1946 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1946 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1946 college football season. In their second year under head coach Bert LaBrucherie, the Bruins compiled a 10–1 record (7–0 conference), finished in first place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and lost to Illinois in the 1947 Rose Bowl.[1]

1946 UCLA Bruins football
PCC champion
Rose Bowl, L 14–45 vs. Illinois
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
APNo. 4
1946 record10–1 (7–0 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1946 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 UCLA $ 7 0 0  10 1 0
Oregon State 6 1 1  7 1 1
USC 5 2 0  6 4 0
Washington 5 3 0  5 4 0
Stanford 3 3 1  6 3 1
Oregon 3 4 1  4 4 1
Montana 1 3 0  4 4 0
Washington State 1 5 1  1 6 1
California 1 6 0  2 7 0
Idaho 0 5 0  1 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 28Oregon StateW 50-740,203
October 5at WashingtonW 39-1341,000
October 12No. 17 StanfordNo. 5
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 26-689,131
October 19at CaliforniaNo. 4W 13-665,000[2]
October 26Santa Clara*No. 5
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 33-736,000[3]
November 1Saint Mary's*No. 4
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 46-2092,962
November 9at OregonNo. 4W 14-030,000[4]
November 16MontanaNo. 4
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 61-723,000[5]
November 23No. 10 USCNo. 4
W 13-693,714
November 30Nebraska*No. 4
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 18-052,558
January 1vs. Illinois*No. 4L 14-4593,083
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[6]

References

  1. "1946 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. "Bruins Squeeze Past Bears; Cal Rossi Hurt". Los Angeles Times. 20 October 1946.
  3. "Unbeaten Bruins Whip Broncs". Los Angeles Times. 27 October 1946.
  4. "Bruins Mush Through Slush to Beat Ducks". Los Angeles Times. 10 November 1946.
  5. "U.C.L.A. Bops Grizzlies, 61-7". Los Angeles Times. 17 November 1946.
  6. "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.


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