1951 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1951 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) during the 1951 college football season.

1951 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 17
1951 record	5–3–1 (4–1–1 PCC)
Head coach	Red Sanders (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1951 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Stanford $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 UCLA	4	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
No. 12 California	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Washington State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Washington	1	–	5	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 21	No. 6 Texas A&M*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 14–21	58,566[1]
September 29	at No. 10 Illinois*		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 13–27	53,265
October 6	Santa Clara*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 44–17	18,640[2]
October 13	at No. 19 Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 7–21	36,000[3]
October 20	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 41–0	14,495[4]
November 3	No. 9 California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 21–7	56,418[5]
November 10	at Oregon State		Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 7–0	26,598
November 17	Washington	No. 18	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	T 20–20	31,597
November 24	at No. 11 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	W 21–7	71,738
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[6]

Game summaries

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	7	0	7	7	21
USC	0	0	0	7	7

USC

For the first time, the Bruins defeated the Trojans in consecutive seasons. UCLA won the previous season's game 39–0. Scoring for the Bruins were Don Stalwick, Ike Jones, and Donn Moomaw. Late in the fourth quarter, Jim Sears scored for USC to avoid another shutout.

References

1. Hyland, D. (22 September 1951). "TEXAS AGGIES DEFEAT UCLA, 21 TO 14". Los Angeles Times.
2. Hyland, D. (7 October 1951). "Bruins batter broncos, 44-17". Los Angeles Times.
3. Hyland, D. (14 October 1951). "Kerkorian, mathias spark stanford's 21-7 victory". Los Angeles Times.
4. Hyland, D. (21 October 1951). "Bruins gallop over hapless oregon eleven, 41 to 0". Los Angeles Times.
5. "UCLA stuns cal, 21 to 7". The Washington Post. 4 November 1951.
6. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Nov-24.