1940 California Golden Bears football team

American college football season

1940 California Golden Bears football

Conference| Pacific Coast Conference
Record| 4–6 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach|

* Stub Allison (6th season)

Home stadium| California Memorial Stadium

Seasons

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1941 ->

1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

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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

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 28| Michigan*|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| L 0–41| 35,401|
October 5| Saint Mary's*|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| W 9–6| 50,000| [4]
October 12| Washington State|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| L 6–9| 25,000| [5]
October 19| UCLA|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA (rivalry)

| W 9–7| 40,000|
October 26| at No. 16 Washington|

* Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA

| L 6–7| 25,000| [6]
November 2| Oregon State|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| L 13–19| 20,000| [7]
November 9| at USC|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 20–7| 50,000| [8]
November 16| Oregon|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA

| W 14–6| |
November 30| No. 3 Stanford|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA (Big Game)

| L 7–13| |
December 28| Georgia Tech*|

* Grant Field
* Atlanta, GA

| L 0–13| |

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## References

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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. ^ Prescott Sullivan (October 6, 1940). "Bears Come Back, 9-6: Al Derian Provides Punch". San Francisco Examiner. pp. Sports 2, 4 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
6. ^ 2017 Washington Football Information (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. p. 190.
7. ^ "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 165.
8. ^ USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.
9. ^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 163\. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.

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California Golden Bears football

Venues|

* California Field (1904–1923)
* California Memorial Stadium (1923–2010, 2012–present)
* Oracle Park (2011)

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* UCLA
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