UCLA Bruins

UCLA Bruins football
Current season: 2020 UCLA Bruins
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First season	1919
Athletic director	Dan Guerrero
Head coach	Chip Kelly
	4th year, 18–25 (.419)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl
Stadium capacity	92,542
Stadium surface	Grass
Location	Pasadena, California, U.S.
Conference	Pac-12
All-time history
All-time record	613–444–37 ()
Postseason bowl record	16–19–1 (.458)
Claimed national titles	1
Conference titles	17
Division titles	2
Heisman winners	1
Consensus All-Americans	Template:American college football All-Americans
Current uniform
Colors	Blue and Gold
Fight song	Mighty Bruins Sons of Westwood
Mascot	Joe & Josephine Bruin
Marching band	The Solid Gold Sound
Outfitter	Under Armour (since 2017)
Rivals	California Golden Bears USC Trojans

The UCLA Bruins are a football team in the Pac-12. Their head coach is Chip Kelly. They play their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

The Bruins football program represents the University of California, Los Angeles in college football as members of the Pacific-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The Bruins have enjoyed several periods of success in their history, having been ranked in the top ten of the AP Poll at least once in every decade since the poll began in the 1930s. Their first major period of success came in the 1950s, under head coach Henry Russell Sanders. Sanders led the Bruins to the Coaches' Poll national championship in 1954, three conference championships, and an overall record of 66–19–1 in nine years. In the 1980s and 1990s, during the tenure of Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled a 151–74–8 record, including 13 bowl games and an NCAA record eight straight bowl wins. The program has produced 28 first round picks in the NFL Draft, 30 consensus All-Americans, and multiple major award winners, including Heisman winner Gary Beban. The UCLA Bruins' main rivals are the USC Trojans. On December 10, 2011, UCLA announced that Jim L. Mora will be hired as the 17th head football coach.

Current staff

The following are coaches for the 2019 season:

Name	Position
Chip Kelly	Head Coach
Kennedy Polamalu	Offensive Coordinator Running Backs
Marques Tuiasosopo	Quarterbacks Passing Game Coordinator
Adrian Klemm	Associate Head Coach Running Game Coordinator Offensive Line
Eric Yarber	Wide Receivers
Rip Scherer	Senior Associate Head Coach Tight Ends
Tom Bradley	Defensive Coordinator
Angus McClure	Defensive Line Recruiting Coordinator
Demetrice Martin	Assistant Head Coach-Defense Defensive Backs
Scott White	Special Teams Coordinator Linebackers
Sal Alosi	Strength & Conditioning Coordinator

Facilities

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Rose Bowl, panorama

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Fall football practices at Spaulding Field

Rose Bowl

• Main article: Rose Bowl

The Rose Bowl is a National Historic Landmark located in Pasadena, California with an official capacity of 92,542. It has been the home football field for the UCLA Bruins since the 1982 season. The Bruins had played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum after joining the Pacific Coast Conference in 1928. The Coliseum is also the home of the rival USC Trojans. As the Coliseum is located across the street from the USC campus, Bruin officials long sought to move out from under the Trojans' shadow. An on-campus facility was discussed, but UCLA's location is not conducive to adequate traffic flow, and the campus lacks room for sufficient parking. There was an attempt to build a 44,000 seat stadium on campus, at the site where Drake Stadium eventually was built. However, the proposal was blocked by influential area residents, as well as other politicians. In addition, the Coliseum already was constructed by and is a facility of the State of California. When the Oakland Raiders became the Los Angeles Raiders in 1982, and after arduous negotiations with the city of Pasadena, UCLA decided to move out of the Coliseum, relocating its home games to the Rose Bowl Stadium. UCLA has participated in five Rose Bowl games since moving to the stadium, including the 1983 Rose Bowl at the end of the Bruins' first season there. From 1919 to 1927, the Bruins (then known as the Cubs) used Moore Field at the Vermont Ave. campus of the "Southern Branch of the University of California."

Acosta Athletic Complex

Training room, weight room, football facilities, and locker rooms are all located in the Acosta Athletic Complex, just west of Pauley Pavilion.

