The 1941 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State Normal School—now known as California State University, Fresno—during the 1941 college football season.

Fresno State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by sixth-year head coach James Bradshaw and played home games at Ratcliffe Stadium on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished the season as co-champions of the CCAA, with a record of four wins, three losses and two ties (4–3–2, 2–0–1 CCAA). The Bulldogs outscored their opponents 118–90 for the season, including shutting out their opponents four times.

Fresno State was ranked at No. 123 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.^[1]

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	West Texas State*	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	L 6–7	11,000	[2]
October 4	Camp Haan (CA)*	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	T 7–7		[3]
October 11	at Santa Barbara State	La Playa Stadium Santa Barbara, CA	W 26–0	5,000	[4]
October 18	at Nevada*	Mackay Stadium[note 1] Reno, NV	W 6–3	4,000	[6]
October 25	San Diego State	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA (rivalry)	W 26–0	6,720	[7]
November 1	San Francisco*	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	L 27–47	12,000	[8]
November 11	Pacific (CA)*	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	W 13–0	13,000	[9]
November 14	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (rivalry)	T 0–0	10,000	[10]
November 20	Arizona State*	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	L 7–26	8,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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No Fresno State Bulldog players were selected in the 1942 NFL draft.^[13][14]

The following Fresno State Bulldog players finished their college career in 1941, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.