1942 UCLA Bruins football team

1942 UCLA Bruins football
1942 UCLA Bruins football
PCC champion
Rose Bowl, L 0–9 vs. Georgia
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 13
Record	7–4 (6–1 PCC)
Head coach	Edwin C. Horrell (4th season);
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

The 1942 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1942 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Edwin C. Horrell, the Bruins compiled a 7–4 record (6–1 conference), finished in first place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and lost to Georgia in the 1943 Rose Bowl.^[1]

1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 13 UCLA $	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	5	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	2
No. 12 Stanford	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Oregon State	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Washington	3	–	3	–	2	4	–	3	–	3
California	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Montana	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

UCLA was ranked at No. 33 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	TCU*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 6–7	15,000	^[3]
October 3	Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–18	20,000	^[4]
October 10	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 30–7	36,000	^[5]
October 17	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	W 21–0	35,000	^[6]
October 24	No. 9 Santa Clara*	No. 14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 14–6	45,000	^[7]
October 31	Stanford	No. 11	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 20–7	55,000	^[8]
November 7	at Oregon	No. 10	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	L 7–14	8,000	^[9]
November 21	Washington	No. 18	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 14–10	32,000
December 5	Idaho	No. 13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 40–13	25,000	^[10]
December 12	USC	No. 13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 14–7	90,000
January 1	vs. Georgia	No. 13	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 0–9	90,000	^[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final
AP	—	14	11	10 (1)	18	18т	11	13

^ "1942 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Wolf, Al (September 26, 1942). "Frogs come from behind". Los Angeles Times.
^ Wolf, Al (October 4, 1942). "Navy wins over bruins". Los Angeles Times.
^ "2016 Oregon State Beavers Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.
^ "U.C.L.A. CHECKS CALIFORNIA BY 21-0". New York Times. October 18, 1942.
^ Wolf, Al (October 25, 1942). "Broncos bow to bruins". Los Angeles Times.
^ Wolf, Al (November 1, 1942). "Bruins spot stanford touchdown, then win". Los Angeles Times.
^ "OREGON RISES IN FOURTH PERIOD TO UPSET UCLA, 14-7". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 8, 1942.
^ Wolf, Al (December 6, 1942). "Bruins rout vandals; trojans club grizzlies". Los Angeles Times.
^ Paul Zimmerman (January 2, 1943). "Georgia Beats U.C.L.A., 9-0". The Los Angeles Times. pp. I-1, II-12 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.

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