1939 UCLA Bruins football team

1939 UCLA Bruins football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP No. 7
1939 record 6–0–4 (5–0–3 PCC)
Head coach Babe Horrell (1st season)
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1939 PCC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 USC $ 5 –0 –2  8 –0 –2
No. 7 UCLA 5 –0 –3  6 –0 –4
Oregon State 6 –1 –1  9 –1 –1
Washington 4 –4 –0  4 –5 –1
Oregon 3 –3 –1  3 –4 –1
Washington State 3 –5 –0  4 –5 –0
Montana 1 –2 –0  3 –6 –0
California 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Stanford 0 –6 –1  1 –7 –1
Idaho 0 –3 –0  2 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1939 college football season. In their first year under head coach Babe Horrell, the Bruins compiled a 6–0–4 record (5–0–3 conference), finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, played #3-ranked USC to a scoreless tie, and were ranked #7 in the final AP Poll.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 29 TCU* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA W 6-2   60,000[2]
October 7 at Washington Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA W 14-7   15,017
October 14 at Stanford Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA T 14-14   18,000[3]
October 21 Montana Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA W 20-6   25,000[4]
October 28 Oregon Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA W 16-6   40,000[5]
November 4 California No. 19 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry) W 20-7   55,000[6]
November 18 No. 14 Santa Clara* No. 11 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA T 0-0   55,000[7]
November 25 Oregon State No. 13 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA T 13-13   40,000
November 30 Washington State No. 13 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA W 24-7   25,000
December 9 at No. 3 USC No. 9 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell) T 0-0   103,303
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

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References

  1. ↑ "1939 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bruins score 6-to-2 victory over texas christian gridders". Los Angeles Times. 30 September 1939.
  3. ↑ Wolf, A. (15 October 1939). "Stanford holds bruins even". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ↑ "U.C.L.A. beats montana, 26-61, in coast battle". The Washington Post. 22 October 1939.
  5. ↑ "U.C.L.A. TRIUMPHS OVER OREGON, 16-6". New York Times. 29 October 1939.
  6. ↑ "U.C.L.A. CONQUERS CALIFORNIA BY 20-7. (1939, Nov 05)". New York Times. 5 November 1939.
  7. ↑ "UCLA- santa clara in 0-0 tie; kenny washington stars". The Pittsburgh Courier. 25 November 1939.
  8. ↑ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.


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