1942 California Golden Bears football team

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]

1942 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	5–5 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach	Stub Allison (8th season)
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	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

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Saint Mary's*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 6–0	35,000	[4]
October 3	at Oregon State	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	L 8–13	12,000	[5]
October 10	Santa Clara*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 6–7
October 17	UCLA	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	L 0–21	35,000
October 24	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	W 19–6	28,000	[6]
October 31	Oregon	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 20–7
November 7	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–21	37,500	[7]
November 14	Montana	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 13–0
November 21	Stanford	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	L 7–26
December 5	St. Mary's Pre-Flight*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 12–6
*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. "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.