Texas A&M at UCLA

Friday, September 21, 1951

Texas A&M beat UCLA 21–⁠14. It was their second meeting; after it, Texas A&M led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayTexas A&M5–⁠3–⁠2 in 1951
21
HomeUCLA5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1951
14

FinalHigh 92°F, low 63°FAttendance 58,466

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Three Touchdown Passes Win For Texas Aggies Over UCLA

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 22, 1951, page 1

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    Three Touchdown Passes Win For Texas Aggies Over UCLA galloped 70 yards with a punt return for the tying touchdown. In another Friday night game, Gil Bocetti passed for three touchdowns as Washington and Lees Southern Conference cham pions beat Furman, 25–⁠7, in Greenville. S. C. Bocetti’S touchdown heaves were short ones. 3 yards to Dave Hedge and 6 to Jack Garst and Talbot Tramfnell. Bob Thomas and Trammell made some excel lent catches in the downfield marches and Yves Abrams was a big ground gamer. Furman made 200 yards on the ground but scored only one touchdown. Wake Forest, held to a TT tie by Boston College last year, beat the Eagles 20–⁠6 before &c, 587 spec ItatorS at Braves Field last night as Dickie Davis led the way with three touchdown passes. The Deacons made their debut under Tom Rogers. while Boston College lost for it’s new coach, Mike Holovak. Guido Scarton. Billy Churm and Jack Lewis each caught a Davis | touchdown pass,

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

UCLA 60% to win. Texas A&M won as Elo’s underdog.

Tied 3–⁠3 in six meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
2017UCLA 45, Texas A&M 44
2016Texas A&M 31, UCLA 24
1997UCLA 29, Texas A&M 23Cotton Bowl
1955UCLA 21, Texas A&M 0
1951Texas A&M 21, UCLA 14
1940Texas A&M 7, UCLA 0

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