1939 UCLA Bruins football team

1939 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 7
Record6–0–4 (5–0–3 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
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 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1939 college football season. In their first year under head coach Edwin C. Horrell, the Bruins compiled a 6–0–4 record (5–0–3 conference), finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, played #3-ranked USC to a scoreless tie, and were ranked #7 in the final AP Poll.[1]

UCLA was also ranked at No. 15 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings,[2] and at No. 34 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

Jackie Robinson, who is better known for breaking the color barrier in pro baseball, was a running back on the team.

  1. ^ "1939 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Paul Williamson (December 8, 1941). "Texas Aggies Ranked Nation's Top". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 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.