1947 UCLA Bruins football team

1947 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record5–4 (4–2 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 USC $ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
No. 15 California 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Oregon 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
UCLA 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Montana 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Oregon State 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Washington 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Washington State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Idaho 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Stanford 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 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 1947 college football season. In their third year under head coach Bert LaBrucherie, the Bruins compiled a 5–4 record (4–2 in PCC, fourth).[1] Home games were played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

UCLA was ranked at No. 8 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Iowa*
W 22–789,800[3]
October 4at Northwestern*
L 26–2744,000[4]
October 11Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 24–743,713[5]
October 18at StanfordNo. 19
W 39–625,000[6]
October 25No. 14 SMU*No. 16
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–764,197[7]
November 1No. 14 CaliforniaNo. 19
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
L 0–680,266[8]
November 8at Oregon State
W 27–730,870[9]
November 15Washington
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 34–743,777[10]
November 22at No. 4 USCNo. 18
L 0–6102,050[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[12]

Rankings

See also: 1947 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
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— = Not ranked
Week
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AP—191619——181719—

References

  1. ^ "1947 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Frank Finch (September 27, 1947). "89,800 Fans See Bruins Rout Iowa Grids, 22-7: U.C.L.A. Explodes in Second Half". Los Angeles Times. pp. 8–9 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Paul Zimmerman (October 5, 1947). "Bruins Upset By Wildcats, 27-26". Los Angeles Times. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Frank Finch (October 12, 1947). "Bruins Beat Stubborn Webfoots by 24-7 Before 43,713". Los Angeles Times. p. II-5, II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Frank Finch (October 19, 1947). "Bruins Batter Tribe, 39-6". Los Angeles Times. pp. 11, 13.
  7. ^ Al Wolf (October 26, 1947). "Bruins Bow to Mustangs, 7 to 0". Los Angeles Times. pp. 12–13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Al Wolf (November 2, 1947). "Bears Bump Bruins, 6-0". Los Angeles Times. pp. 10, 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Bruins Batter Beavers, 27 to 7". Eugene Register-Guard. November 9, 1947. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Al Wolf (November 16, 1947). "Bruins Roll Over Washington, 34-7". Los Angeles Times. p. II-5 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Paul Zimmerman (November 23, 1947). "Trojans Nod. Bruins, 6-0, for Bowl Bid". Los Angeles Times. pp. 1, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.


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