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1940 UCLA

1–⁠9 (1–⁠6 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Babe Horrell.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1940, game by game: lost vs. SMU 6–9; lost vs. Santa Clara 6–9; lost vs. Texas A&M 0–7; lost at California 7–9; lost vs. Oregon State 0–7; lost vs. No. 6 Stanford 14–20; lost at Oregon 0–18; won vs. Washington State 34–26; lost vs. No. 13 Washington 0–41; lost at USC 12–28+8−41Lost 6–9 vs. SMU-3SMULost 6–9 vs. Santa Clara-3Santa ClaraLost 0–7 vs. Texas A&M-7Texas A&MLost 7–9 at California-2CaliforniaLost 0–7 vs. Oregon State-7Oregon StateLost 14–20 vs. No. 6 Stanford-6No. 6 StanfordLost 0–18 at Oregon-18OregonWon 34–26 vs. Washington State+8Washington StateLost 0–41 vs. No. 13 Washington-41No. 13 WashingtonLost 12–28 at USC-16USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 29vsSMUL 6–⁠960%
Oct 4vsSanta ClaraL 6–⁠946%
Oct 12vsTexas A&ML 0–⁠740%
Oct 19atCaliforniaL 7–⁠953%
Oct 26vsOregon StateL 0–⁠752%
Nov 2vs6StanfordL 14–⁠2047%
Nov 9atOregonL 0–⁠1846%
Nov 16vsWashington StateW 34–⁠2655%
Nov 23vs13WashingtonL 0–⁠4143%
Nov 30atUSCL 12–⁠2825%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 28–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 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 1940.

Led the nationJackie Robinson: punt return average (21.0)

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
1–⁠6 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
79–⁠174
Coach
Babe Horrell
Elo
1429 −149 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.0 No. 47 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Milt SmithEAP-2; UP-1

Second team

  • Jackie RobinsonRBUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1940 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford7–⁠010–⁠02
Washington7–⁠17–⁠210
Oregon State4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Washington State3–⁠4–⁠24–⁠4–⁠2
Oregon3–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
California3–⁠44–⁠6
USC2–⁠3–⁠23–⁠4–⁠2
Montana1–⁠24–⁠4–⁠1
UCLA1–⁠61–⁠9
Idaho0–⁠41–⁠7–⁠1

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