1934 UCLA Bruins football team

1934 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	7–3 (2–3 PCC)
Head coach	William H. Spaulding (10th season)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1934 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Stanford $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
Washington State	4	–	0	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Washington	5	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Oregon	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
California	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
UCLA	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
USC	1	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	5	–	2			3	–	6	–	2
Montana	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) during the 1934 college football season. In their 10th year under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Bruins compiled a 7–3 record (2–3 conference) and finished in sixth place in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC). Their standing was a minor improvement on the previous season's result when they ended in eighth place.^[1]

Schedule

The team's schedule consisted of 10 games, 5 in conference, and 5 with teams outside the PCC. While the Bruins went undefeated versus non-conference opponents, they only managed a 2–3 record within the Pacific Coast Conference.^[2]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22[note 1][3]	Pomona*	UCLA Campus[4] Los Angeles, CA	W 14–0	7,000
September 22[note 2][3]	San Diego State*	UCLA Campus Los Angeles, CA	W 20–0	7,000
September 29	at Oregon	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	L 3–26	15,000
October 13	Montana	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 16–0	5,000	[5]
October 20	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	L 0–3	30,000	[6]
October 27	Cal Aggies*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 49–0	4,000	[7]
November 3	Stanford	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–27	50,000	[8]
November 12	Saint Mary's*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 6–0	35,000	[9]
November 24	Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 25–7	25,000
November 29	Loyola (CA)*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 13–6	30,000	[10][11]
*Non-conference game

^[12]

Roster

The following is a partial list of student-athletes on UCLA's football roster during the 1934 season.^[13]

• Robert Allington
• Edward Austin
• Robert Barr
• Verdi Boyer
• Sherman Chavoor
• Chuck Cheshire
• Joe Denis, Joe 1934
• George Dickerson
• Mike Frankovich
• Fred Funk
• Sigfried Funke
• Richard Gary
• Howard Haradon
• John Hastings
• R. F. Key
• Ransom Livesay
• Sinclair Lott
• Bob McChesney
• Lawrence McConnell
• William Murphy
• Remington Olmstead
• Carl Olson
• Charles Pike
• Ben Ross
• Robert Schroeder
• Julian Smith
• William Spaulding
• Sam Stawisky
• Sam Storey
• Harry Trotter
• Walter Wilton
• Wendell Womble

Notes

1. Double Header
2. Double Header

References

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9. "St. mary's is beaten, 6 to 0, by U.C.L.A." Chicago Daily Tribune. November 13, 1934. ProQuest 181583251.
10. Braven Dyer (November 30, 1934). "Bruin Passes Beat Loyola in 13-6 Thriller: Bruin Passes Vanquish Loyola Eleven, 13 to 6; Lions Score First, but U.C.L.A. Rally Nets Pair of Touchdowns and Victory in Final Quarter". Los Angeles Times. pp. 9, 12. Retrieved April 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "U.C.L.A. SCORES, 13 TO 6". New York Times. November 30, 1934. ProQuest 101205243.
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13. "UCLA Bruins football - 1934 Database". Lost Lettermen. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.