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1942 California Golden Bears football team

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1942 California Golden Bears football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–5 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCalifornia Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1941
1943 →
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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Saint Mary's*W 6–035,000[4]
October 3at Oregon StateL 8–1312,000[5]
October 10Santa Clara*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 6–7
October 17UCLA
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (rivalry)
L 0–2135,000
October 24at WashingtonW 19–628,000[6]
October 31Oregon
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 20–7
November 7at USCL 7–2137,500[7]
November 14Montana
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 13–0
November 21Stanford
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA (Big Game)
L 7–26
December 5St. Mary's Pre-Flight*
  • California Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 12–6
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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  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. ^ "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 165.
  6. ^ 2017 Washington Football Information (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. p. 190.
  7. ^ USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.
  8. ^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 163. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.