1949 UCLA Bruins football team

1949 UCLA Bruins football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
1949 record 6–3 (5–2 PCC)
Head coach Red Sanders (1st season)
Offensive scheme Single wing
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1949 PCC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 California $ 7 –0 –0  10 –1 –0
UCLA 5 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Stanford 4 –2 –0  7 –3 –1
USC 4 –2 –0  5 –3 –1
Oregon State 5 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Oregon 2 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Washington 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Washington State 2 –6 –0  3 –6 –0
Idaho 1 –4 –0  3 –5 –0
Montana 0 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1949 college football season. In their first year under head coach Red Sanders, the Bruins compiled a 6–3 record (5–2 conference) and finished in second place in the Pacific Coast Conference.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 16 Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA W 35-13   37,427
September 24 at Iowa* Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA W 41-25   43,546[2]
September 30 Oregon Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA W 35-27   43,137
October 8 at Stanford No. 18 Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA W 14-7   40,000[3]
October 15 Santa Clara* No. 13 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA L 0-14   28,911[4]
October 22 at Washington State Rogers Field • Pullman, WA W 27-20   21,000
October 29 No. 4 California No. 20 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivlary) L 21-35   58,668[5]
November 12 Washington Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA W 47-26   26,420
November 19 at USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell) L 7-21   75,026
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

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References

  1. ↑ "1949 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ Smith, W. (25 September 1949). "Iowa loses to U.C.L.A. power, 41-25". Chicago Tribune.
  3. ↑ "Alert UCLA Team Stays Undefeated". Los Angeles Times. 9 October 1949.
  4. ↑ "SANTA CLARA'S BRONCOS STUN U.C.L.A." Chicago Daily Tribune. 16 October 1949.
  5. ↑ Wolf, Al (30 October 1949). "Bears bump bruins, 35-21; troy trips-huskies, 40-28". Los Angeles Times.
  6. ↑ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.


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