1951 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1951 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) during the 1951 college football season.

1951 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 17
1951 record5–3–1 (4–1–1 PCC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1951 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 Stanford $ 6 1 0  9 2 0
No. 17 UCLA 4 1 1  5 3 1
No. 12 California 5 2 0  8 2 0
USC 4 2 0  7 3 0
No. 18 Washington State 4 3 0  7 3 0
Oregon State 3 5 0  4 6 0
Washington 1 5 1  3 6 1
Oregon 1 6 0  2 8 0
Idaho 0 3 0  2 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 21No. 6 Texas A&M*L 14–2158,566[1]
September 29at No. 10 Illinois*L 13–2753,265
October 6Santa Clara*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 44–1718,640[2]
October 13at No. 19 StanfordL 7–2136,000[3]
October 20Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 41–014,495[4]
November 3No. 9 California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
W 21–756,418[5]
November 10at Oregon StateW 7–026,598
November 17WashingtonNo. 18
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
T 20–2031,597
November 24at No. 11 USC
W 21–771,738
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Source:[6]

Game summaries

1 2 3 4 Total
UCLA 7 0 7 7 21
USC 0 0 0 7 7

USC

For the first time, the Bruins defeated the Trojans in consecutive seasons. UCLA won the previous season's game 39–0. Scoring for the Bruins were Don Stalwick, Ike Jones, and Donn Moomaw. Late in the fourth quarter, Jim Sears scored for USC to avoid another shutout.

References

  1. Hyland, D. (22 September 1951). "TEXAS AGGIES DEFEAT UCLA, 21 TO 14". Los Angeles Times.
  2. Hyland, D. (7 October 1951). "Bruins batter broncos, 44-17". Los Angeles Times.
  3. Hyland, D. (14 October 1951). "Kerkorian, mathias spark stanford's 21-7 victory". Los Angeles Times.
  4. Hyland, D. (21 October 1951). "Bruins gallop over hapless oregon eleven, 41 to 0". Los Angeles Times.
  5. "UCLA stuns cal, 21 to 7". The Washington Post. 4 November 1951.
  6. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Nov-24.


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