1951 UCLA Bruins football team

1951 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 17
Record	5–3–1 (4–1–1 PCC)
Head coach	Red Sanders (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1951 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Stanford $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 UCLA	4	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
No. 12 California	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Washington State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Washington	1	–	5	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1951 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Red Sanders, the Bruins compiled a record of 5–3–1 (4–1–1 in PCC,second).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	No. 7 Texas A&M*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 14–21	58,566	[1]
September 29	at No. 10 Illinois*		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 13–27	53,265
October 6	Santa Clara*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 44–17	18,640	[2]
October 13	at No. 19 Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 7–21	36,000	[3]
October 20	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 41–0	14,495	[4]
November 3	No. 9 California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 21–7	56,418	[5]
November 10	at Oregon State		Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 7–0	26,598
November 17	Washington	No. 18	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	T 20–20	31,597
November 24	at No. 11 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 21–7	71,738
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	7	0	7	7	21
USC	0	0	0	7	7

USC

For the first time, the Bruins defeated the Trojans in consecutive seasons. UCLA won the previous season's game 39–0. Scoring for the Bruins were Don Stalwick, Ike Jones, and Donn Moomaw. Late in the fourth quarter, Jim Sears scored for USC to avoid another shutout.

References

1. Hyland, D. (September 22, 1951). "TEXAS AGGIES DEFEAT UCLA, 21 TO 14". Los Angeles Times.
2. Dick Hyland (October 7, 1951). "Bruins Batter Broncos, 44-17: Cameron Leads UCLA to 'Sizzling' Victory". Los Angeles Times. pp. II-6, II-8 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Hyland, D. (October 14, 1951). "Kerkorian, mathias spark stanford's 21-7 victory". Los Angeles Times.
4. Hyland, D. (October 21, 1951). "Bruins gallop over hapless oregon eleven, 41 to 0". Los Angeles Times.
5. "UCLA stuns cal, 21 to 7". The Washington Post. November 4, 1951.
6. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2014