1949 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record6–3 (5–2 PCC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16Oregon State
W 35–1337,427[2]
September 24at Iowa*
W 41–2543,546[3]
September 30Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 35–2743,137
October 8at StanfordNo. 18
W 14–740,000[4]
October 15Santa Clara*No. 13
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–1428,911[5]
October 22at Washington State
W 27–2021,000
October 29No. 4 CaliforniaNo. 20
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
L 21–3558,668[6]
November 12Washington
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 47–2626,420
November 19at USC
L 7–2175,026
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[7]

Rankings

See also: 1949 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP1813—20—————

References

  1. ^ "1949 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "UCLA blasts OSC, 35–13". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 17, 1949. Retrieved October 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Smith, W. (September 25, 1949). "Iowa loses to U.C.L.A. power, 41–25". Chicago Tribune.
  4. ^ "Alert UCLA Team Stays Undefeated". Los Angeles Times. October 9, 1949.
  5. ^ "Santa Clara's Broncos stun U.C.L.A." Chicago Daily Tribune. October 16, 1949.
  6. ^ Wolf, Al (October 30, 1949). "Bears bump Bruins, 35–21; Troy trips-Huskies, 40–28". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.
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