UCLA Football Team History
UCLA Bruins
University of California at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Founded: 1919 Stadium: Rose Bowl Capacity: 91,136 Colors: Blue & Gold Coach: Harry R. Red Sanders Conference: Pacific Coast-
1955 Season Highlights
Harry R. Red Sanders enters his 7th season as Head Coach at UCLA.
The Bruins won the Pacific Coast Conference Championship.
1955 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Fri., Sep. 16 vs.
Texas A&M
21
0
W
Sat., Sep. 24 @
Maryland
0
7
L
Sat., Oct. 1 @
Washington State
55
0
W
Fri., Oct. 7 vs.
Oregon State
38
0
W
Sat., Oct. 15 @
Stanford
21
13
W
Fri., Oct. 21 vs.
Iowa
33
13
W
Sat., Oct. 29 vs.
California
47
0
W
Sat., Nov. 5 @ Pacific
34
0
W
Sat., Nov. 12 vs.
Washington
19
17
W
Sat., Nov. 19 @
Southern California
17
7
W
Mon., Jan. 2
Michigan State
14
17
L
@ Pasadena, CA
Rose Bowl
1955 Season Totals
Record 9-2
Points Scored 299
Scoring Average 27.2
Points Allowed 74
Defense Average 6.7
Opponents Record 55-37
Conference Record 6-0
Home Record 5-0
Away Record 4-1
1955 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
4 9-1-0
AP
4 9-1-0
Coaches
4 9-1-0
INS
4 9-1-0
UP
1955 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1955 All Pacific Coast Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
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