1941 UCLA Bruins football team

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
Conf.Overall
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

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.

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.