1929 UCLA Bruins football team

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1929 UCLA Bruins football
Conference Pacific Coast Conference
Record4–4 (1–3 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
←  1928
1930  →
1929 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 USC ^ + 6 –1 –010 –2 –0
Stanford + 5 –1 –09 –2 –0
No. 4 California + 4 –1 –07 –1 –1
Oregon + 4 –1 –07 –3 –0
Washington State 4 –2 –010 –2 –0
UCLA 1 –3 –04 –4 –0
Oregon State 1 –4 –05 –4 –0
Idaho 1 –4 –04 –5 –0
Montana 0 –4 –13 –5 –1
Washington 0 –5 –12 –6 –1
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1929 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Bruins compiled a 4–4 record (1–3 against PCC opponents), finished in sixth place in the PCC, and were outscored by a total of 190 to 121. [1]

Contents

The season opened with the first game played between UCLA and USC, ending in a 76–0 victory for USC. [2] UCLA's lone conference win was against Montana, 14–0, in the last game of the season. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at USC
L 0–7635,000–50,000 [2]
October 5 Fresno State *
  • Westwood Field
  • Westwood, CA
W 56–6 [3]
October 12 Stanford
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–5720,000 [4]
October 18at Caltech *
W 31–015,000 [5]
October 26 Pomona *
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 20–0 [6]
November 2at Oregon
L 0–27 [7]
November 16 Saint Mary's *
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–2425,000 [8]
November 28 Montana
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 14-010,000 [9]
  • *Non-conference game

[10]

Roster

The following is a partial list of student-athletes on UCLA's football roster during the 1929 season. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 "1929 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Braven Dyer (September 29, 1929). "Trojans Batter Bruins By 76 To 0 Score: Herd Hangs Up 12 Touchdowns". Los Angeles Times– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Bruins Swamp Fresno Eleven: U.C.L.A. Wallops Teachers by 56-6 Margin". Los Angeles Times. October 6, 1929 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Paul Lowry (October 13, 1929). "Stanford Warriors Easily Rout Bruins, 57 to 0". Los Angeles Times– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Bob Ray (October 19, 1929). "Bruins Wallop Caltech: Engineers Bowled Over by U.C.L.A., 31 to 0, in Rose Bowl Night Game; Forster Shines". Los Angeles Times– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Braven Dyer (October 27, 1929). "Sagehens Bow To Bruins, 20-0: Forster and Simpson Feature U.C.L.A. Victory". Los Angeles Times– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Ducks Beat Uclans in Listless Game: Webfoots Score Four Times Against Bruins for a 27 to 0 Count". Eugene Register. November 3, 1929. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Braven Dyer (November 17, 1929). "St. Mary's In Victory: Gaels Scored 24-to-0 Win Over Bruins to Become Only Unscored on Major Team in Country". Los Angeles Times– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Frank Roche (November 29, 1929). "Bruins Upset Dope By Trimming Montana: First Conference Win Collected By U.C.L.A." Los Angeles Times– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  11. ↑ "UCLA Bruins football - 1929 Database". Lost Lettermen. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
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