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2004 UCLA Bruins football
2004 UCLA Bruins football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 21–24 vs. Wyoming
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	6–6 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Karl Dorrell (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Tom Cable (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Larry Kerr (2nd season)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl
	Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 USC † $	8	–	0	13	–	0
No. 9 California	7	–	1	10	–	2
No. 19 Arizona State	5	–	3	9	–	3
Oregon State	5	–	3	7	–	5
UCLA	4	–	4	6	–	6
Oregon	4	–	4	5	–	6
Washington State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Stanford	2	–	6	4	–	7
Arizona	2	–	6	3	–	8
Washington	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion † – USC later vacated 2 wins (1 in conference), as well as the BCS and Pac-10 Championships, due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2004 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Karl Dorrell. It was Dorrell's second season as the UCLA head coach. UCLA was not ranked in the preseason polls.^[1] The Bruins finished 6–6 overall, and were tied for fifth place in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 4–4 record.^[2] The Bruins were invited to play in the Las Vegas Bowl vs. Wyoming on December 30, 2004.

Key players

Justin London
Drew Olson
Manuel White Jr.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	12:30 pm	Oklahoma State*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 20–31	48,702^[3]
September 11	9:00 am	at Illinois*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ABC	W 35–17	47,457^[4]
September 18	4:00 pm	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	W 37–31	65,235^[5]
October 2	4:00 pm	San Diego State*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSNW2	W 33–10	52,038^[6]
October 9	3:30 pm	Arizona	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	W 37–17	57,638^[7]
October 16	4:00 pm	at No. 8 California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	TBS	L 28–45	69,898^[8]
October 23	12:30 pm	at No. 21 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	ABC	L 42–48	63,985^[9]
October 30	12:30 pm	Stanford	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	W 21–0	54,021^[10]
November 6	12:30 pm	Washington State	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSNW2	L 29–31	62,251^[11]
November 13	12:30 pm	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	ABC	W 34–26	58,344^[12]
December 4	1:30 pm	No. 1 USC	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)	ABC	L 24–29	88,442^[13]
December 23	7:00 pm	vs. Wyoming*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–24	29,062^[14]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State at UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Cowboys	7	21	3	0	31
Bruins	14	3	3	0	20

Date: September 4, 2004
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Game start: 12:39 PM PST
Elapsed time: 3:18
Game attendance: 48,702
Game weather: Bright and sunny, 95 °F (35 °C), 28% humidity, no wind
Referee: Gordon Riese

Sources:^[3]

Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	14	7	7	7	35
Fighting Illini	0	7	7	3	17

Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	20	7	7	3	37
Huskies	24	0	7	0	31

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	3	0	7	0	10
Bruins	7	13	7	6	33

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	3	0	14	0	17
Bruins	9	14	7	7	37

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	0	14	0	14	28
#8 Golden Bears	7	14	7	17	45

Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	3	17	15	7	42
#21 Sun Devils	14	7	10	17	48

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	0	0	0	0	0
Bruins	7	7	0	7	21

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	14	7	3	7	31
Bruins	7	3	6	13	29

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	14	7	10	3	34
Ducks	7	3	10	6	26

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
#1 Trojans	10	10	3	6	29
Bruins	0	10	7	7	24

Wyoming (Las Vegas Bowl)

Wyoming vs. UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Cowboys	10	0	0	14	24
Bruins	0	14	7	0	21

Date: December 23, 2004
Location: Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
Game start: 7:00 PM PST
Elapsed time: 3:36
Game attendance: 29,062
Game weather: Partly cloudy, 42 °F (6 °C), 9 mph (14 km/h) N
Referee: Rocky Goode

Sources:^[14]^[15]

References

^ "2004 Preseason Consensus". Stassen.com. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
^ "2004-2005 Football Schedule". UCLA. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
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^ "UCLA Bruins vs Illinois (Sep 11, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. September 11, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
^ "UCLA Bruins vs Washington (Sep 18, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. September 18, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
^ "San Diego State vs UCLA Bruins (Oct 02, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. October 2, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
^ "Arizona vs UCLA Bruins (Oct 09, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. October 9, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
^ "UCLA Bruins vs California (Oct 16, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. October 16, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
^ "UCLA Bruins vs Arizona State (Oct 23, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. October 23, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
^ "Stanford vs UCLA Bruins (Oct 30, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. October 30, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
^ "Wash. State vs UCLA Bruins (Nov 06, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. November 6, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
^ "UCLA Bruins vs Oregon (Nov 13, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. November 13, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
^ "USC vs UCLA Bruins (Dec 04, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. December 4, 2004. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Wyoming vs UCLA Bruins (Dec 23, 2004)". UCLA Department of Athletics. December 23, 2004. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
^ "Wyoming Cowboys vs. UCLA Bruins Recap". ESPN. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2011.