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1942 California

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

Schedule and results

California in 1942, game by game: won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 6–0; lost at Oregon State 8–13; lost vs. Santa Clara 6–7; lost vs. UCLA 0–21; won at Washington 19–6; won vs. Oregon 20–7; lost at USC 7–21; won vs. Montana 13–0; lost vs. Stanford 7–26; won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 12–6+13−21Won 6–0 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)+6Saint Mary’s (C…Lost 8–13 at Oregon State-5Oregon StateLost 6–7 vs. Santa Clara-1Santa ClaraLost 0–21 vs. UCLA-21UCLAWon 19–6 at Washington+13WashingtonWon 20–7 vs. Oregon+13OregonLost 7–21 at USC-14USCWon 13–0 vs. Montana+13MontanaLost 7–26 vs. Stanford-19StanfordWon 12–6 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight+6Saint Mary’s (C…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsSaint Mary’s (CA)W 6–⁠060%
Oct 3atOregon StateL 8–⁠1333%
Oct 10vsSanta ClaraL 6–⁠741%
Oct 17vsUCLAL 0–⁠2164%
Oct 24atWashingtonW 19–⁠629%
Oct 31vsOregonW 20–⁠764%
Nov 7atUSCL 7–⁠2155%
Nov 14vsMontanaW 13–⁠087%
Nov 21vsStanfordL 7–⁠2649%
Dec 5vsSaint Mary’s (CA) Pre-FlightW 12–⁠646%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 12–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 57th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Led the nationFrank Porto: kickoff return yards (483 yds)

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
98–⁠107
Coach
Stub Allison
Elo
1506 −17 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−3.5 No. 79 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • John FergusonEAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Jim JurovichRBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1942 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1942 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠17–⁠413
Washington State5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠217
Stanford5–⁠26–⁠412
USC4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State4–⁠44–⁠5–⁠1
Washington3–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠3
California3–⁠45–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠53–⁠7
Montana0–⁠60–⁠8

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