1976 UCLA Bruins football team
American college football season
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The 1976 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Ranked at 17th in the pre-season AP Poll, former UCLA player Terry Donahue took over as the head coach. The Bruins were 9–2–1 for the season and second in the Pacific-8 Conference. UCLA lost 36–6 in the Liberty Bowl to Alabama.[1]
| 1976 UCLA Bruins football | |
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Liberty Bowl, L 6–36 vs. Alabama | |
| Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 15 |
| AP | No. 15 |
| Record | 9–2–1 (6–1 Pac-8) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Dick Tomey (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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| No. 2 USC $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 UCLA | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 9 | at No. 3 Arizona State* | No. 17 | W 28–10 | 50,876 | [2] | |
| September 18 | Arizona* | No. 5 | W 37–9 | 41,651 | [3] | |
| September 25 | Air Force* | No. 5 |
| W 40–7 | 37,302 | [4] |
| October 2 | at No. 8 Ohio State* | No. 4 | T 10–10 | 87,969 | [5] | |
| October 9 | Stanford | No. 5 |
| W 38–20 | 50,894 | [6] |
| October 16 | Washington State | No. 4 |
| W 62–3 | 35,508 | [7] |
| October 23 | at California | No. 4 | W 35–19 | 62,228 | [8] | |
| October 30 | at Washington | No. 3 | W 30–21 | 47,719 | [9] | |
| November 6 | Oregon | No. 3 |
| W 46–0 | 32,158 | [10] |
| November 13 | at Oregon State | No. 2 | W 45–14 | 22,151 | [11] | |
| November 20 | No. 3 USC | No. 2 |
| L 14–24 | 90,519 | [12] |
| December 20 | vs. No. 16 Alabama* | No. 7 | L 6–36 | 52,736 | [13][14] | |
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Personnel
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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Game summaries
California
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| • UCLA | 14 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| California | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 19 |
- Date: October 23
- Location: California Memorial Stadium
- Game attendance: 65,228
| Q1 | UCLA | Dankworth 18 yard run (kick good) | UCLA 7–0 | |
| Q1 | UCLA | Henry 27 yard pass from Dankworth (kick good) | UCLA 14–0 | |
| Q2 | CAL | Bresna 1 yard run (Breech kick) | UCLA 14–7 | |
| Q2 | CAL | Breech 41 yard field goal | UCLA 14–10 | |
| Q2 | CAL | Breech 41 yard field goal | UCLA 14–13 | |
| Q3 | UCLA | Touchdown | UCLA 21–13 | |
| Q4 | UCLA | Tyler 33 yard run (kick good) | UCLA 28–13 | |
| Q4 | UCLA | Tyler 13 yard run (kick good) | UCLA 35–13 | |
- QB Jeff Dankworth sat out the second quarter with a bruised hip; returned in the third
Alabama (Liberty Bowl)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Alabama | 17 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 36 |
| UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
1st quarter scoring: Alabama – Bucky Berrey 37-yard field goal; Alabama – Barry Krauss 44-yard interception return (Bucky Berrey kick); Alabama – Johnny Davis 2-yard run (Bucky Berrey kick)
2nd quarter scoring: Alabama – Jack O'Rear 20-yard pass from Tony Nathan (Bucky Berrey kick)
3rd quarter scoring: Alabama – Bucky Berrey 25-yard field goal
4th quarter scoring: Alabama – Bucky Berrey 28-yard field goal; UCLA – Jim Brown 61-yard run (Kick failed); Alabama – Rick Watson 1-yard run (2-point pass failed)
Awards and honors
- All-American: Jeff Dankworth (QB), Oscar Edwards (DB), Jerry Robinson (LB, consensus)