1951 UCLA Bruins football team

1951 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 17
Record	5–3–1 (4–1–1 PCC)
Head coach	Henry Russell Sanders
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1951 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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

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

Schedule

September 21No. 6 Texas A&M*

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

L 14–21 September 29at No. 10 Illinois*

• Memorial Stadium
• Champaign, IL

L 13–27 October 6Santa Clara*

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

W 44–17 October 13at No. 19 Stanford

• Stanford Stadium
• Stanford, CA

L 7–21 October 20Oregon

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

W 41–0 November 3No. 9 California

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)

W 21–7 November 10at Oregon State

• Multnomah Stadium
• Portland, OR

W 7–0 November 17WashingtonNo. 18

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA

T 20–20 November 24at No. 11 USC

• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
• Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)

W 21–7

Game notes

USC

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

For the first time, the Bruins defeated the Trojans two years in a row. UCLA won the 1950 game 39–0. Scoring for the Bruins were Don Stalwick, Ike Jones, and Donn Moomaw. Jim Sears scored late in the fourth quarter for Southern Cal.