1941 California

4–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Stub Allison.

Schedule and results

California in 1941, game by game: won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 31–0; lost at Washington State 6–13; lost vs. Santa Clara 0–13; lost at Oregon 7–19; won vs. USC 14–0; won at UCLA 27–7; lost vs. Washington 6–13; lost vs. Oregon State 0–6; won at Stanford 16–0+31−13Won 31–0 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)+31Saint Mary’s (C…Lost 6–13 at Washington State-7Washington StateLost 0–13 vs. Santa Clara-13Santa ClaraLost 7–19 at Oregon-12OregonWon 14–0 vs. USC+14USCWon 27–7 at UCLA+20UCLALost 6–13 vs. Washington-7WashingtonLost 0–6 vs. Oregon State-6Oregon StateWon 16–0 at Stanford+16Stanford
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Stanford 16–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 42nd-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 1941.

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
107–⁠71
Coach
Stub Allison
Elo
1535 +50 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.0 No. 25 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1942

The 1942 draft
Rd 5Bob Reinhard OTChicago Cardinals

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1941 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1941 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State7–⁠28–⁠212
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠419
Washington5–⁠35–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon4–⁠45–⁠5
UCLA3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
California3–⁠44–⁠5
USC2–⁠4–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Montana1–⁠36–⁠3
Idaho0–⁠44–⁠5

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