The 1940 California Golden Bears football team season was an American football team that represented the University of California in Berkeley during the 1940 college football season. Under head coach Stub Allison, the team compiled an overall record of 4–6 and 3–4 in conference.[1][2]
| 1940 California Golden Bears football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 4–6 (3–4 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | California Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Stanford $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Washington | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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California was ranked at No. 40 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | Michigan* | L 0–41 | 35,401 | ||
| October 5 | Saint Mary's* |
| W 9–6 | 50,000 | [4] |
| October 12 | Washington State |
| L 6–9 | 25,000 | [5] |
| October 19 | UCLA |
| W 9–7 | 40,000 | |
| October 26 | at No. 16 Washington | L 6–7 | 25,000 | [6] | |
| November 2 | Oregon State |
| L 13–19 | 20,000 | [7] |
| November 9 | at USC | W 20–7 | 50,000 | [8] | |
| November 16 | Oregon |
| W 14–6 | ||
| November 30 | No. 3 Stanford |
| L 7–13 | ||
| December 28 | Georgia Tech* | L 0–13 | |||
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References
edit- ^ "1940 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
- ^ "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 163. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Prescott Sullivan (October 6, 1940). "Bears Come Back, 9-6: Al Derian Provides Punch". San Francisco Examiner. pp. Sports 2, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
- ^ 2017 Washington Football Information (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. p. 190.
- ^ "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 165.
- ^ USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.
- ^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 163. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.
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