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UCLA Football Team History


UCLA Bruins
University of California at Los Angeles
 Los Angeles, CA
Founded: 1919
Stadium: Rose Bowl
Capacity: 91,136
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Edwin C. Babe Horrell
Conference: Pacific Coast-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1919  <-- 1938 <- 1939 -> 1940 --> 2024
1939 Season Highlights
 Edwin C. Babe Horrell enters his 1st season as Head Coach at UCLA.
 The Bruins won the Pacific Coast Conference Championship.
 
1939 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Fri., Sep. 29  vs. Texas Christian  6   2   W       
 Sat., Oct. 7  @ Washington  14   7   W       
 Sat., Oct. 14  @ Stanford  14   14   T       
 Sat., Oct. 21  vs. Montana  20   6   W       
 Sat., Oct. 28  vs. Oregon  16   6   W       
 Sat., Nov. 4  vs. California  20   7   W       
 Sat., Nov. 18  vs. Santa Clara  0   0   T       
 Sat., Nov. 25  vs. Oregon State  13   13   T       
 Thu., Nov. 30  vs. Washington State  24   7   W       
 Sat., Dec. 9  vs. Southern California  0   0   T       
 
1939 Season Totals
  Record6-0 -4
  Points Scored127
  Scoring Average12.7
  Points Allowed62
  Defense Average6.2
  Opponents Record35-36
  Conference Record4-0
  Home Record5-0 -3
  Away Record1-0 -1
1939 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
76-0-4 AP
  
1939 Pacific Coast- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Oregon State 9-1-118677 5-1-19853  Alonaz L. Lon Stiner
Southern California 8-0-218133Won  14-05-0-212121  Howard H. Jones
UCLA 6-0-412762 4-0-310154  Edwin C. Babe Horrell
Washington 4-57793 3-46266  James M. Jimmy Phelan
Oregon 3-4-110174 3-3-19462  Gerald A. Tex Oliver
Washington State 4-567134 2-527115  Orin E. Babe Hollingbery
California 3-793134 2-558107  Leonard B. Stub Allison
Stanford 1-7-154146 0-6-133116  Claude E. Tiny Thornhill

1939 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1939 All Pacific Coast Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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