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1940 UCLA Bruins football team

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The 1940 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1940 college football season. The Bruins offense scored 79 points while the defense allowed 174 points. Coached by Edwin C. Horrell, the Bruins finished the season with a 1–9 record.

Record1–9 (1–6 PCC)
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1940 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record1–9 (1–6 PCC)
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Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
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1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Stanford $7–0–010–0–0
No. 10 Washington7–1–07–2–0
Oregon State4–3–15–3–1
Washington State3–4–24–4–2
Oregon3–4–14–4–1
California3–4–04–6–0
USC2–3–23–4–2
Montana1–2–04–4–1
UCLA1–6–01–9–0
Idaho0–4–01–7–1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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UCLA was ranked at No. 60 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27SMU*L 6–970,000[2]
October 4Santa Clara*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 6–945,000[3]
October 12Texas A&M*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–760,000[4]
October 19at CaliforniaL 7–940,000[5]
October 26Oregon State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–725,000[6]
November 2No. 6 Stanford
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 14–2055,000[7]
November 9at OregonL 0–187,500[8]
November 16Washington State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 34–2635,000[9]
November 23No. 13 Washington
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–4130,000[10]
November 30at USC
L 12–2865,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: [12][13]
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1940 Bruins in professional sports

The following players were claimed in the 1941 NFL draft.

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Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Jack SommersCenter1192Chicago Cardinals
Del LymanTackle14126Green Bay Packers
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[14]

Jackie Robinson went on to a career in Major League Baseball.[15]

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