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1959 UCLA Bruins football
1959 UCLA Bruins football
AAWU co-champion
Conference	Athletic Association of Western Universities
Record	5–4–1 (3–1 AAWU)
Head coach	Bill Barnes (2nd season);
Captain	Rod Cochran, Ray Smith
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1958 1960 →

1959 Athletic Association of Western Universities football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 Washington ^ +	3	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 14 USC +	3	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
UCLA +	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
California	1	–	3	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Stanford	0	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Selected as Rose Bowl representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1959 college football season. In their second year under head coach Bill Barnes, the Bruins compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–1 conference) and finished in a three-way tie for first place in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.^[1]

UCLA's offensive leaders in 1959 were quarterback Billy Kilmer with 702 passing yards each, Ray Smith with 417 rushing yards, and Marv Luster with 366 receiving yards.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	No. 11 Purdue*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	T 0–0	38,675
October 3	at Pittsburgh*		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 21–25	30,683	^[3]
October 17	California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 19–12	33,008
October 23	Air Force*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–20	33,008
October 31	No. 17 Washington		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 7–23	32,838	^[4]^[5]
November 7	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 55–13	35,000	^[6]
November 13	NC State*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 21–12	21,112	^[7]
November 21	at No. 4 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 10–3	85,917
November 28	Utah*	No. 20	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 21–6	19,600
December 5	No. 1 Syracuse*	No. 17	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 8–36	46,557
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^[8]^[9]

Personnel

Players

Glen Almquist, end
Foster Anderson, sophomore tackle
Harry Baldwin, junior center
Steve Bauwens, sophomore tackle
Dean Betts, junior tackle
Craig Chudy, junior end
Rod Cochran, senior guard and co-captain
Dave Dabov, junior guard
Gene Gaines, junior halfback
Chuck Hicks, sophomore tackle
Ron Hull, sophomore center
Jim Johnson, junior halfback
Ivory Jones, junior quarterback
Billy Kilmer, junior tailback
Tony Longo, junior tackle
Marv Luster, junior end
Frank Macari, sophomore guard
Jack Metcalf, junior guard
Trusse Norris, senior end
Paul Oglesby, senior tackle
Tom Paton, sophomore guard
Art Phillips, senior quarterback
John Pierovich, senior end
Joe Rosenkrans, sophomore halfback
Marshall Shirk, sophomore guard
Bob Smith, sophomore halfback
Earl Smith, junior end
Skip Smith, senior tailback
Ray Smith, senior fullback
Bob Stevens, sophomore fullback
Al Story, senior tailback
Don Vena, sophomore end
Jim Wallace, senior tackle
Duane Wills, sophomore center
Fred Zingler, sophomore fullback

Coaches

Head coach - Bill Barnes
Assistant coaches - Dan Peterson, John Hermann, Deke Bracket (senior assistant), John Johnson, Sam Boghosian, Jim Dawson, Bob Bergdahl^[10]

Other personnel

Trainer - Ducky Drake^[11]
Assistant trainers - Don Vick, Larry Carter^[11]
Team physician -Dr. Martin Blazina^[11]

References

^ "1959 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
^ "1959 UCLA Bruins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
^ "Pittsburgh air attack overcomes UCLA, 25-21". The Washington Post. October 4, 1959.
^ "UW dumps UCLA". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 1, 1959. p. 2, sports.
^ "Husky bowl hopes up after beating UCLA". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 1, 1959. p. 8.
^ Wolf, Al (November 8, 1959). "Bruins Rebound To Crush Tribe, 55-13". Los Angeles Times.
^ "State holds off early UCLA bids but collapses, 21–12". The Charlotte Observer. November 14, 1959. Retrieved January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "'59 coliseum attendance in 33.6% increase". Los Angeles Times. December 25, 1959.
^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 19, 2016.
^ UCLA Southern Campus 1960, p. 220.
^ ^a ^b ^c UCLA Southern Campus 1960, p. 221.