The 1941 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team was an

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team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as

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) in the

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(NCC) during the

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. In its first season under head coach

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, the team compiled a 2–7 record (2–4 against NCC opponents) and finished fourth in the NCC. The team played its home games at

Dacotah Field Dacotah Field is an outdoor stadium in the north central United States, on the campus of North Dakota State University (NDSU) in Fargo, North Dakota. It is the former home of the NDSU Bison football team. The field runs east-west at an approxim ...

Fargo, North Dakota Fargo ( /ˈfɑɹɡoʊ/) is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, North Dakota, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 125,990, making it the most populous city in the state and the 219th-most populous city in ...

. Prior to the 1941 season, the Bison had not won a game against a NCC opponent since 1938. The team broke the streak with two conference victories in 1941.

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