1945 UCLA Bruins football team
| 1945 UCLA Bruins football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 5–4 (2–3 PCC) |
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| Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 USC $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Montana | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | USC | L 6–13 | 81,000 | ||||
| September 29 | 2:30 p.m. | San Diego NTS* |
| W 20–14 | 20,000 | [2][3][4] | |
| October 5 | Pacific (CA)* |
| W 50–0 | 10,000 | [5] | ||
| October 13 | California |
| W 13–0 | 40,000 | [6] | ||
| October 19 | 8:30 p.m. | Saint Mary's Pre-Flight* |
| L 6–13 | 30,000 | [7][8] | |
| October 26 | 8:30 p.m. | Oregon |
| W 12–0 | 40,000 | [9][10] | |
| November 17 | No. 5 Saint Mary's* |
| W 13–7 | 87,000 | |||
| November 24 | at California | No. 12 | L 0–6 | 25,000 | [11] | ||
| December 1 | at No. 16 USC |
| L 15–26 | 103,000 | |||
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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]
Rankings
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 (1) | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ "1945 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
- ^ "Navy Favored To Beat Bruins at Coliseum". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 29, 1945. p. 6, part I. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Wolf, Al (September 30, 1945). "Bruins Upset San Diego Navy by 20-14 Edge". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 5, part II. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Wolf, Al (September 30, 1945). "Bruins Upset San Diego Navy (continued)". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 6, part II. Retrieved March 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Dyer, B. (October 6, 1945). "BRUINS BOWL OVER PACIFIC TIGERS, 50-0". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "UCLA trims california bears by 13-0 score". The Atlanta Constitution. October 14, 1945.
- ^ Wolf, Al (October 19, 1945). "Bruins, Preflighters in Grid Clash Tonight". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 10, part I. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Wolf, Al (October 20, 1945). "St. Mary's Preflights Upset Bruins, 13 to 6". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 6, part I. Retrieved March 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Wolf, Al (October 26, 1945). "Webfoots Invade Bruins' Lair Tonight". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 10, part I. Retrieved April 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Wolf, Al (October 27, 1945). "Bruins Down Webfoots In Ripsnorter, 12-0". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 6, part I. Retrieved April 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Uclans upset by california". The Atlanta Constitution. November 25, 1945.
- ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ^ "Marines Beat UCLA". The Seattle Star. Seattle, Washington. United Press. November 2, 1945. p. 7. Retrieved March 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
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