Spaulding Field

The on campus practice facility for the football team is Spaulding Field, which has two football fields, one grass and one artificial turf, or synthetic turf.

Uniforms

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Bruin on Bruin scrimmage

The UCLA athletic colors are "True Blue" and gold. The "True Blue" is a slightly darker shade than the previous powder blue worn by teams.

In the early days of the school, UCLA had the same colors as California: Yale Blue and California Gold.

When football coach Red Sanders came to UCLA for the 1949 season he redesigned the football uniforms. The Yale Blue was changed to a lighter shade of blue. Sanders figured that the baby blue would look better on the field and in film. He would dub the baby blue uniform "Powderkeg blue", powder blue with an explosive kick. For the 1954 season, Sanders added a the now familiar loop on the shoulders, the UCLA Stripe, to give an impression of motion. The away uniforms became white, with a navy blue and gold shoulder stripe and gold pants. The helmets became gold.

At times, beginning with the 1954 football season, the font for the numbers on the uniforms has been Clarendon typeface. Otherwise it has been block numerals. In the 1980s the uniform pants became yellow to look better in color publications, the jerseys a lighter blue, and the UCLA script was added to the helmets. In the 1990s, the uniform pants became gold again.

In 2003, the True Blue colors were adopted. The away uniforms got true blue shoulder stripes and numbers in 2006, but were replaced by navy blue again in 2010.

In 2009, the Bruins wore a 1967 throwback uniform against Washington and USC, though against USC the team's normal helmet was worn.

