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1934 California

6–⁠6 (3–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by William Ingram.

Schedule and results

California in 1934, game by game: won vs. UC Davis 54–0; won vs. Nevada 33–0; lost vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 0–7; won vs. Pacific 7–6; won vs. UCLA 3–0; lost at Washington 7–13; lost vs. Santa Clara 0–20; won at USC 7–2; won vs. Idaho 45–13; lost vs. Stanford 7–9; lost at Hawaii All-Stars 13–26; lost at Hawai’i 0–14+54−20Won 54–0 vs. UC Davis+54UC DavisWon 33–0 vs. Nevada+33NevadaLost 0–7 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)-7Saint Mary’s (C…Won 7–6 vs. Pacific+1PacificWon 3–0 vs. UCLA+3UCLALost 7–13 at Washington-6WashingtonLost 0–20 vs. Santa Clara-20Santa ClaraWon 7–2 at USC+5USCWon 45–13 vs. Idaho+32IdahoLost 7–9 vs. Stanford-2StanfordLost 13–26 at Hawaii All-Stars-13Hawaii All-StarsLost 0–14 at Hawai’i-14Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsUC DavisW 54–⁠094%
Sep 29vsNevadaW 33–⁠094%
Oct 6vsSaint Mary’s (CA)L 0–⁠753%
Oct 13vsPacificW 7–⁠690%
Oct 20vsUCLAW 3–⁠059%
Oct 27atWashingtonL 7–⁠1335%
Nov 3vsSanta ClaraL 0–⁠2060%
Nov 10atUSCW 7–⁠226%
Nov 17vsIdahoW 45–⁠1368%
Nov 24vsStanfordL 7–⁠936%
Dec 25atHawaii All-StarsL 13–⁠2681%
Jan 1atHawai’iL 0–⁠1476%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Hawai’i 14–⁠0; 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 94th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠2 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
176–⁠110
Coach
William Ingram
Elo
1425 −105 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.0 No. 37 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

  • Arleigh WilliamsRBAP-1; NEA-1; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1934 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1934 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford5–⁠09–⁠1–⁠1
Washington State4–⁠0–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1
Washington5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠1–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠26–⁠4
California3–⁠26–⁠6
UCLA2–⁠37–⁠3
USC1–⁠4–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠5
Oregon State0–⁠5–⁠23–⁠6–⁠2
Montana0–⁠4–⁠12–⁠5–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.