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2004 UCLA Bruins football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 21–24 vs. Wyoming
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record6–6 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Tom Cable (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Larry Kerr (2nd season)
Home stadium Rose Bowl
Seasons
←  2003
2005 →
2004 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 USC † $   8 0     13 0  
No. 9 California   7 1     10 2  
No. 19 Arizona State   5 3     9 3  
Oregon State   5 3     7 5  
UCLA   4 4     6 6  
Oregon   4 4     5 6  
Washington State   3 5     5 6  
Stanford   2 6     4 7  
Arizona   2 6     3 8  
Washington   0 8     1 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † – USC later vacated 2 wins (1 in conference), as well as the BCS and Pac-10 Championships, due to NCAA sanctions.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Karl Dorrell. It was Dorrell's second season as the UCLA head coach. UCLA was not ranked in the preseason polls. [1] The Bruins finished 6–6 overall, and were tied for fifth place in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 4–4 record. [2] The Bruins were invited to play in the Las Vegas Bowl vs. Wyoming on December 30, 2004.

Key players

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 412:30 pm Oklahoma State* ABCL 20–3148,702 [3]
September 119:00 amat Illinois*ABCW 35–1747,457 [4]
September 184:00 pmat WashingtonABCW 37–3165,235 [5]
October 24:00 pm San Diego State*
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
FSNW2W 33–1052,038 [6]
October 93:30 pm Arizona
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
FSNW 37–1757,638 [7]
October 164:00 pmat No. 8 California TBSL 28–4569,898 [8]
October 2312:30 pmat No. 21 Arizona StateABCL 42–4863,985 [9]
October 3012:30 pm Stanford
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
FSNW 21–054,021 [10]
November 612:30 pm Washington State
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
FSNW2L 29–3162,251 [11]
November 1312:30 pmat OregonABCW 34–2658,344 [12]
December 41:30 pmNo. 1 USC
ABCL 24–2988,442 [13]
December 237:00 pmvs. Wyoming* ESPNL 21–2429,062 [14]

Game summaries

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State at UCLA
1 234Total
Cowboys 7 2130 31
Bruins 14 330 20
  • Date: September 4, 2004
  • Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
  • Game start: 12:39 PM PST
  • Elapsed time: 3:18
  • Game attendance: 48,702
  • Game weather: Bright and sunny, 95 °F (35 °C), 28% humidity, no wind
  • Referee: Gordon Riese

Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 14 7 7 7 35
Fighting Illini 0 7 7 3 17

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 20 7 7 3 37
Huskies 24 0 7 0 31

San Diego State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aztecs 3 0 7 0 10
Bruins 7 13 7 6 33

Arizona

Panorama, first quarter
1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 3 0 14 0 17
Bruins 9 14 7 7 37

California

1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 0 14 0 14 28
#8 Golden Bears 7 14 7 17 45

Arizona State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 3 17 15 7 42
#21 Sun Devils 14 7 10 17 48

Stanford

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinal 0 0 0 0 0
Bruins 7 7 0 7 21

Washington State

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 14 7 3 7 31
Bruins 7 3 6 13 29

Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
Bruins 14 7 10 3 34
Ducks 7 3 10 6 26

USC

1 2 3 4 Total
#1 Trojans 10 10 3 6 29
Bruins 0 10 7 7 24

Wyoming (Las Vegas Bowl)

Wyoming vs. UCLA
1 234Total
Cowboys 10 0014 24
Bruins 0 1470 21
  • Date: December 23, 2004
  • Location: Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
  • Game start: 7:00 PM PST
  • Elapsed time: 3:36
  • Game attendance: 29,062
  • Game weather: Partly cloudy, 42 °F (6 °C), 9 mph (14 km/h) N
  • Referee: Rocky Goode

References

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  10. ^ "Stanford vs UCLA Bruins (Oct 30, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. October 30, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  11. ^ "Wash. State vs UCLA Bruins (Nov 06, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. November 6, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  12. ^ "UCLA Bruins vs Oregon (Nov 13, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. November 13, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  13. ^ "USC vs UCLA Bruins (Dec 04, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. December 4, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  14. ^ a b "Wyoming vs UCLA Bruins (Dec 23, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. December 23, 2004. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  15. ^ "Wyoming Cowboys vs. UCLA Bruins Recap". ESPN. Retrieved December 11, 2011.