1940 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record1–9 (1–6 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
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 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1940 college football season. The Bruins offense scored 79 points while the defense allowed 174 points. Coached by Edwin C. Horrell, the Bruins finished the season with a 1–9 record.

UCLA was ranked at No. 60 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27SMU*
L 6–970,000[2]
October 4Santa Clara*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 6–945,000[3]
October 12Texas A&M*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–760,000[4]
October 19at California
L 7–940,000[5]
October 26Oregon State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–725,000
November 2No. 6 Stanford
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 14–2055,000[6]
November 9at Oregon
L 0–187,500[7]
November 16Washington State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 34–2635,000
November 23No. 13 Washington
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–4130,000[8]
November 30at USC
L 12–2870,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[9]

1940 Bruins in professional sports

The following players were claimed in the 1941 NFL draft.

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Jack Sommers Center 11 92 Chicago Cardinals
Del Lyman Tackle 14 126 Green Bay Packers

[10]

Jackie Robinson went on to a career in Major League Baseball.[11]

References

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Wolf, Al (September 28, 1940). "S.M.U. wins over bruins, 9-6". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Wolf, Al. "Johnson's field goal gives santa cara 9-6 victory". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ "Aggies shade U.C.L.A., 7-0, before 60,000". The Washington Post. October 13, 1940.
  5. ^ "Field goal beats U.C.L.A. for bears, 9-7". The Washington Post. October 20, 1940.
  6. ^ "Stanford, combining trickery with power, tops U.C.L.A AND remains unbeaten". New York Times. November 3, 1940.
  7. ^ Wolf, Al (November 10, 1940). "Webfoots take bruin team, 18-0". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ^ Al Wolf (November 24, 1940). "Bruins Fall Apart in Second Half as Huskies Win, 41 to 0: Bruins Fold in Second Half; Huskies Win, 41-0". Los Angeles Times. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  10. ^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  11. ^ "Jackie Robinson Stats".


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