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| 1974 UCLA Bruins football | |
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| Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
| Record | 6–3–2 (4–2–1 Pac-8) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Rod Dowhower (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Lynn Stiles (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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| No. 2 USC $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1974 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. Members of the Pacific-8 Conference, the Bruins were led by first-year head coach Dick Vermeil and played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. [1]
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 7 | at No. 16 Tennessee * | No. 12 | ABC | T 17–17 | 57,560 | [2] | |
| September 21 | at Iowa * | No. 12 | L 10–21 | 47,500 | |||
| September 28 | Michigan State * | W 56–14 | 44,555 | ||||
| October 5 | at Utah * | W 27–14 | 25,682 | ||||
| October 12 | Stanford |
| T 13–13 | 46,292 | |||
| October 19 | Washington State |
| W 17–13 | 27,745 | |||
| October 26 | at No. 20 California | W 28–3 | 48,777 | ||||
| November 2 | at Washington | No. 8 | L 9–31 | 52,000 | |||
| November 9 | Oregon |
| W 21–0 | 32,839 | |||
| November 16 | at Oregon State | W 33–14 | 21,118 | ||||
| November 23 | No. 8 USC |
| ABC | L 9–34 | 82,625 | ||
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