1973 UCLA Bruins football team

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1973 UCLA Bruins football
Conference Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 12
Record9–2 (6–1 Pac-8)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Homer Smith (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Wishbone
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
  1972
1974  
1973 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 USC $ 7 0 09 2 1
No. 12 UCLA 6 1 09 2 0
Stanford 5 2 07 4 0
Washington State 4 3 05 6 0
California 2 5 04 7 0
Oregon 2 5 02 9 0
Oregon State 2 5 02 9 0
Washington 0 7 02 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1973 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. Members of the Pacific-8 Conference, the Bruins were led by third-year head coach Pepper Rodgers and played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

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Quarterbacks Mark Harmon and John Sciarra ran the wishbone offense, and the Bruins were 9–2 overall and 6–1 on the Pac-8. After an opening loss at fourth-ranked Nebraska, [1] the Bruins won nine straight, but lost again to USC in the season finale. [2] UCLA repeated as conference runner-up, but the Pac-8 did not allow a second bowl team until the 1975 season. They were ranked twelfth in the final AP poll, ninth in the UPI coaches poll.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 8at No. 4 Nebraska *No. 10 ABC L 13–4074,966 [1]
September 22 Iowa *No. 18W 55–1834,456
September 29at Michigan State *No. 17W 34–2160,850
October 6 Utah *No. 16
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 66–1632,697 [3]
October 131:35 p.m.at Stanford No. 15W 59–1355,000 [4]
October 20at Washington State No. 13W 24–1332,200 [5]
October 273:00 p.m. California No. 13
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
W 61–2135,492
November 3 Washington No. 10
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 62–1330,000
November 10at Oregon No. 9W 27–721,200
November 17 Oregon State No. 8
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 56–1418,540
November 24at No. 9 USC No. 8
ABCL 13–2388,037 [2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

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Game summaries

at No. 4 Nebraska

No. 10 UCLA at No. 4 Nebraska
1234Total
No. 10 Bruins670013
No. 4 Cornhuskers14661440

Iowa

Iowa at No. 18 UCLA
1234Total
Hawkeyes1000818
No. 18 Bruins321102155
        

vs. No. 9 USC

No. 8 UCLA vs. No. 9 USC
1234Total
No. 8 Bruins370313
No. 9 Trojans7103323
  • Date: November 24, 1973
  • Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Game attendance: 88,037
    

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Roster

Awards and honors

References

  1. 1 2 "Cornhuskers too much for Bruins". Eugene Register-Guard. (location). Associated Press. September 9, 1973. p. 1C.
  2. 1 2 "Another Pasadena visit for USC..." Eugene Register-Guard. (location). Associated Press. November 25, 1973. p. 1D.
  3. "UCLA on 66–16 tear of Utah". Oakland Tribune. October 7, 1973. Retrieved October 8, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "How They Scored". Los Angeles Times. October 14, 1973. ProQuest   157430350 . Retrieved September 21, 2007.
  5. "Bruins sputter, but beat WSU 24-13". Eugene Register-Guard. (location). Associated Press. October 21, 1973. p. 2B.
  6. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  7. "Trojans Triumph, 23-13". The New York Times . November 25, 1973. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  8. 1975 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletic News Bureau, 1975