1942 California Golden Bears football team

1942 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–5 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
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

The 1942 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1942 college football season. Under head coach Stub Allison, the team compiled an overall record of 5–5 and 3–4 in conference.[1][2]

Cal was ranked at No. 69 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Saint Mary's*
W 6–035,000[4]
October 3at Oregon State
L 8–1312,000[5]
October 10Santa Clara*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 6–730,000[6]
October 17UCLA
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (rivalry)
L 0–2135,000[7]
October 24at Washington
W 19–631,000[8]
October 31Oregon
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 20–730,000[9]
November 7at USC
L 7–2150,000[10]
November 14Montana
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 13–0[11]
November 21Stanford
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)
L 7–2645,000[12]
December 5St. Mary's Pre-Flight*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 12–620,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ "1942 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 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Art Cohn (September 27, 1942). "Bears Outluck Gaels: Blocked Punt Decides Game". Oakland Tribune. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bears lose, 13–8". Press-Telegram. October 4, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Art Cohn (October 11, 1942). "Santa Clara 7, California 6: Merlo Muffs Hero's Role". Oakland Tribune. p. 16. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "U.C.L.A. checks California by 21–0". New York Times. October 18, 1942. ProQuest 106384521.
  8. ^ "California Bears hand Huskies first defeat". The Billings Gazette. October 25, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Jurkovich fit, Bears go to town, 20–7". The San Francisco Examiner. November 1, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "McCardle leads 21–7 Trojan upset of California". The Houston Post. November 8, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Grizzlies thrill, but Bears win, by 13 to 0". The Montana Standard. November 15, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Stanford's Indians thump California, 26 to 7". The Sacramento Union. November 22, 1942. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Bears scuttle Navy Preflight team, 12 to 6". The Fresno Bee. December 6, 1942. 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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