1939 California Golden Bears football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1939

| team = California Golden Bears

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Pacific Coast Conference

| short_conf = PCC

| record = 3–7

| conf_record = 2–5

| head_coach = Stub Allison

| hc_year = 5th

| captain =

| stadium = California Memorial Stadium

}}

The 1939 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1939 college football season. Under head coach Stub Allison, the team compiled an overall record of 3–7 and 2–5 in conference.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/california/1939-schedule.html|title=1939 California Golden Bears Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=October 21, 2016}}{{cite web|title=California 2015 Football Information Guide |url=https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/423534.pdf |website=CalBears.com |publisher=Cal Golden Bears Athletics |access-date=October 21, 2016 |page=163 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026170757/https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/423534.pdf |archive-date=October 26, 2016 }}

California was ranked at No. 104 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.{{cite news|title=Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth|author=E. E. Litkenhous|newspaper=Johnson City Sunday Press|date=December 31, 1939|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123000367/vols-second-in-final-litkenhous-grid/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1939

| poll = AP

| timezone = Pacific

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 29

| time =

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Cal Aggies

| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA

| score = 32–14

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 30

| time =

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Pacific (CA)

| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA

| score = 0–6

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 7

| time =

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Saint Mary's

| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA

| score = 3–7

| attend =

| source = {{cite news|title=Cal Tough, But Gaels Crash Through, 7-3: Smith Culminates 38 Yard March With Touchdown|newspaper=San Francisco Examiner|author=Prescott Sullivan|date=October 8, 1939|pages=2S, 5S|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23234434/cal_tough_but_gaels_crash_through/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 14

| time =

| w/l = l

| opponent = Oregon

| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA

| score = 0–6

| attend =

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 21

| time =

| w/l = w

| opponent = Washington State

| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA

| score = 13–7

| attend = 35,000

| source = {{cite book|title='16 Cougar Football|publisher=Washington State University Athletics|page=81|url=http://www.wsucougars.com/documents/2016/8/25/2016_Football_Media_Guide_Color.pdf}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 28

| time =

| w/l = l

| opponent = USC

| opprank = 8

| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA

| score = 0–26

| attend = 46,000

| source = {{cite book|title=USC Football 2017 Media Guide|publisher=University of Southern California Athletics|page=70|url=http://usctrojans.com/documents/2017/7/25/2017_USC_Football_Media_Guide.pdf}}{{cite news|title=Trojans Crush Bears, 26-0, to Break Jinx of Cal Bowl|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|author=Paul Zimmerman|date=October 29, 1939|page=II-13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99143960/trojans-crush-bears-26-0-to-break/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 4

| time =

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = UCLA

| opprank = 19

| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 7–20

| attend = 55,000

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 11

| time =

| w/l = l

| rank =

| opponent = Washington

| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA

| score = 6–13

| attend = 21,608

| source = {{cite book|title=2017 Washington Football Information|publisher=University of Washington Athletics|page=190|url=http://gohuskies.com/documents/2017/7/24/2017_FB_Guide.pdf}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 18

| time =

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Oregon State

| opprank = 19

| site_stadium = Bell Field

| site_cityst = Corvallis, OR

| score = 0–21

| attend = 9,000

| source = {{cite book|title=2017 Oregon State Football Media Guide Football|chapter=Year-By-Year Results|publisher=Oregon State Athletics|page=165|url=http://osubeavers.com/documents/2017/8/1//Section_9_Year_by_Year_Results.pdf?id=7580}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 25

| time =

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Stanford

| site_stadium = Stanford Stadium

| site_cityst = Stanford, CA

| gamename = Big Game

| score = 32–14

| attend = 60,000

| source = Ed W. Orman, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-golden-bears-batter-stanf/159121098/ "Golden Bears Batter Stanford, 32 to 14, in Annual Big Game,"] Fresno Bee, Nov. 26, 1939, p. 1A.

}}

{{cite book|title=2015 Football Information Guide|date=2015|publisher=Cal Athletics|page=163|url=https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/423534.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026170757/https://admin.xosn.com/attachments1/423534.pdf|archive-date=October 26, 2016}}

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