1942 UCLA Bruins football team

American college football season

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 Edwin C. 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]

UCLA was ranked at No. 33 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[2]

Schedule

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Rankings

References

1. "1942 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Wolf, Al (September 26, 1942). "Frogs come from behind". Los Angeles Times.
4. Wolf, Al (October 4, 1942). "Navy wins over bruins". Los Angeles Times.
5. "2016 Oregon State Beavers Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.
6. "U.C.L.A. CHECKS CALIFORNIA BY 21-0". New York Times. October 18, 1942.
7. Wolf, Al (October 25, 1942). "Broncos bow to bruins". Los Angeles Times.
8. Wolf, Al (November 1, 1942). "Bruins spot stanford touchdown, then win". Los Angeles Times.
9. "OREGON RISES IN FOURTH PERIOD TO UPSET UCLA, 14-7". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 8, 1942.
10. Wolf, Al (December 6, 1942). "Bruins rout vandals; trojans club grizzlies". Los Angeles Times.
11. Paul Zimmerman (January 2, 1943). "Georgia Beats U.C.L.A., 9-0". The Los Angeles Times. pp. I-1, II-12 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.