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1942 UCLA

7–⁠4 (6–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Babe Horrell, finished No. 13 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1942, game by game: lost vs. TCU 6–7; lost vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 7–18; won vs. Oregon State 30–7; won at California 21–0; won vs. No. 9 Santa Clara 14–6; won vs. Stanford 21–7; lost at Oregon 7–14; won vs. Washington 14–10; won vs. Idaho 40–13; won at USC 14–7; lost vs. No. 5 Georgia 0–9+27−11Lost 6–7 vs. TCU-1TCULost 7–18 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight-11Saint Mary’s (C…Won 30–7 vs. Oregon State+23Oregon StateWon 21–0 at California+21CaliforniaWon 14–6 vs. No. 9 Santa Clara+8No. 9 Santa ClaraWon 21–7 vs. Stanford+14StanfordLost 7–14 at Oregon-7OregonWon 14–10 vs. Washington+4WashingtonWon 40–13 vs. Idaho+27IdahoWon 14–7 at USC+7USCLost 0–9 vs. No. 5 Georgia-9No. 5 Georgia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25vsTCUL 6–⁠745%
Oct 3vsSaint Mary’s (CA) Pre-FlightL 7–⁠1848%
Oct 10vsOregon StateW 30–⁠731%
Oct 17atCaliforniaW 21–⁠036%
Oct 24vs9Santa ClaraW 14–⁠636%
Oct 31vsStanfordW 21–⁠758%
Nov 7atOregonL 7–⁠1458%
Nov 21vsWashingtonW 14–⁠1059%
Dec 5vsIdahoW 40–⁠1386%
Dec 12atUSCW 14–⁠751%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs5GeorgiaRose BowlL 0–⁠934%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Georgia 9–⁠0 in the Rose Bowl; No. 13 in the final AP poll; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 14
  2. Wk 3: 11
  3. Wk 4: 10
  4. Wk 5: 18
  5. Wk 6: 18
  6. Wk 7: 11
  7. Final: 13

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 1942.

Pacific Coast Conference champions6–⁠1 in the conference

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠1 first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 13 peak No. 10
Points
174–⁠98
Coach
Babe Horrell
Elo
1568 +112 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.3 No. 35 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1943

The 1943 draft
Rd 7Ken Snelling BGreen Bay Packers

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Al SolariRBAP-2
  • Charles FearsOTAP-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.