1949 UCLA Bruins football team

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]

1949 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1949 record6–3 (5–2 PCC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1949 Pacific Coast Conference 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 16Oregon StateW 35-1337,427
September 24at Iowa*W 41-2543,546[2]
September 30Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 35-2743,137
October 8at StanfordNo. 18W 14-740,000[3]
October 15Santa Clara*No. 13
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0-1428,911[4]
October 22at Washington StateW 27-2021,000
October 29No. 4 CaliforniaNo. 20
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
L 21-3558,668[5]
November 12Washington
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 47-2626,420
November 19at USC
L 7-2175,026
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[6]

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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