1942 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1942 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1942 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Edwin C. Horrell, the Bruins compiled a 7–4 record (6–1 conference), finished in first place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and lost to Georgia in the 1943 Rose Bowl.[1]

1942 UCLA Bruins football
PCC champion
Rose Bowl, L 0–9 vs. Georgia
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 13
Record7–4 (6–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 UCLA $ 6 1 0 7 4 0
Washington State 5 1 1 6 2 2
No. 12 Stanford 5 2 0 6 4 0
USC 4 2 1 5 5 1
Oregon State 4 4 0 4 5 1
Washington 3 3 2 4 3 3
California 3 4 0 5 5 0
Oregon 2 5 0 2 6 0
Idaho 1 5 0 3 7 0
Montana 0 6 0 0 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

UCLA was ranked at No. 33 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25TCU*L 6–715,000[3]
October 3Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 7–1820,000[4]
October 10Oregon State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 30–736,000[5]
October 17at CaliforniaW 21–035,000[6]
October 24No. 9 Santa Clara*No. 14
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 14–645,000[7]
October 31StanfordNo. 11
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 20–755,000[8]
November 7at OregonNo. 10L 7–148,000[9]
November 21WashingtonNo. 18
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 14–1032,000
December 5IdahoNo. 13
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 40–1325,000[10]
December 12USCNo. 13
W 14–790,000
January 1vs. GeorgiaNo. 13L 0–990,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll1234567Final
AP141110 (1)1818т1113

References

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  1. ^ "1942 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Wolf, Al (September 26, 1942). "Frogs come from behind". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ Wolf, Al (October 4, 1942). "Navy wins over bruins". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ "2016 Oregon State Beavers Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  6. ^ "U.C.L.A. CHECKS CALIFORNIA BY 21-0". New York Times. October 18, 1942.
  7. ^ Wolf, Al (October 25, 1942). "Broncos bow to bruins". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ^ Wolf, Al (November 1, 1942). "Bruins spot stanford touchdown, then win". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^ "OREGON RISES IN FOURTH PERIOD TO UPSET UCLA, 14-7". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 8, 1942.
  10. ^ Wolf, Al (December 6, 1942). "Bruins rout vandals; trojans club grizzlies". Los Angeles Times.
  11. ^ Paul Zimmerman (January 2, 1943). "Georgia Beats U.C.L.A., 9-0". The Los Angeles Times. pp. I-1, II-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.