Yearly records

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP° Fred Cozens (Independent) (1919–1919) 1919 UCLA 2–6 — — UCLA: 2–6 2–6 Harry Trotter (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1920–1922) 1920 UCLA 0–5–0 0–5–0 — — 1921 UCLA 0–5–0 0–5–0 — — 1922 UCLA 2–3–1 1–3–1 — — UCLA: 2–13–1 1–13–1 James J. Cline (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1923–1924) 1923 UCLA 2–5–0 0–5–0 — — 1924 UCLA 0–5–3 0–4–1 — — UCLA: 2–10–3 0–9–1 William H. Spaulding (Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1925–1927) 1925 UCLA 5–3–1 3–1–1 — — 1926 UCLA 5–3–0 4–2–0 — — 1927 UCLA 6–2–1 4–0–1 2nd — — William H. Spaulding (Pacific Coast Conference) (1928–1938) 1928 UCLA 4–4–1 0–4 T-9th — — 1929 UCLA 4–4 1–3 6th — — 1930 UCLA 3–5 1–4 T-8th — — 1931 UCLA 3–4–1 0–3 T-9th — — 1932 UCLA 6–4 4–2 3rd — — 1933 UCLA 6–4–1 1–3–1 8th — — 1934 UCLA 7–3 2–3 6th — — 1935 UCLA 8–2 4–1 T-1st — — 1936 UCLA 6–3–1 4–3–1 4th — — 1937 UCLA 2–6–1 1–5–1 9th — — 1938 UCLA 7–4–1 4–3–1 T-3rd W 32–7 Poi — — UCLA: 72–51–8 33–34–6 Edwin Horrell (Pacific Coast Conference) (1939–1944) 1939 UCLA 6–0–4 5–0–3 T-1st — 7 1940 UCLA 1–9–0 1–6–0 — — 1941 UCLA 5–5–1 3–4–1 — — 1942 UCLA 7–4–0 6–1–0 1st L 0–9 Rose — 13 1943 UCLA 1–8–0 0–4–0 — — 1944 UCLA 4–5–1 1–2–1 — — UCLA: 24–31–6 16–17–5 Bert LaBrucherie (Pacific Coast Conference) (1945–1948) 1945 UCLA 5–4–0 2–3–0 — — 1946 UCLA 10–1–0 7–0–0 1st L 14–45 Rose — 4 1947 UCLA 5–4–0 4–2–0 — — 1948 UCLA 3–7–0 2–6–0 — — UCLA: 23–16–0 15–11–0 Henry Russell Sanders (Pacific Coast Conference) (1949–1957) 1949 UCLA 6–3–0 5–2–0 2nd — — 1950 UCLA 6–3–0 5–2–0 3rd — — 1951 UCLA 5–3–1 4–1–1 2nd 17 17 1952 UCLA 8–1–0 5–1–0 2nd 6 6 1953 UCLA 8–2–0 6–1–0 1st L 20–28 Rose 4 5 1954 UCLA 9–0–0 6–0–0 1st (a) 1 2 1955 UCLA 9–2–0 6–0–0 1st L 14–17 Rose 4 4 1956 UCLA 7–3–0 5–2–0 T-2nd — — 1957 UCLA 8–2–0 5–2–0 3rd 18 — UCLA: 66–19–1 47–11–1 William F. Barnes (Athletic Association of Western Universities) (1958–1964) 1958 UCLA 3–6–1 2–4–1 1959 UCLA 5–4–1 3–1 T-1st 1960 UCLA 7–2–1 2–2 1961 UCLA 7–4 3–1 1st L 3–21 Rose 1962 UCLA 4–6–0 1–3–0 1963 UCLA 2–8 2–2 1964 UCLA 4–6 2–2 UCLA: 32–36–3 15–15–1 Tommy Prothro (Pacific-8 Conference) (1965–1970) 1965 UCLA 8–2–1 4–0 1st W 14–12 Rose 5 4 1966 UCLA 9–1 3–1 T-2nd (b) 5 5 1967 UCLA 7–2–1 4–1–1 T-2nd 10 — 1968 UCLA 3–7 2–4 T-5th — 1969 UCLA 8–1–1 5–1–1 T-2nd 10 13 1970 UCLA 6–5 4–3 T-2nd UCLA: 41–18–3 22–10–2 Pepper Rodgers (Pacific-8 Conference) (1971–1973) 1971 UCLA 2–7–1 1–4–1 8th 1972 UCLA 8–3 5–2 1973 UCLA 9–2–0 6–1–0 5 12 UCLA: 19–12–1 12–7–1 Dick Vermeil (Pacific-8 Conference) (1974–1975) 1974 UCLA 6–3–2 4–2–1 T-3rd — — 1975 UCLA 9–2–1 7–1 T-1st W 23–10 Rose 5 5 UCLA: 15–5–3 11–3–1 Terry Donahue (Pacific-10 Conference) (1976–1995) 1976 UCLA 9–2–1 6–1 2nd L 6–36 Liberty 15 15 1977 UCLA 0–11 (c) 0–7 (c) 8th (c) — — 1978 UCLA 8–3–1 6–2 2nd T 10–10 Fiesta 14 12 1979 UCLA 5–6 3–4 7th — — 1980 UCLA 9–2 5–2 2nd (d) 