1945 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1945 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1945 college football season. In their first year under head coach Bert LaBrucherie, the Bruins compiled a 5–4 record (2–3 conference) and finished in fifth place in the Pacific Coast Conference.[1]

1945 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1945 record5–4 (2–3 PCC)
Head coachBert LaBrucherie (1st season)
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1945 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 11 USC $ 5 1 0  7 4 0
Washington State 6 2 1  6 2 1
Washington 6 3 0  6 3 0
Oregon State 4 4 0  4 4 1
UCLA 2 3 0  5 4 0
California 2 4 1  4 5 1
Oregon 3 6 0  3 6 0
Idaho 1 5 0  1 7 0
Montana 0 1 0  1 4 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 21USCL 6–1381,000
September 29San Diego Navy*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 20–1420,000[2]
October 5Pacific (CA)*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 50–010,000[3]
October 13California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
W 13–040,000[4]
October 19Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 6–1330,000[5]
October 27Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 12–040,000[6]
November 17No. 5 Saint Mary's*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 13–787,000
November 24at CaliforniaNo. 12L 0–625,000[7]
December 1at No. 16 USC
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 15-26103,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "1945 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. "Bruins Upset San Diego Navy by 20-14". Los Angeles Times. 30 September 1945. ProQuest 165643651.
  3. Dyer, B. (6 October 1945). "BRUINS BOWL OVER PACIFIC TIGERS, 50-0". Los Angeles Times.
  4. "UCLA trims california bears by 13-0 score". The Atlanta Constitution. 14 October 1945.
  5. Wolf, Al (20 October 1945). "St. mary's preflights upset bruins, 13 to 6". Los Angeles Times.
  6. "BRUINS DOWN WEBFOOTS IN RIPSNORTER, 12-0". Los Angeles Times. 27 October 1945.
  7. "Uclans upset by california". The Atlanta Constitution. 25 November 1945.
  8. "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.


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