1939 California Golden Bears football team

1939 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–7 (2–5 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1939 college football season. Under head coach Stub Allison, the team compiled an overall record of 3–7 and 2–5 in conference.[1][2]

California was ranked at No. 104 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Cal Aggies*
W 32–14
September 30Pacific (CA)*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 0–6
October 7Saint Mary's*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 3–7[4]
October 14Oregon
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 0–6
October 21Washington State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 13–735,000[5]
October 28No. 8 USC
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 0–2646,000[6][7]
November 4at No. 19 UCLA
L 7–2055,000
November 11Washington
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 6–1321,608[8]
November 18at No. 19 Oregon State
L 0–219,000[9]
November 25at Stanford
W 32–1460,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[11]

References

  1. ^ "1939 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. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Prescott Sullivan (October 8, 1939). "Cal Tough, But Gaels Crash Through, 7-3: Smith Culminates 38 Yard March With Touchdown". San Francisco Examiner. pp. 2S, 5S – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
  6. ^ USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.
  7. ^ Paul Zimmerman (October 29, 1939). "Trojans Crush Bears, 26-0, to Break Jinx of Cal Bowl". The Los Angeles Times. p. II-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ 2017 Washington Football Information (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. p. 190.
  9. ^ "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 165.
  10. ^ Ed W. Orman, "Golden Bears Batter Stanford, 32 to 14, in Annual Big Game," Fresno Bee, Nov. 26, 1939, p. 1A.
  11. ^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 163. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.


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