1943 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record1–8 (0–4 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
1943 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
USC $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
California 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
No. 12 Washington 0 – 1 – 0 4 – 1 – 0
UCLA 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1943 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Edwin C. Horrell, the Bruins compiled a 1–8 record (0–4 conference) and finished in last place in the Pacific Coast Conference.[1]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, UCLA ranked 92nd among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 67.8.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25USC
L 0–2050,000
October 2Pacific (CA)*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 7–1922,000[3]
October 9at No. 16 March Field*Riverside County, CAL 7–479,000[4]
October 16California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
L 0–1320,000[5]
October 30at San Diego NTS*
L 0–286,000[6]
November 6Del Monte Pre-Flight*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 7–2610,000[7]
November 13at California
L 6–1318,000[8]
November 20Saint Mary's*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 19–711,000[9]
November 27at USC
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 13–2635,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[10]

References

  1. ^ "1943 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. ^ Wolf, Al (October 3, 1943). "U.C.L.A. loses by 19-7 count". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ Al Wolf (October 10, 1943). "Fourth Airmen Bomb Bruins in 47-7 Victory". Los Angeles Times. pp. 13–14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "California's eleven beats U.C.L.A., 13-0". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 17, 1943.
  6. ^ Wolf, Al (October 31, 1943). "San diego beats bruins". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^ "Fliers bury UCLA under 26-to-7 score". The Washington Post. November 7, 1943.
  8. ^ "CALIFORNIA TOPS U.C.L.A." New York Times. November 14, 1943.
  9. ^ Al Wolf (November 21, 1943). "Bruins Beat Gaels, 19-7, for Year's First Win: Jack Boyd Bags All Touchdowns". Los Angeles Times. p. I-17 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.


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