13 14 1981 UCLA 7–4–1 4–2–1 T-4th L 14–33 Bluebonnet — — 1982 UCLA 10–1–1 5–1–1 1st W 24–14 Rose 5 5 1983 UCLA 7–4–1 6–1–1 1st W 45–9 Rose 17 13 1984 UCLA 9–3 5–2 T-3rd W 39–37 Fiesta 9 10 1985 UCLA 9–2–1 6–2 1st W 45–28 Rose 7 6 1986 UCLA 8–3–1 5–2–1 T-2nd W 31–10 Freedom 14 14 1987 UCLA 10–2 7–1 T-1st W 20–16 Aloha 9 11 1988 UCLA 10–2 6–2 2nd W 17–3 Cotton 6 6 1989 UCLA 3–7–1 2–5–1 9th — — 1990 UCLA 5–6 4–4 T-6th — — 1991 UCLA 9–3 6–2 T-2nd W 6–3 Sun 19 18 1992 UCLA 6–5 3–5 8th — — 1993 UCLA 8–4 6–1 T-1st L 16–21 Rose 18 17 1994 UCLA 5–6 3–5 T-5th — — 1995 UCLA 7–5 4–4 T-5th L 30–51 Aloha — — UCLA: 144–81–8 92–61–5 Bob Toledo (Pacific-10 Conference) (1996–2002) 1996 UCLA 5–6 4–4 4th — — 1997 UCLA 10–2 7–1 1st W 29–23 Cotton 5 5 1998 UCLA 10–2 8–0 1st L 31–38 Rose † 8 8 1999 UCLA 4–7 2–6 9th — — 2000 UCLA 6–6 3–5 T-5th L 20–21 Sun — — 2001 UCLA 7–4 4–4 6th — — 2002 UCLA 8–5 4–4 T-4th W 27–13 Las Vegase — — UCLA: 50–32 32–24 Karl Dorrell (Pacific-10 Conference) (2003–2007) 2003 UCLA 6–7 4–4 T–5th L 9–17 Silicon Valley — — 2004 UCLA 6–6 4–4 T–5th L 21–24 Las Vegas — — 2005 UCLA 10–2 6–2 3rd W 50–38 Sun 13 16 2006 UCLA 7–6 5–4 4th L 27–44 Emerald — — 2007 UCLA 6–7 5–4 T–4th L 16–17 Las Vegasf — — UCLA: 35–28 24–18 Rick Neuheisel (Pacific-10 Conference) (2008–2011) 2008 UCLA 4–8 3–6 8th — — 2009 UCLA 7–6 3–6 8th W 30–21 EagleBank — — 2010 UCLA 4–8 2–7 9th — — 2011 UCLA 6–8 5–4 2nd (South) L 14–20 Kraft Fight Hungerg — — UCLA: 21–30 13–23 Jim L. Mora (Pacific-12 Conference) (2012–present) 2012 UCLA 9–5 6–3 1st (South) L 26-49 Holiday — — 2013 UCLA 10-3 6–3 2nd (South) W 42-12 Sun 16 16 2014 UCLA 10-3 6–3 2nd (South) W 40-35 Alamo 10 10 2015 UCLA 8-5 5-4 3rd (South) L 29-37 Foster Farms — — UCLA: 37-16 23-13 Total: 572-389-37       National championship         Conference title         Conference division title †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. Notes (a) National Champion UCLA was ineligible for the Rose Bowl due to a "no-repeat" rule, w/ USC, a team UCLA had beaten 34–0, sent instead (and lost) (b) 9–1, #5 ranked UCLA was voted out of the Rose Bowl by the AAWU conference in favor of 7–4 USC due to it having one more 'conference game win", 4–1 to UCLA's 3–1. UCLA beat USC earlier that year. (c) UCLA finished the 1977 season 7–4 overall and 5–2 in conference, tied for 2nd in the conference. They later forfeited the 7 wins due to having an ineligible player. (d) UCLA was ineligible for post season play after the 1980 season due to probation (e) Coach Toledo was fired before the bowl game, so offensive line coach Ed Kezirian coached the 2002 Las Vegas Bowl. (f) Coach Dorrell was fired before the bowl game, so defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker coached the 2007 Las Vegas Bowl. (g) Coach Neuheisel was fired before the bowl game, so offensive coordinator Mike Johnson coached the 2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.

