1941 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1941 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1941 college football season. In their third season under head coach Edwin C. Horrell, the Bruins compiled a 5–5–1 record (3–4–1 against PCC opponents), finished fifth in the PCC, and were outscored by a total of 178 to 128.[1]

1941 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–5–1 (3–4–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1941 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 Oregon State $ 7 –2 –08 –2 –0
Washington 5 –3 –05 –4 –0
No. 19 Washington State 5 –3 –06 –4 –0
Stanford 4 –3 –06 –3 –0
Oregon 4 –4 –05 –5 –0
UCLA 3 –4 –15 –5 –1
California 3 –4 –04 –5 –0
USC 2 –4 –12 –6 –1
Montana 1 –3 –06 –3 –0
Idaho 0 –4 –04 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Quarterback Bob Waterfield later played for the Los Angeles Rams and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Other key players included Clarence Mackey, a transfer player from Compton Junior College.

UCLA was ranked at No. 77 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Washington State
W 7–645,000[3]
October 4at Stanford
L 0–3340,000[4][5]
October 10Montana
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 14–720,000[6]
October 18at Washington
L 7–1418,000[7]
October 25No. 16 Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 14–730,000[8]
November 1California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
L 7–2750,000[9]
November 8at Oregon State
L 0–1910,000[10]
November 15Camp Haan[11]*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 29–015,000[12]
November 22Santa Clara*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 13–3125,000[13]
December 6USC
T 7–760,000[14]
December 20at Florida*
W 30–278,000[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

USC
1 2 3 4 Total
UCLA 0 0 7 0 7
USC 0 0 7 0 7

Bob Waterfield lateraled to Vic Smith for a 12-yard touchdown in the third quarter to put the Bruins on the scoreboard first. Bobby Robertson scored from the 1-yard line for USC.

1941 NFL draft

The following players were claimed in the 1941 NFL draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Jack SommersCenter1192Chicago Cardinals
Alex SchibanoffTackle14125Detroit Lions

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References
  1. "1941 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  2. 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.
  3. Al Wolf (September 27, 1941). "Bruins Nip Cougars, 7-6, Before 45,000 Fans". Los Angeles Times. p. I-7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Al Wolf (October 5, 1941). "Indians Toy With U.C.L.A." Los Angeles Times. p. II-9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Bill Tobitt (October 5, 1941). "Stanford 33, Bruins 0". Oakland Tribune. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Al Wolf (October 11, 1941). "Bruins Beat Montana, 14-7, as Mackey Stars". Los Angeles Times. p. I-7 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Al Wolf (October 19, 1941). "Bruins Hold Huskies to 14-7 Grid Victory". Los Angeles Times. pp. II-9, II-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Al Wolf (October 26, 1941). "Bruins 14, Oregon 7: Rally Wins for U.C.L.A." Los Angeles Times. p. I-23 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Al Wolf (November 2, 1941). "Bears 27, Bruins 7: Derian Paces California". Los Angeles Times. p. II-7 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Al Wolf (November 9, 1941). "Oregon Staters Stifle Battered Bruins, 19-0". Los Angeles Times. p. I-27 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Camp Haan was a United States Army coast artillery antiaircraft training facility established in 1940 in Riverside, California, on property adjacent to March Army Airfield.
  12. Al Wolf (November 16, 1941). "Bruins Breeze Past Outclassed Soldiers". Los Angeles Times. p. I-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Bruins Lose: Broncos Win 31-13". Los Angeles Times. November 23, 1941. pp. 1, 13, 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. Paul Zimmerman (December 7, 1941). "Troy Rally Ties Bruins". Los Angeles Times. p. I-33 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "U.C.L.A. Bruins Outscore Florida Gators, 30 to 27". Sunday News-Democrat (Tallahassee, Florida). December 21, 1941. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  17. "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
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