1940 California Golden Bears football team

The 1940 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1940 college football season. Under head coach Stub Allison, the team compiled an overall record of 4–6 and 3–4 in conference.[1][2]

1940 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–6 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Stanford $ 7 –0 –010 –0 –0
No. 10 Washington 7 –1 –07 –2 –0
Oregon State 4 –3 –15 –3 –1
Washington State 3 –4 –24 –4 –2
Oregon 3 –4 –14 –4 –1
California 3 –4 –04 –6 –0
USC 2 –3 –23 –4 –2
Montana 1 –2 –04 –4 –1
UCLA 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
Idaho 0 –4 –01 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

California was ranked at No. 40 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Michigan*
L 0–4135,401
October 5Saint Mary's*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 9–650,000[4]
October 12Washington State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 6–925,000[5]
October 19UCLA
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (rivalry)
W 9–740,000
October 26at No. 16 Washington
L 6–725,000[6]
November 2Oregon State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 13–1920,000[7]
November 9at USC
W 20–750,000[8]
November 16Oregon
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 14–6
November 30No. 3 Stanford
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)
L 7–13
December 28Georgia Tech*
L 0–13
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[9]

References
  1. "1940 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  2. "California 2015 Football Information Guide" (PDF). CalBears.com. Cal Golden Bears Athletics. p. 163. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Prescott Sullivan (October 6, 1940). "Bears Come Back, 9-6: Al Derian Provides Punch". San Francisco Examiner. pp. Sports 2, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
  6. 2017 Washington Football Information (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. p. 190.
  7. "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 165.
  8. USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.
  9. 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 163. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.


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