1940 California Golden Bears football team

The 1940 California Golden Bears football team season was an American football team that represented the University of California in Berkeley during the 1940 college football season. Under head coach Stub Allison, the team compiled an overall record of 4–6 and 3–4 in conference.^[1][2]

1940 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	4–6 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach	Stub Allison (6th season)
Home stadium	California Memorial Stadium
Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		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

California was ranked at No. 40 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Michigan*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 0–41	35,401
October 5	Saint Mary's*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 9–6	50,000	[4]
October 12	Washington State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 6–9	25,000	[5]
October 19	UCLA	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	W 9–7	40,000
October 26	at No. 16 Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 6–7	25,000	[6]
November 2	Oregon State	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 13–19	20,000	[7]
November 9	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 20–7	50,000	[8]
November 16	Oregon	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 14–6
November 30	No. 3 Stanford	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)	L 7–13
December 28	Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 0–13
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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