1971 UCLA Bruins football team

1971 UCLA Bruins football
Conference Pacific-8
1971 record 2–7–1 (1–4–1 Pac-8)
Head coach Pepper Rodgers (1st year)
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1971 Pacific-8 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#10 Stanford $ 6 1 0     9 3 0
#20 USC 3 2 1     6 4 1
#19 Washington 4 3 0     8 3 0
California 4 3 0     6 5 0
Oregon State 3 3 0     5 6 0
Oregon 2 4 0     5 6 0
Washington State 2 5 0     4 7 0
UCLA 1 4 1     2 7 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 UCLA Bruins football team represented University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1971 college football season. The team was coached by Pepper Rodgers and was ranked 15th by AP in the pre-season poll. The team finished the season with a 2–7–1 record.[1]

Regular season

Schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Bruins points Opponents Record
1 Sep. 11 Pittsburgh Loss 25 29 0–1
2 Sep. 18 #3 Texas Loss 10 28 0–2
3 Sep. 25 @ #4 Michigan Loss 0 38 0–3
4 Oct. 2 Oregon State Loss 17 34 0–4
5 Oct. 9 @ Washington State Win 34 21 1–4
6 Oct. 16 @ Arizona Win 28 12 2–4
7 Oct. 23 California Loss 24 31 2–5
8 Oct. 30 Washington Loss 12 23 2–6
9 Nov. 6 @ #12 Stanford Loss 9 20 2–7
10 Nov. 20 @ #15 USC Tie 7 7 2–7-1

Game notes

USC

1 2 3 4 Total
UCLA 0 0 7 0 7
USC 0 7 0 0 7

The game was played to a 7-7 tie before 68,426 at the Coliseum and a nationwide TV adience. Lou Harris scored for the Trojans and Marv Kendricks scored a 7-yard touchdown for the Bruins. Efren Herrera kicked the PAT to tie the game in the third quarter.

Awards and honors

References

  1. 2013 UCLA Football Media Guide, UCLA, 2013
  2. 1975 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletic News Bureau, 1975
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