1957 UCLA Bruins football team

1957 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
Record	8–2 (5–2 PCC)
Head coach	Red Sanders (9th season)
Captain	Joe Harper, Jim Dawson
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1957 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Oregon State +	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Oregon ^ +	6	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
No. 19 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Washington State	5	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Stanford	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Washington	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	1
California	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
USC	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative Oregon State won the rivalry game over Oregon, but no-repeat rule was in effect Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 1957 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1957 college football season. In their ninth and final year under head coach Red Sanders, the Bruins compiled an 8–2 record (5–2 in PCC, third).^[1]

UCLA's offensive leaders were quarterback Don Long with 479 passing yards, Chuck Kendall with 388 rushing yards, and Dick Wallen with 303 receiving yards.^[2]

Shortly before his tenth season in 1958, head coach Sanders died of a heart attack at age 53 in a Los Angeles hotel room on August 14.^[3][4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Air Force*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 47–0	33,293	[5]
September 27	Illinois*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 16–6	48,714	[6]
October 5	at Oregon		Hayward Field Eugene, OR	L 0–21	16,332
October 12	Washington		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 19–0	24,899
October 19	No. 7 Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 26–7	46,120
October 26	at Stanford	No. 15	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 6–20	46,000	[7]
November 2	California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 16–14	44,772	[8]
November 9	at Washington State		Memorial Stadium Spokane, WA	W 19–13	27,000
November 16	at Pacific*		Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	W 21–0	23,000	[9]
November 23	at USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 20–9	64,818
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Personnel

Players

• Glen Almquist, end
• Tom Avery, tackle
• Barry Billington, fullback
• Dick Butler, center
• Craig Chudy, end
• Rod Cochran, guard
• John Davis, wingback
• Jim Dawson, tackle
• Bob Dinaberg, tackle
• Dennis Dressel
• Don Duncan, fullback
• Steve Gertsman, blocking back
• Joe Harper, guard
• Chuck Kendall, tailback
• Bill Leeka
• Kurt Lewin, guard
• Don Long, tailback
• Bill Mason, wingback/defensive halfback
• Paul Oglesby, tackle
• Phil Parslow, wingback
• Dan Peterson, center
• Dave Peterson, blocking back/linebacker
• Art Phillips, blocking back
• John Pierovich, end
• Dave Smith, tackle
• Ray Smith, sophomore fullback
• Jim Steffen, defensive end
• Jim Wallace, sophomore tackle
• Dick Wallen, end
• Bob Weeden, sophomore center/tackle
• Clint Whitfield, guard
• Kirk Wilson, punter/tailback

Coaches

• Head coach - Red Sanders
• Assistant coaches - Deke Brackett, Sam Boghosian, Bill Barnes, Ray Nagel, George W. Dickerson, Johnny Johnson^[11]

Other personnel

• Head trainer - Ducky Drake
• Team physician - Dr. Bob Anderson

References

1. "1957 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
2. "1957 UCLA Bruins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
3. "UCLA grid boss taken by death". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. August 15, 1958. p. 12.
4. "Death takes Red Sanders, UCLA coach". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. August 15, 1958. p. 2.
5. "Bruins demolish air force, 47 to 0". Los Angeles Times. September 21, 1957.
6. Wolf, Al (September 28, 1957). "48,714 SEE BRUINS DEFEAT ILLINOIS, 16-6: Invaders Beaten Decisively Bruins Hand Big Ten Foe Decisive Loss". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 167193208.
7. Wolf, Al (October 27, 1957). "TRIBE TAME UCLA---COUGARS NIP TROY". Los Angeles Times.
8. Wolf, Al (November 3, 1957). "UCLA nudges cal by 16-14". Los Angeles Times.
9. Wolf, Al (November 17, 1957). "UCLA rolls over errant COP, 21-0". Los Angeles Times.
10. "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 19, 2016.
11. UCLA Southern Campus 1958, Volume 39, p. 287.

External links

• Game program: UCLA vs. Washington State at Spokane – November 9, 1957