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1941 California Golden Bears football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record4–5 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1940
1942 →
1941 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Saint Mary's*
W 31–060,000 [6]
October 4at Washington State
L 6–135,000 [7] [8]
October 11 Santa Clara*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 0–1356,000 [9]
October 18at Oregon
L 7–1922,000 [10]
October 25 USC
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
W 14–030,000 [11]
November 1at UCLA
W 27–750,000 [12]
November 8 Washington
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 6–1330,000 [13]
November 15 Oregon State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Berkeley, CA
L 0–620,000 [14] [15]
November 29at Stanford
W 16–070,000 [16]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1941 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Russ Newland (December 5, 1941). "Giant Line, Fleet Backs Top All Coast". The Klammath News. p. 12.
  4. ^ "Mecham Fails to Make Either A.P. or U.P. All-Coast Team". The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon. December 4, 1941. p. 15.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Herbert Ashloch (October 5, 1941). "W.S.C. 13, Bears 6". Oakland Tribune. pp. 11A–12A – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ '16 Cougar Football (PDF). Washington State University Athletics. p. 81.
  9. ^ "Broncos Whip Bears, 13-0". Oakland Tribune. October 12, 1941. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Dick Strite (October 19, 1941). "Oregon Conquers Golden Bears by Score of 19-7". Eugene Register-Guard. pp. 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Art Cohn (October 26, 1941). "California Bad, Trojans Worse". Oakland Tribune. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Al Wolf (November 2, 1941). "Bears 27, Bruins 7: Derian Paces California". Los Angeles Times. p. II-7 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Art Cohn (November 9, 1941). "Derian Injury Decides Game". Oakland Tribune. p. A13 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Year-By-Year Results". 2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football (PDF). Oregon State Athletics. p. 165.
  15. ^ Lee Dunbar (November 16, 1941). "Beavers Beat Bears, 6-0: Cal Has No Scoring Drive". Oakland Tribune. pp. 11, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ 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.
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