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1944 California

3–⁠6–⁠1 (1–⁠3–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Stub Allison.

Schedule and results

California in 1944, game by game: won vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) 31–7; won vs. UCLA 6–0; tied at USC 6–6; won vs. Pacific 14–0; lost vs. Fleet City 2–19; lost vs. Washington 7–33; lost vs. Alameda Coast Guard 6–12; lost at UCLA 0–7; lost vs. No. 12 USC 0–32; lost vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 6–33+24−32Won 31–7 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)+24Saint Mary’s (C…Won 6–0 vs. UCLA+6UCLATied 6–6 at USC0USCWon 14–0 vs. Pacific+14PacificLost 2–19 vs. Fleet City-17Fleet CityLost 7–33 vs. Washington-26WashingtonLost 6–12 vs. Alameda Coast Guard-6Alameda Coast G…Lost 0–7 at UCLA-7UCLALost 0–32 vs. No. 12 USC-32No. 12 USCLost 6–33 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight-27Saint Mary’s (C…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsSaint Mary’s (CA)W 31–⁠756%
Sep 30vsUCLAW 6–⁠067%
Oct 7atUSCT 6–⁠631%
Oct 14vsPacificW 14–⁠063%
Oct 21vsFleet CityL 2–⁠1986%
Oct 28vsWashingtonL 7–⁠3347%
Nov 4vsAlameda Coast GuardL 6–⁠1250%
Nov 11atUCLAL 0–⁠741%
Nov 18vs12USCL 0–⁠3226%
Nov 25vsSaint Mary’s (CA) Pre-FlightL 6–⁠3342%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 33–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 109th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 12

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 1944.

Led the nationJoe Stuart: punt return yards (372 yds)

Record
3–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
1–⁠3–⁠1 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
78–⁠149
Coach
Stub Allison
Elo
1331 −107 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.6 No. 68 of 95 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1945

The 1945 draft
Rd 5Roger Harding CCleveland Rams

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Dave HirschlerEAP-2; UP-2
  • Henry BorghiOTUP-2
  • Dick MadiganOGAP-2; UP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1944 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1944 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC3–⁠0–⁠28–⁠0–⁠27
Washington1–⁠15–⁠3
UCLA1–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
California1–⁠3–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1

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