PCPFL 1940

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PCT
Los Angeles Bulldogs	11	7	2	1	212	142	.778
Hollywood Bears	8	6	2	0	145	84	.750
Oakland Giants	6	1	3	2	30	65	.250
Phoenix Panthers	4	0	3	1	67	97	.000
San Diego Bombers	4	0	4	0	26	92	.000

Reference: [1]

PCPFL 1941

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PCT
Hollywood Bears	8	8	0	0	167	51	1.000
Los Angeles Bulldogs	8	4	4	0	156	119	.500
San Diego Bombers	6	1	5	0	78	147	.167
San Francisco Bay Packers	6	1	5	0	23	107	.167

Reference: [1]

PCPFL 1942

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PCT
San Diego Bombers	5	4	1	0	71	28	.800
San Francisco Bay Packers	3	2	1	0	32	28	.667
Los Angeles Bulldogs	4	2	2	0	35	62	.500
Hollywood Bears	4	0	4	0	15	35	.000

Reference: [1]

PCPFL 1943

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PCT
San Diego Bombers	8	7	1	0	214	117	.875
Los Angeles Mustangs	8	4	4	0	167	124	.500
Oakland Giants	8	4	4	0	118	143	.500
Richmond Boilermakers	4	2	2	0	44	41	.500
Los Angeles Bulldogs	7	3	4	0	119	125	.429
Alameda Mustangs	4	1	3	0	53	72	.250
San Francisco Bay Packers	5	1	4	0	30	123	.200

Reference: [1]

PCPFL/AFL 1944

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PCT
PCPFL
San Diego Bombers	9	9	0	0	335	54	1.000
San Francisco Bay Packers	7	4	3	0	107	122	.571
Oakland Giants	7	4	3	0	46	86	.571
San Jose Mustangs	6	2	4	0	69	109	.333
Los Angeles Bulldogs	7	2	5	0	105	168	.286
Hollywood Wolves	6	0	6	0	46	169	.000

Reference: [1]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Pacific Championship
	Hollywood Rangers	42	San Diego Bombers	7
	San Diego Bombers	10	Hollywood Rangers	21

Refences: [1]

PCPFL 1945

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PCT
Hollywood Bears	11	8	2	1	248	95	.800
Oakland Giants	9	7	2	0	151	105	.778
Los Angeles Bulldogs	11	5	5	1	163	143	.500
San Diego Bombers	8	4	4	0	159	126	.500
San Francisco Clippers	8	1	7	0	47	195	.125
San Jose Mustangs	5	0	5	0	58	162	.000

Reference: [1]

PCPFL 1946

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PCT
Northern Division
Tacoma Indians	11	7	4	0	202	141	.636
San Francisco Clippers	10	6	4	0	182	112	.600
Sacramento Nuggets	8	2	5	1	67	201	.286
Salt Lake City Seagulls	8	2	5	1	81	138	.286
Oakland Giants	6	1	5	0	66	89	.167
Southern Division
Los Angeles Bulldogs	12	9	2	1	300	161	.818
Hawaiian Warriors	12	8	4	0	236	185	.667
Hollywood Bears	11	5	5	1	188	196	.500
San Diego Bombers	8	1	7	0	65	164	.125

Reference: [2]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Championship
	Los Angeles Bulldogs	38	Tacoma Indians	7

Refences: [2]

PCPFL 1947

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PCT
Hawaiian Warriors	9	7	2	0	267	121	.778
Los Angeles Bulldogs	8	5	3	0	165	126	.625
San Francisco Clippers	8	4	4	0	158	175	.500
Salt Lake City Seagulls	6	1	4	1	48	130	.200
Sacramento Nuggets	5	0	4	1	75	161	.000

Reference: [2]

PCPFL 1948

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	PCT
Hawaiian Warriors	6	5	1	0	181	86	.833
Long Beach Bulldogs	4	3	1	0	102	49	.750
Hollywood Bears	5	1	3	1	93	152	.250
San Francisco Clippers	5	0	4	1	69	158	.000

Reference: [2]

About

The Pacific Coast Pro Football League flourished during the Second World War as Soldiers based in California led to a boom in the game on the West Coast. Initially the League was vehicle for the Los Angeles Bulldogs and Hollywood Bears who won the first two titles and most games played involved one or other of these teams.

From 1942-1945 the League expanded and could be considered the Major League rival to the NFL during these years. The 1942 & 1943 title were won by the San Diego Bombers. In 1944 the Bombers won the League again and played the Hollywood Rangers, the winners of another League to call itself the AFL for the Pacific Championship. This AFL was the first truly Pacific Coast League as it included teams in Seatlle & Portland, and the Rangers won both legs of the Pacific Championship.

The AFL disbanded after one season and the 1945 PCPFL Championship was won by the Hollywood Bears. After the war the NFL’s Cleveland Rams relocated to Los Angeles, and the All-America Football Conference put the San Francisco 49ers (later to join the NFL) on the West Coast, and the PCPFL’s Major League status was gone.

The League soldiered on as a Minor League, adding teams in Tacoma, Hawaii, Salt Lake City and Sacramento, but was no longer important in the eyes of people on the West Coast and folded after the 1948 season. The Los Angeles Bulldogs and Hawaiian Warriors won the title during these these years.

References

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Websites

[1] PCPFL: 1940-45 – Bob Gill, The Coffin Corner, Pro Football Researchers Association (1982) Pacific Coast Pro Football League [Internet] Available from: 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine. – https://web.archive.org/web/20110726192703/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/04-07-104.pdf [Accessed 19 January 2018]

[2] The End of the PCPFL – Bob Gill, The Coffin Corner, Pro Football Researchers Association (1982) The End of the PCPFL [Internet] Available from: http://profootballresearchers.com/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/05-04-135.pdf [Accessed 9 October 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Eoin O’Fearghaill & John Wills

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

World Gridiron Archive

Last Updated: 28 January 2019

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