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
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 30Cal Aggies*
W 32–1420,000[4]
September 30Pacific (CA)*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 0–620,000[4]
October 7Saint Mary's*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 3–7[5]
October 14Oregon
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 0–640,000[6]
October 21Washington State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 13–725,000[7]
October 28No. 8 USC
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 0–2646,000[8][9]
November 4at No. 19 UCLA
L 7–2055,000[10]
November 11Washington
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 6–1325,000[11]
November 18at No. 19 Oregon State
L 0–219,500[12]
November 25at Stanford
W 32–1460,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [14][15]

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. ^ a b "No follin'! California loses to Pacific 6–0". The San Francisco Examiner. October 1, 1939. Retrieved January 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Oregons conquer California Bear in own den, 6–0". The Register-Guard. October 15, 1939. Retrieved January 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Bears finally win contest". The Oregon Daily Journal. October 22, 1939. Retrieved January 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "U.C.L.A. conquers California by 20–7". New York Times. November 5, 1939. ProQuest 102881419.
  11. ^ "Passes beat Bears!". San Francisco Chronicle. November 12, 1939. Retrieved January 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Oregon State rolls easily over California, 21–0". The San Diego Sun. November 19, 1939. Retrieved January 12, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Ed W. Orman, "Golden Bears Batter Stanford, 32 to 14, in Annual Big Game," Fresno Bee, Nov. 26, 1939, p. 1A.
  14. ^ "1939 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  15. ^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 163. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.


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