1957 UCLA Bruins football team

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1957 UCLA Bruins football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
Record8–2 (5–2 PCC)
Head coach
Captain Joe Harper, Jim Dawson
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
←  1956
1958  →
1957 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oregon State + 6 –2 –08 –2 –0
No. 17 Oregon ^ + 6 –2 –07 –4 –0
No. 19 UCLA 5 –2 –08 –2 –0
Washington State 5 –3 –06 –4 –0
Stanford 4 –3 –06 –4 –0
Washington 3 –4 –03 –6 –1
California 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
USC 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
Idaho 0 –3 –04 –4 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
    Oregon State won the rivalry game over Oregon,
    but no-repeat rule was in effect
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1957 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 1957 NCAA University Division football season. In their ninth and final year under head coach Red Sanders, the Bruins compiled an 8–2 record (5–2 in PCC, third). [1]

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UCLA's offensive leaders were quarterback Don Long with 479 passing yards, Chuck Kendall with 388 rushing yards, and Dick Wallen with 303 receiving yards. [2]

Shortly before his tenth season in 1958, head coach Sanders died of a heart attack at age 53 in a Los Angeles hotel room on August 14. [3] [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Air Force *
W 47–033,293 [5]
September 27 Illinois *
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 16–648,714 [6]
October 5at Oregon
L 0–2116,332
October 12 Washington
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 19–024,899
October 19No. 7 Oregon State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 26–746,120
October 26at Stanford No. 15
L 6–2046,000 [7]
November 2 California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
W 16–1444,772 [8]
November 9at Washington State
W 19–1327,000
November 16at Pacific *
W 21–023,000 [9]
November 23at USC
W 20–964,818
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Source: [10]

Conference opponent not played this season: Idaho

Personnel

Players

Coaches

Other personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "1957 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ "1957 UCLA Bruins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ "UCLA grid boss taken by death". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. August 15, 1958. p. 12.
  4. ↑ "Death takes Red Sanders, UCLA coach". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. August 15, 1958. p. 2.
  5. ↑ "Bruins demolish air force, 47 to 0". Los Angeles Times. September 21, 1957.
  6. ↑ Wolf, Al (September 28, 1957). "48,714 SEE BRUINS DEFEAT ILLINOIS, 16-6: Invaders Beaten Decisively Bruins Hand Big Ten Foe Decisive Loss". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest   167193208.
  7. ↑ Wolf, Al (October 27, 1957). "TRIBE TAME UCLA---COUGARS NIP TROY". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ↑ Wolf, Al (November 3, 1957). "UCLA nudges cal by 16-14". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ↑ Wolf, Al (November 17, 1957). "UCLA rolls over errant COP, 21-0". Los Angeles Times.
  10. ↑ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  11. ↑ UCLA Southern Campus 1958, Volume 39, p. 287.


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