UCLA at Florida

Saturday, December 20, 1941

UCLA beat Florida 30–⁠27. It was their third meeting; after it, UCLA led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayUCLA5–⁠5–⁠1 in 1941
30
HomeFlorida4–⁠6 in 1941
27

FinalHigh 70°F, low 51°FAttendance 8,000

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: .UCLA II Rallies To Beat Florida

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, December 21, 1941, page 1

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    .UCLA II Rallies To Beat Florida JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Dec. q GNSj The University OF Florida and the University of California al Los Angeles rang down the curtain on the regular football season today, with the Cal!fornianS scoring a 80 10 u victory after once trailing 20 to 6. Snelling’S fourth period field goal from 10 yards out proved 10 be the winning margin. Florida was on the way to a winning touchdown when the CUR stopped a drive that had carried from the Florida 20 10 Califor. MAS 30

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Florida 64% to win. UCLA won as Elo’s underdog.

UCLA leads 3–⁠2 in five meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1987UCLA 20, Florida 16Aloha Bowl
1958Florida 21, UCLA 14
1941UCLA 30, Florida 27
1932Florida 12, UCLA 2
1931UCLA 13, Florida 0

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