The 1941 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Stub Allison, the Golden Bears compiled a 4–5 record (3–4 against PCC opponents), finished seventh in the PCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 107 to 71.[1][2]
| 1941 California Golden Bears football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (3–4 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| No. 12 Oregon State $ | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Washington State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tackle Bob Reinhard was selected by both the Associated Press and United Press as a first-team player on the 1941 All-Pacific Coast football team.[3][4]
California was ranked at No. 33 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[5]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Saint Mary's* | W 31–0 | 60,000 | [6] | |
| October 4 | at Washington State | L 6–13 | 5,000 | [7][8] | |
| October 11 | Santa Clara* |
| L 0–13 | 56,000 | [9] |
| October 18 | at Oregon | L 7–19 | 22,000 | [10] | |
| October 25 | USC |
| W 14–0 | 30,000 | [11] |
| November 1 | at UCLA | W 27–7 | 50,000 | [12] | |
| November 8 | Washington |
| L 6–13 | 30,000 | [13] |
| November 15 | Oregon State |
| L 0–6 | 20,000[14] | [15] |
| November 29 | at Stanford | W 16–0 | 70,000 | [16] | |
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References
edit- ^ "1941 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Russ Newland (December 5, 1941). "Giant Line, Fleet Backs Top All Coast". The Klammath News. p. 12.
- ^ "Mecham Fails to Make Either A.P. or U.P. All-Coast Team". The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon. December 4, 1941. p. 15.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Prescott Sullivan (September 28, 1941). "Bears Rout Gaels! Jurkovich Amazing as Cal Thunders to Easy 31-0 Triumph". San Francisco Examiner. p. Sports 2, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Herbert Ashloch (October 5, 1941). "W.S.C. 13, Bears 6". Oakland Tribune. pp. 11A–12A – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
- ^ "Broncos Whip Bears, 13-0". Oakland Tribune. October 12, 1941. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dick Strite (October 19, 1941). "Oregon Conquers Golden Bears by Score of 19-7". Eugene Register-Guard. pp. 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Art Cohn (October 26, 1941). "California Bad, Trojans Worse". Oakland Tribune. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Al Wolf (November 2, 1941). "Bears 27, Bruins 7: Derian Paces California". Los Angeles Times. p. II-7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Art Cohn (November 9, 1941). "Derian Injury Decides Game". Oakland Tribune. p. A13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 165.
- ^ Lee Dunbar (November 16, 1941). "Beavers Beat Bears, 6-0: Cal Has No Scoring Drive". Oakland Tribune. pp. 11, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Prescott Sullivan (November 30, 1941). "Cal, 3-1/2-1 Underdog, Whips Cards, 16-0". The San Francisco Examiner. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.