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1943 California

4–⁠6 (2–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Stub Allison.

Schedule and results

California in 1943, game by game: won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 27–12; lost vs. USC 0–7; lost vs. No. 20 Pacific 6–12; won at UCLA 13–0; lost vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 0–39; lost at No. 5 USC 0–13; won vs. San Francisco 32–0; won vs. UCLA 13–6; lost vs. Alameda Coast Guard 0–7; lost vs. No. 10 Del Monte Pre-Flight 8–47+32−39Won 27–12 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)+15Saint Mary’s (C…Lost 0–7 vs. USC-7USCLost 6–12 vs. No. 20 Pacific-6No. 20 PacificWon 13–0 at UCLA+13UCLALost 0–39 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight-39Saint Mary’s (C…Lost 0–13 at No. 5 USC-13No. 5 USCWon 32–0 vs. San Francisco+32San FranciscoWon 13–6 vs. UCLA+7UCLALost 0–7 vs. Alameda Coast Guard-7Alameda Coast G…Lost 8–47 vs. No. 10 Del Monte Pre-Flight-39No. 10 Del Monte Pre-F…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsSaint Mary’s (CA)W 27–⁠1254%
Oct 2vsUSCL 0–⁠756%
Oct 9vs20PacificL 6–⁠1281%
Oct 16atUCLAW 13–⁠048%
Oct 23vsSaint Mary’s (CA) Pre-FlightL 0–⁠3961%
Oct 30at5USCL 0–⁠1323%
Nov 6vsSan FranciscoW 32–⁠074%
Nov 13vsUCLAW 13–⁠674%
Nov 20vsAlameda Coast GuardL 0–⁠778%
Nov 27vs10Del Monte Pre-FlightL 8–⁠4735%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Del Monte Pre-Flight 47–⁠8; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 99th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 20
Record
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠2 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
99–⁠143
Coach
Stub Allison
Elo
1407 −97 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.7 No. 28 of 76 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Art HoneggerRBAP-1; UP-2

Second team

  • Fred BoenschOTAP-2
  • Mill HatchenOTUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1943 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1943 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC4–⁠08–⁠2
California2–⁠24–⁠6
Washington0–⁠01–⁠112
UCLA0–⁠41–⁠8

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