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1939 California Golden Bears football team - Wikipedia

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1939 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	3–7 (2–5 PCC)
Head coach	Stub Allison (5th season)
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

1939 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 USC $	5	–	0	–	2	8	–	0	–	2
No. 7 UCLA	5	–	0	–	3	6	–	0	–	4
Oregon State	6	–	1	–	1	9	–	1	–	1
Washington	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Oregon	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Montana	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
California	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Stanford	0	–	6	–	1	1	–	7	–	1
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0	2	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1939 college football season. Under head coach Stub Allison, the team compiled an overall record of 3–7 and 2–5 in conference.^[1]^[2]

California was ranked at No. 104 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Cal Aggies*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 32–14
September 30	Pacific (CA)*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 0–6
October 7	Saint Mary's*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 3–7		^[4]
October 14	Oregon	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 0–6
October 21	Washington State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 13–7	35,000	^[5]
October 28	No. 8 USC	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 0–26	46,000	^[6]^[7]
November 4	at No. 19 UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 7–20	55,000
November 11	Washington	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 6–13	21,608	^[8]
November 18	at No. 19 Oregon State	Bell Field Corvallis, OR	L 0–21	9,000	^[9]
November 25	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	W 32–14	60,000	^[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1939 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
^ "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.
^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Prescott Sullivan (October 8, 1939). "Cal Tough, But Gaels Crash Through, 7-3: Smith Culminates 38 Yard March With Touchdown". San Francisco Examiner. pp. 2S, 5S – via Newspapers.com.
^ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
^ USC Football 2017 Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California Athletics. p. 70.
^ Paul Zimmerman (October 29, 1939). "Trojans Crush Bears, 26-0, to Break Jinx of Cal Bowl". The Los Angeles Times. p. II-13 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 2017 Washington Football Information (PDF). University of Washington Athletics. p. 190.
^ "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 165.
^ Ed W. Orman, "Golden Bears Batter Stanford, 32 to 14, in Annual Big Game," Fresno Bee, Nov. 26, 1939, p. 1A.
^ 2015 Football Information Guide (PDF). Cal Athletics. 2015. p. 163. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016.

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