Bowl games

• Main article: List of UCLA Bruins bowl games

UCLA has played in 31 bowl games in its history, compiling a record of 15–16–1. From 1946 to 1974, no team could participate in the Rose Bowl two years in a row. This is why the 1954 team, which won the conference, did not participate in the 1955 Rose Bowl.

Date	Bowl	W/L	Opponent	PF	PA
January 2, 1939	Poi Bowl	W	Hawaii	32	7
January 1, 1943	Rose Bowl	L	Georgia	0	9
January 1, 1947	Rose Bowl	L	Illinois	14	45
January 1, 1954	Rose Bowl	L	Michigan State	20	28
January 1, 1956	Rose Bowl	L	Michigan State	14	17
January 1, 1962	Rose Bowl	L	Minnesota	3	21
January 1, 1966	Rose Bowl	W	Michigan State	14	12
January 1, 1976	Rose Bowl	W	Ohio State	23	10
December 20, 1976	Liberty Bowl	L	Alabama	6	36
December 25, 1978	Fiesta Bowl	T	Arkansas	10	10
December 31, 1981	Bluebonnet Bowl	L	Michigan	14	33
January 1, 1983	Rose Bowl	W	Michigan	24	14
January 2, 1984	Rose Bowl	W	Illinois	45	9
January 1, 1985	Fiesta Bowl	W	Miami	39	37
January 1, 1986	Rose Bowl	W	Iowa	45	28
December 30, 1986	Freedom Bowl	W	Brigham Young	31	10
December 25, 1987	Aloha Bowl	W	Florida	20	16
January 2, 1989	Cotton Bowl	W	Arkansas	17	3
December 31, 1991	Sun Bowl	W	Illinois	6	3
January 1, 1994	Rose Bowl	L	Wisconsin	16	21
December 25, 1995	Aloha Bowl	L	Kansas	30	51
January 1, 1998	Cotton Bowl	W	Texas A&M	29	23
January 1, 1999	Rose Bowl	L	Wisconsin	31	38
December 29, 2000	Sun Bowl	L	Wisconsin	20	21
December 25, 2002	Las Vegas Bowl	W	New Mexico	27	13
December 30, 2003	Silicon Valley Bowl	L	Fresno State	9	17
December 30, 2004	Las Vegas Bowl	L	Wyoming	21	24
December 30, 2005	Sun Bowl	W	Northwestern	50	38
December 27, 2006	Emerald Bowl	L	Florida State	27	44
December 22, 2007	Las Vegas Bowl	L	Brigham Young	16	17
December 29, 2009	EagleBank Bowl	W	Temple	30	21
December 31, 2011	Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl	L	Illinois	14	20
Total	32 bowl games	15–16–1

Head coaching history

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Current head coach, Jim L. Mora

Years	Coach	Record
1919	Fred Cozens	2–6
1920–1922	Harry Trotter	2–13–1
1923–1924	James J. Cline	2–10–3
1925–1938	William H. Spaulding	72–51–8
1939–1944	Edwin C. Horrell	24–31–6
1945–1948	Bert LaBrucherie	23–16
1949–1957	Henry Russell Sanders	66–19–1
1958	George W. Dickerson	1–2
1958–1964	William F. Barnes	31–34–3
1965–1970	Tommy Prothro	41–18–3
1971–1973	Pepper Rodgers	19–12–1
1974–1975	Dick Vermeil	15–5–3
1976–1995	Terry Donahue	151–74–8
1996–2002	Bob Toledo	49–32
2003–2007	Karl Dorrell	35–27
2008–2011	Rick Neuheisel	21–28
2012–present	Jim L. Mora	9-5

Achievements and Awards

Team Achievements

National Champions

Year Coach Selector Record Bowl 1954 Red Sanders UPI 9-0 (6-0) - Total national championships 1

Conference Champions

Year Coach Conference Overall Record Conference Record 1935 William Spaulding PCC 8-2 4-1 1942 Edwin Horrell PCC 7-4 6-1 1946 Bert LaBrucherie PCC 10-1 7–0 1953 Red Sanders PCC 8–2 6-1 1954 Red Sanders PCC 9-0 6–0 1955 Red Sanders PCC 9-2 6–0 1959 Bill Barnes AAWU 5-4-1 3-1 1961 Bill Barnes AAWU 7-4 3-1 1965 Tommy Prothro AAWU 8-2-1 4-0 1975 Dick Vermeil Pac-8 9-2-1 6-1 1982 Terry Donahue Pac-10 10–1-1 5-1-1 1983 Terry Donahue Pac-10 7-4-1 6-1-1 1985 Terry Donahue Pac-10 9-2-1 6–2 1987 Terry Donahue Pac-10 10-2 7-1 1993 Terry Donahue Pac-10 8-4 6-2 1997 Bob Toledo Pac-10 10-2 7-1 1998 Bob Toledo Pac-10 10-2 8-0 Total conference championships: 17

Seasons

• 2015 season
• 2014 season
• 2013 season
• 2012 season
• 2011 season

See also

• Magazine covers

External Links

• UCLA Bruins football article at Wikipedia
• Official team site