1944 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–5–1 (1–2–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1943
1945 →
1944 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 USC $ 3 – 0 – 2 8 – 0 – 2
Washington 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
UCLA 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
California 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1944 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1944 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Edwin C. Horrell, the Bruins compiled a 4–5–1 record (1–2–1 conference) and finished in third place in the Pacific Coast Conference.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at USC
T 13–1360,000
September 30at California
L 0–645,000[2]
October 7at San Diego NTS*San Diego, CAL 12–145,000[3]
October 14Saint Mary's*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 39–01,713
October 21Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 12–2120,000[4]
October 27Alameda Coast Guard*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 26–1320,000[5]
November 4March Field*Riverside County, CAL 13–3510,000[6]
November 11California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 7–08,000[7]
November 18Pacific (CA)*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 54–715,000[8]
November 25No. 8 USC
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 13–4091,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[9]

References

  1. ^ "1944 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "CALIFORNIA DOWNS U.C.L.A. ELEVEN, 6-0". New York Times. October 1, 1944.
  3. ^ Wolf, Al (October 8, 1944). "Bluejackets shade bruins". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ Wolf, Al (October 22, 1944). "ST. MARY'S PREFLIGHTS JOLT BRUINS, 21 TO 12". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ Wolf, Al (October 28, 1944). "SEA LIONS UPSET BY BRUINS, 26 TO 13". Los Angeles Times.
  6. ^ Wolf, Al (November 5, 1944). "Flyers trip bruins, 35-13". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^ Wolf, Al (November 12, 1944). "Bruins edge bears, 7-0". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ^ Wolf, Al (November 19, 1944). "U.C.L.A. scores 54-7 win over pacific eleven". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.


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