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1945 UCLA Bruins football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record5–4 (2–3 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
←  1944
1946 →
1945 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 USC
L 6–1381,000
September 292:30 p.m. San Diego NTS*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 20–1420,000 [2] [3] [4]
October 5 Pacific (CA)*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 50–010,000 [5]
October 13 California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA ( rivalry)
W 13–040,000 [6]
October 198:30 p.m. Saint Mary's Pre-Flight*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 6–1330,000 [7] [8]
October 268:30 p.m. Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 12–040,000 [9] [10]
November 17No. 5 Saint Mary's*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 13–787,000
November 24at CaliforniaNo. 12
L 0–625,000 [11]
December 1at No. 16 USC
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 15–26103,000  
  • *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

See also: 1945 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
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References

  1. ^ "1945 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "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 Open access icon.
  3. ^ 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 Open access icon.
  4. ^ 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 Open access icon.
  5. ^ Dyer, B. (October 6, 1945). "BRUINS BOWL OVER PACIFIC TIGERS, 50-0". Los Angeles Times.
  6. ^ "UCLA trims california bears by 13-0 score". The Atlanta Constitution. October 14, 1945.
  7. ^ 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 Open access icon.
  8. ^ 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 Open access icon.
  9. ^ 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 Open access icon.
  10. ^ 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 Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Uclans upset by california". The Atlanta Constitution. November 25, 1945.
  12. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.
  13. ^ "Marines Beat UCLA". The Seattle Star. Seattle, Washington. United Press. November 2, 1945. p. 7. Retrieved March 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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