1939 UCLA Bruins football team

1939 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 7
Record6–0–4 (5–0–3 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1939 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 USC $ 5 0 28 0 2
No. 7 UCLA 5 0 36 0 4
Oregon State 6 1 19 1 1
Washington 4 4 04 5 1
Oregon 3 3 13 4 1
Washington State 3 5 04 5 0
Montana 1 2 03 6 0
California 2 5 03 7 0
Stanford 0 6 11 7 1
Idaho 0 3 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1939 college football season. In their first year under head coach Edwin C. Horrell (after 14 years under William H. Spaulding as head coach), the Bruins compiled a 6–0–4 record (5–0–3 conference), finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference, played #3-ranked USC to a scoreless tie, and were ranked #7 in the final AP Poll.

UCLA was also ranked at No. 15 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings, and at No. 34 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.

Jackie Robinson, who is better known for breaking the color barrier in pro baseball, was a running back on the team.