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1938 California

10–⁠1 (6–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Stub Allison, finished No. 14 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

California in 1938, game by game: won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 12–7; won at Washington State 27–3; won vs. UC Davis 48–0; won vs. Pacific 39–0; won vs. UCLA 20–7; won at Washington 14–7; won vs. Oregon State 13–7; lost at No. 13 USC 7–13; won vs. Oregon 20–0; won vs. Stanford 6–0; won vs. Georgia Tech 13–0+48−6Won 12–7 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)+5Saint Mary’s (C…Won 27–3 at Washington State+24Washington StateWon 48–0 vs. UC Davis+48UC DavisWon 39–0 vs. Pacific+39PacificWon 20–7 vs. UCLA+13UCLAWon 14–7 at Washington+7WashingtonWon 13–7 vs. Oregon State+6Oregon StateLost 7–13 at No. 13 USC-6No. 13 USCWon 20–0 vs. Oregon+20OregonWon 6–0 vs. Stanford+6StanfordWon 13–0 vs. Georgia Tech+13Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 24vsSaint Mary’s (CA)W 12–⁠773%
Oct 1atWashington StateW 27–⁠367%
Oct 7vsUC DavisW 48–⁠098%
Oct 8vsPacificW 39–⁠096%
Oct 15vsUCLAW 20–⁠779%
Oct 22atWashingtonW 14–⁠768%
Oct 29vsOregon StateW 13–⁠783%
Nov 5at13USCL 7–⁠1356%
Nov 12vsOregonW 20–⁠084%
Nov 19vsStanfordW 6–⁠084%
Dec 26vsGeorgia TechW 13–⁠080%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 13–⁠0; No. 14 in the final AP poll; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 3
  2. Wk 2: 3
  3. Wk 3: 3
  4. Wk 4: 14
  5. Wk 5: 9
  6. Wk 6: 9
  7. Wk 7: 12
  8. Final: 14

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1938.

Pacific Coast Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference, shared with USC

Heisman voteVic Bottari, fifth

Consensus All-AmericanVic Bottari, RB

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1 shared first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 14 peak No. 3
Points
219–⁠44
Coach
Stub Allison
Elo
1713 +63 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
14.4 No. 12 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1939

The 1939 draft
Rd 4Vic Bottari BBrooklyn Dodgers
Rd 6Dave Anderson BWashington Redskins

All-Pacific Coast

4 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1938 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1938 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠110–⁠114
USC6–⁠19–⁠27
UCLA4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon4–⁠44–⁠5
Washington3–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Idaho2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠53–⁠6
Washington State1–⁠72–⁠8
Montana0–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1

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