team that represented

Ball State University Ball State University (Ball State, State or BSU) is a public university, public research university in Muncie, Indiana. It has two satellite facilities in Fishers, Indiana, Fishers and Indianapolis. On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, indust ...

as a member of the

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(IIC) during the

1941 college football season The 1941 college football regular season was the 73rd season of college football, intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the 1941 Big Ten Conference football season, Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast ...

. In its seventh season under head coach John Magnabosco, the team compiled a 3–2–2 record (3–1–1 against IIC opponents). The team played its home games at Cardinal Field in

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. Two Ball State players were selected by ''The Indianapolis News'' to its All-Indiana college football teams: guard Paul Miller (1st team); and end Ralph Bibler (2nd team). Ball State was ranked at No. 229 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.

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Ball State Ball State University (Ball State, State or BSU) is a public research university in Muncie, Indiana. It has two satellite facilities in Fishers and Indianapolis. On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, industrialists and founders of the Ball C ...

Ball State Cardinals football seasons

Ball State Cardinals football The Ball State Cardinals football team is a college football program representing Ball State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football. Mike Neu is the head coach. ...

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