The 1942 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1942 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Babe Horrell, the Bruins compiled a 7–4 record (6–1 conference), finished in first place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and lost to Georgia in the 1943 Rose Bowl.[1]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
|---|
| September 25 | TCU* | | | L 6-7 | 15,000[2] |
| October 3 | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight* | | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| L 7-18 | 20,000[3] |
| October 10 | Oregon State | | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 30-7 | 36,000[4] |
| October 17 | at California | | | W 21-0 | 35,000[5] |
| October 24 | No. 9 Santa Clara* | No. 14 | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 14-6 | 45,000[6] |
| October 31 | Stanford | No. 11 | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 20-7 | 55,000[7] |
| November 7 | at Oregon | No. 10 | | L 7-14 | 8,000[8] |
| November 21 | Washington | No. 18 | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 14-10 | 32,000 |
| December 5 | Idaho | No. 13 | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 40-13 | 25,000[9] |
| December 12 | USC | No. 13 | | W 14-7 | 90,000 |
| January 1 | vs. Georgia | No. 13 | | L 0-9 | 90,000 |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References[]
- ↑ "1942 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/ucla/1942-schedule.html. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ↑ Wolf, Al (26 September 1942). "Frogs come from behind". Los Angeles Times. https://search.proquest.com/docview/165361983?.
- ↑ Wolf, Al (4 October 1942). "Navy wins over bruins". Los Angeles Times. https://search.proquest.com/docview/165385182?.
- ↑ "2016 Oregon State Beavers Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results". http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/oregonstate.sidearmsports.com/documents/2016/8/11/Section_9_Year_by_Year_Results.pdf?id=3091. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ↑ "U.C.L.A. CHECKS CALIFORNIA BY 21-0". New York Times. 18 October 1942. https://search.proquest.com/docview/106384521?.
- ↑ Wolf, Al (25 October 1942). "Broncos bow to bruins". Los Angeles Times. https://search.proquest.com/docview/165359430?.
- ↑ Wolf, Al (1 November 1942). "Bruins spot stanford touchdown, then win". Los Angeles Times. https://search.proquest.com/docview/165387504?.
- ↑ "OREGON RISES IN FOURTH PERIOD TO UPSET UCLA, 14-7". Chicago Daily Tribune. 8 November 1942. https://search.proquest.com/docview/176890595?.
- ↑ Wolf, Al (6 December 1942). "Bruins rout vandals; trojans club grizzlies". Los Angeles Times. https://search.proquest.com/docview/165373522?.
- ↑ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results". http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/uclabruins.com/documents/2015/8/13/FB_15MG_96_100.pdf. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
