1956 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record7–3 (5–2 PCC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1955
1957 →
1956 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 Oregon State $ 6 – 1 – 1 7 – 3 – 1
No. 18 USC 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
UCLA 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Washington 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Oregon 3 – 3 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
Stanford 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Washington State 2 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
California 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Idaho 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956 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 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth year under head coach Red Sanders, the Bruins compiled a 7–3 record (5–2 in PCC, third).[1] Entering the season, UCLA had won three consecutive conference titles.

UCLA's offensive leaders were Doug Bradley with 293 passing yards, Barry Billington with 399 rushing yards, and Dick Wallen with 308 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Utah*No. 17
W 13–737,038[3]
September 29at No. 13 Michigan*
L 13–4270,159
October 5Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 6–032,097
October 13Washington State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 28–027,192
October 20at California
W 34–2048,000[4]
October 27at Oregon State
L 7–2117,080
November 3No. 10 Stanford
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 14–1376,505[5]
November 10at WashingtonNo. 19
W 13–927,950
November 17Kansas*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 13–021,913[6]
November 24USC
L 7–1063,709
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

Players

Coaching staff

Other personnel

References

  1. ^ "1956 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "1956 UCLA Bruins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  3. ^ Hyland, D. (September 22, 1956). "LISTLESS BRUINS HOLD OFF UTAH, 13-7". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ "UCLA beats california on interceptions". The Washington Post and Times-Herald. October 21, 1956.
  5. ^ Hyland, D. (November 4, 1956). "UCLA UPSETS TRIBE, 14-13, BEFORE 76,505". Los Angeles Times.
  6. ^ "UCLA beats kansas, 13-0". The Washington Post and Times-Herald. November 18, 1956.
  7. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  8. ^ a b UCLA Southern Campus 1957, p. 222.
  9. ^ UCLA Southern Campus 1957, p. 223.


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