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Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
Record | 6–3 (5–2 PCC) |
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Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1949 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1949 college football season. In their first year under head coach Red Sanders, the Bruins compiled a 6–3 record (5–2 in PCC, second).[1] Home games were played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Sanders was previously the head coach at Vanderbilt in the Southeastern Conference.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 16 | Oregon State | W 35–13 | 37,427 | [2] | ||
September 24 | at Iowa* | W 41–25 | 43,546 | [3] | ||
September 30 | Oregon |
| W 35–27 | 43,137 | ||
October 8 | at Stanford | No. 18 | W 14–7 | 40,000 | [4] | |
October 15 | Santa Clara* | No. 13 |
| L 0–14 | 28,911 | [5] |
October 22 | at Washington State | W 27–20 | 21,000 | |||
October 29 | No. 4 California | No. 20 |
| L 21–35 | 58,668 | [6] |
November 12 | Washington |
| W 47–26 | 26,420 | ||
November 19 | at USC |
| L 7–21 | 75,026 | ||
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Rankings
[edit]Week | |||||||||
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
AP | 18 | 13 | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ "1949 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ "UCLA blasts OSC, 35–13". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 17, 1949. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Smith, W. (September 25, 1949). "Iowa loses to U.C.L.A. power, 41–25". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "Alert UCLA Team Stays Undefeated". Los Angeles Times. October 9, 1949.
- ^ "Santa Clara's Broncos stun U.C.L.A." Chicago Daily Tribune. October 16, 1949.
- ^ Wolf, Al (October 30, 1949). "Bears bump Bruins, 35–21; Troy trips-Huskies, 40–28". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.