1940 California Golden Bears football team

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
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Stanford $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Washington 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Oregon State 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Washington State 3 – 4 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
Oregon 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
California 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
USC 2 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Montana 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
UCLA 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Idaho 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 California Golden Bears football team season was an American football team that represented the University of California in 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]

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[4]
October 5Saint Mary's*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 9–650,000[5]
October 12Washington State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 6–925,000[6]
October 19UCLA
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (rivalry)
W 9–740,000[7]
October 26at No. 16 Washington
L 6–725,000[8]
November 2Oregon State
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 13–1920,000[9]
November 9at USC
W 20–755,000[10]
November 16Oregon
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 14–6[11]
November 30No. 3 Stanford
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)
L 7–1375,000[12]
December 28Georgia Tech*
L 0–137,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[14]

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. ^ "Harmon runs wild as Michigan swamps California, 41–0". The Saginaw News. September 29, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Prescott Sullivan (October 6, 1940). "Bears Come Back, 9–6: Al Derian Provides Punch". San Francisco Examiner. pp. Sports 2, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Field goal gives Cougars 9–6 win". Press-Telegram. October 13, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Bears beat UCLA". Santa Cruz Sentinel. October 20, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Huskies Win 7 to 6". The Bellingham Herald. October 27, 1940. p. 12. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Oregon State powerhouses California to win 19–13". The Sunday Oregonian. November 3, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "California clouts Trojans, 20–7". San Francisco Chronicle. November 10, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Jurkovich paces Bears to 14–6 triumph over Oregon". Oakland Tribune. November 17, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Sullivan, Prescott (December 1, 1940). "Cards trim Bears for 9th straight win: Jurkovich hurt, Reinhard ill but UC barely beaten". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 2. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Georgia Tech dazzle beats Bears in mud". The Pasadena Post. December 29, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 163. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.


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