1942 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1942 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1942 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Edwin C. Horrell, the Bruins compiled a 7–4 record (6–1 conference), finished in first place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and lost to Georgia in the 1943 Rose Bowl.^[1]

1942 UCLA Bruins football
PCC champion
Rose Bowl, L 0–9 vs. Georgia
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 13
Record	7–4 (6–1 PCC)
Head coach	Edwin C. Horrell (4th season)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

1942 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 UCLA $	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	2
No. 12 Stanford	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Oregon State	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Washington	3	–	3	–	2			4	–	3	–	3
California	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Idaho	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Montana	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

UCLA was ranked at No. 33 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	TCU*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 6–7	15,000	[3]
October 3	Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–18	20,000	[4]
October 10	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 30–7	36,000	[5]
October 17	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	W 21–0	35,000	[6]
October 24	No. 9 Santa Clara*	No. 14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 14–6	45,000	[7]
October 31	Stanford	No. 11	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 20–7	55,000	[8]
November 7	at Oregon	No. 10	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	L 7–14	8,000	[9]
November 21	Washington	No. 18	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 14–10	32,000
December 5	Idaho	No. 13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 40–13	25,000	[10]
December 12	at USC	No. 13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 14–7	90,000
January 1	vs. Georgia	No. 13	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	L 0–9	90,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Rankings

See also: 1942 college football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Final
AP	—	14	11	10 (1)	18	18т	11	13