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1937 UCLA Bruins football team

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1937 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record2–6–1 (1–5–1 PCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 California $ 6 0 1 10 0 1
Stanford 4 2 1 4 3 2
Washington 4 2 2 7 2 2
Washington State 3 3 2 3 3 3
Idaho 2 2 0 4 3 1
Oregon State 2 3 3 3 3 3
USC 2 3 2 4 4 2
Oregon 2 5 0 4 6 0
UCLA 1 5 1 2 6 1
Montana 0 1 0 7 1 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1937 college football season. In their 13th year under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Bruins compiled a 2–6–1 record (1–5–1 conference) and finished in ninth place in the Pacific Coast Conference. Only Montana, at the bottom of the table, placed lower than the Bruins in the PCC that season.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24OregonW 26–1340,000[2]
October 9at StanfordL 7–1215,000[3]
October 16at Oregon StateT 7–710,000
October 23Washington State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–320,000
October 30No. 1 Californiadagger
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
L 14–2755,000–65,000[4][5]
November 13at WashingtonL 0–2611,561
November 20SMU*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 13–2635,000[6]
November 27Missouri*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 13–020,000
December 4USC
L 13–1975,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  1. ^ "1937 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Finch, F. (September 25, 1937). "BRUINS VANQUISH OREGON,26 TO 13". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Finch, F. (October 10, 1937). "STANFORD REDS HUMBLE U.C.L.A. BY 12-7". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ "California routs U.C.L.A., 27-14 to continue rose bowl march". The Washington Post. October 31, 1937.
  5. ^ Frank Finch (October 31, 1937). "Mighty Bears Overpower Scrappy Bruins, 27-14: Washington Proves Star". The Los Angeles Times. pp. II-13, II-17.
  6. ^ "S.M.U. aerials beat U.C.L.A. eleven, 26-13". Chicago Daily Tribune. November 21, 1937.
  7. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 15, 2016.