1971 UCLA Bruins football team
American college football season
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The 1971 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season. Led by new head coach Pepper Rodgers, the Bruins were ranked 15th by AP in the pre-season poll, but finished at 2–7–1 (1–4–1 in Pac-8, last).[1] Home games were played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
ConferencePacific-8 Conference
Record2–7–1 (1–4–1 Pac-8)
Headcoach
- Pepper Rodgers (1st season)
OffensiveschemeWishbone
| 1971 UCLA Bruins football | |
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| Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
| Record | 2–7–1 (1–4–1 Pac-8) |
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| Offensive scheme | Wishbone |
| Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Stanford $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 USC | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Washington | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 11 | Pittsburgh* | No. 15 | L 25–29 | 36,205 | [2][3] | ||
| September 18 | No. 3 Texas* |
| L 10–28 | 36,504 | [4] | ||
| September 25 | at No. 4 Michigan* | L 0–38 | 88,042 | [5] | |||
| October 2 | Oregon State |
| L 17–34 | 33,345 | [6] | ||
| October 9 | at Washington State | W 34–21 | 30,500 | [7] | |||
| October 16 | at Arizona* | W 28–12 | 37,500 | [8] | |||
| October 23 | 7:32 p.m. | California |
| L 24–31 | 30,741 | [9][10] | |
| October 30 | Washington |
| L 12–23 | 36,545 | [11] | ||
| November 6 | 1:35 p.m. | at No. 12 Stanford | L 9–20 | 61,000 | [12][13] | ||
| November 20 | at No. 15 USC |
| T 7–7 | 68,426 | [14] | ||
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Game summaries
USC
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| UCLA | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| USC | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
The game was played to a 7–7 tie before 68,426 at the Coliseum and a nationwide TV audience. Lou Harris scored for the Trojans and Marv Kendricks scored a 7-yard touchdown for the Bruins. Efrén Herrera kicked the PAT to tie the game in the third quarter.
Awards and honors
- All-Americans: Dave Dalby (C)[16]
- All-Conference First Team: Dave Dalby (C), Bob Christiansen (OE)
