1941 California Golden Bears football team

1941 California Golden Bears football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	4–5 (3–4 PCC)
Head coach	Stub Allison (7th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
Seasons ←  1940 1942  →

1941 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Saint Mary's *	Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 31–0	60,000	[6]
October 4	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	L 6–13	5,000	[7] [8]
October 11	Santa Clara *	Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 0–13	56,000	[9]
October 18	at Oregon	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 7–19	22,000	[10]
October 25	USC	Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	W 14–0	30,000	[11]
November 1	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 27–7	50,000	[12]
November 8	Washington	Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 6–13	30,000	[13]
November 15	Oregon State	Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 0–6	20,000 [14]	[15]
November 29	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Big Game)	W 16–0	70,000	[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.