1940 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1940 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1940 college football season. The Bruins offense scored 79 points while the defense allowed 174 points. Coached by Edwin C. Horrell, the Bruins finished the season with a 1–9 record.

1940 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1940 record1–9 (1–6 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Stanford $ 7 –0 –0  10 –0 –0
No. 10 Washington 7 –1 –0  7 –2 –0
Oregon State 4 –3 –1  5 –3 –1
Washington State 3 –4 –2  4 –4 –2
Oregon 3 –4 –1  4 –4 –1
California 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
USC 2 –3 –2  3 –4 –2
Montana 1 –2 –0  4 –4 –1
UCLA 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
Idaho 0 –4 –0  1 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 27SMU*
L 6-970,000[1]
October 4Santa Clara*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 6-945,000[2]
October 12Texas A&M*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0-760,000[3]
October 19at California
L 7-940,000[4]
October 26Oregon State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0-725,000
November 2No. 6 Stanford
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 14-2055,000[5]
November 9at Oregon
L 0-187,500[6]
November 16Washington State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 34-2635,000
November 23No. 13 Washington
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0-4135,000
November 30at USC
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 12-2870,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[7]

1940 Bruins in professional sports

The following players were claimed in the 1941 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Jack SommersCenter1192Chicago Cardinals
Del LymanTackle14126Green Bay Packers

[8]

Jackie Robinson went on to a career in Major League Baseball.[9]

References
  1. Wolf, Al (28 September 1940). "S.M.U. wins over bruins, 9-6". Los Angeles Times.
  2. Wolf, Al. "Johnson's field goal gives santa cara 9-6 victory". Los Angeles Times.
  3. "Aggies shade U.C.L.A., 7-0, before 60,000". The Washington Post. 13 October 1940.
  4. "Field goal beats U.C.L.A. for bears, 9-7". The Washington Post. 20 October 1940.
  5. "Stanford, combining trickery with power, tops U.C.L.A AND remains unbeaten". New York Times. 3 November 1940.
  6. Wolf, Al (10 November 1940). "Webfoots take bruin team, 18-0". Los Angeles Times.
  7. "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  8. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1941.htm
  9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/robinja02.shtml


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