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1939 California

3–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Stub Allison.

Schedule and results

California in 1939, game by game: won vs. UC Davis 32–14; lost vs. Pacific 0–6; lost vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 3–7; lost vs. Oregon 0–6; won vs. Washington State 13–7; lost vs. No. 8 USC 0–26; lost at No. 19 UCLA 7–20; lost vs. Washington 6–13; lost at No. 19 Oregon State 0–21; won at Stanford 32–14+18−26Won 32–14 vs. UC Davis+18UC DavisLost 0–6 vs. Pacific-6PacificLost 3–7 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)-4Saint Mary’s (C…Lost 0–6 vs. Oregon-6OregonWon 13–7 vs. Washington State+6Washington StateLost 0–26 vs. No. 8 USC-26No. 8 USCLost 7–20 at No. 19 UCLA-13No. 19 UCLALost 6–13 vs. Washington-7WashingtonLost 0–21 at No. 19 Oregon State-21No. 19 Oregon StateWon 32–14 at Stanford+18Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsUC DavisW 32–⁠1497%
Sep 30vsPacificL 0–⁠694%
Oct 7vsSaint Mary’s (CA)L 3–⁠759%
Oct 14vsOregonL 0–⁠670%
Oct 21vsWashington StateW 13–⁠769%
Oct 28vs8USCL 0–⁠2645%
Nov 4at19UCLAL 7–⁠2034%
Nov 11vsWashingtonL 6–⁠1365%
Nov 18at19Oregon StateL 0–⁠2130%
Nov 25atStanfordW 32–⁠1453%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stanford 32–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

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 1939.

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
93–⁠134
Coach
Stub Allison
Elo
1495 −147 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.2 No. 81 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1940

The 1940 draft
Rd 6Lou Smith BNew York Giants

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

  • Lee ArtoeOTAP-1; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1939 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1939 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC5–⁠0–⁠28–⁠0–⁠23
Oregon State6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠1–⁠1
UCLA5–⁠0–⁠36–⁠0–⁠47
Washington4–⁠44–⁠5
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠54–⁠5
Montana1–⁠23–⁠6
California2–⁠53–⁠7
Stanford0–⁠6–⁠11–⁠7–⁠1
Idaho0–⁠32–⁠6

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