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1939 UCLA

6–⁠0–⁠4 (5–⁠0–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Babe Horrell, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1939, game by game: won vs. TCU 6–2; won at Washington 14–7; tied at Stanford 14–14; won vs. Montana 20–6; won vs. Oregon 16–6; won vs. California 20–7; tied vs. No. 14 Santa Clara 0–0; tied vs. Oregon State 13–13; won vs. Washington State 24–7; tied vs. No. 3 USC 0–0+17Won 6–2 vs. TCU+4TCUWon 14–7 at Washington+7WashingtonTied 14–14 at Stanford0StanfordWon 20–6 vs. Montana+14MontanaWon 16–6 vs. Oregon+10OregonWon 20–7 vs. California+13CaliforniaTied 0–0 vs. No. 14 Santa Clara0No. 14 Santa ClaraTied 13–13 vs. Oregon State0Oregon StateWon 24–7 vs. Washington State+17Washington StateTied 0–0 vs. No. 3 USC0No. 3 USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsTCUW 6–⁠235%
Oct 7atWashingtonW 14–⁠750%
Oct 14atStanfordT 14–⁠1459%
Oct 21vsMontanaW 20–⁠685%
Oct 28vsOregonW 16–⁠669%
Nov 4vsCaliforniaW 20–⁠766%
Nov 18vs14Santa ClaraT 0–⁠049%
Nov 25vsOregon StateT 13–⁠1360%
Nov 30vsWashington StateW 24–⁠776%
Dec 9vs3USCT 0–⁠040%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied USC 0–⁠0; No. 7 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 19
  2. Wk 4: 11
  3. Wk 5: 11
  4. Wk 6: 13
  5. Wk 7: 13
  6. Wk 8: 9
  7. Final: 7

Led the nationJackie Robinson: yards per carry (12.2), punt return average (20.0); Kenny Washington: total offense (1,370 yds)

Record
6–⁠0–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠0–⁠3 tied for 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 7
Points
127–⁠62
Coach
Babe Horrell
Elo
1617 +92 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.0 No. 33 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Jack SommersOGAP-2; 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.