1949 UCLA Bruins football team
Appearance
| 1949 UCLA Bruins football | |
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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 | [4] | |
| October 8 | at Stanford | No. 18 | W 14–7 | 40,000 | [5] | |
| October 15 | Santa Clara* | No. 13 |
| L 0–14 | 28,911 | [6] |
| October 22 | at Washington State | W 27–20 | 21,000 | [7] | ||
| October 29 | No. 4 California | No. 20 |
| L 21–35 | 58,668 | [8][9] |
| November 12 | Washington |
| W 47–26 | 26,420 | [10] | |
| November 19 | at USC |
| L 7–21 | 75,026 | [11] | |
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. ProQuest 177859319.
- ^ "UCLA spills Ducks, 35–27". The Berkeley Gazette. October 1, 1949. Retrieved January 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alert UCLA Team Stays Undefeated". Los Angeles Times. October 9, 1949. ProQuest 165981679.
- ^ "Santa Clara's Broncos stun U.C.L.A." Chicago Daily Tribune. October 16, 1949. ProQuest 177819584.
- ^ "UCLA rallies nip WSC, 27–20". The Spokesman-Review. October 23, 1949. Retrieved January 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "California Bears whip UCLA Bruins, 35–21". Arizona Daily Star. October 30, 1949. Retrieved January 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wolf, Al (October 30, 1949). "Bears bump Bruins, 35–21; Troy trips-Huskies, 40–28". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166012570.
- ^ "Bruins top Huskies in grid battle". The Press Democrat. November 13, 1949. Retrieved January 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Schneider skippers Trojans to 21–7 triumph over Bruins". The Los Angeles Times. November 20, 1949. Retrieved January 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.