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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
|
[12]
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
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes | Week |
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
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AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 (1) | — | — |
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References
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^
"1945 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
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^
"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
.
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^ 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
.
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^ Dyer, B. (October 6, 1945).
"BRUINS BOWL OVER PACIFIC TIGERS, 50-0". Los Angeles Times.
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^
"UCLA trims california bears by 13-0 score". The Atlanta Constitution. October 14, 1945.
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^ 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
.
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^ 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
.
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^ 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
.
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^ 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
.
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^
"Uclans upset by california". The Atlanta Constitution. November 25, 1945.
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^
"2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.
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^
"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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