American college football season
The 1945 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 1945 college football season. In their first year under head coach Bert LaBrucherie, the Bruins compiled a 5–4 record (2–3 in PCC, fifth);[1] eight of their nine games were played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| | USC | | | L 6–13 | 81,000 | |
September 29 | 2:30 p.m. | San Diego NTS* | | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 20–14 | 20,000 | [2][3][4] |
| | Pacific (CA)* | | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 50–0 | 10,000 | [5] |
October 13 | | California | | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
| W 13–0 | 40,000 | [6] |
| 8:30 p.m. | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight* | | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| L 6–13 | 30,000 | [7][8] |
| 8:30 p.m. | Oregon | | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 12–0 | 40,000 | [9][10] |
November 17 | | No. 5 Saint Mary's* | | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 13–7 | 87,000 | |
November 24 | | at California | No. 12 | | L 0–6 | 25,000 | [11] |
December 1 | | at No. 16 USC | | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| L 15–26 | 103,000 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Pacific time
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In addition to the above listed games, UCLA met the El Toro Marines in a scrimmage held on November 1 in Los Angeles, won by the Marines, 27–19.[13]