Texas A&M at UCLA
Friday, September 21, 1951 Share
Texas A&M beat UCLA 21–14. It was their second meeting; after it, Texas A&M led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 92°F, low 63°FAttendance 58,466
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Texas A&M–UCLA gameTied 3–3 in six meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 2017 | UCLA 45, Texas A&M 44 | |
| 2016 | Texas A&M 31, UCLA 24 | |
| 1997 | UCLA 29, Texas A&M 23 | Cotton Bowl |
| 1955 | UCLA 21, Texas A&M 0 | |
| 1951 | Texas A&M 21, UCLA 14 | |
| 1940 | Texas A&M 7, UCLA 0 |
Around this game
Texas A&M
- Next gamevs. Texas TechSept. 29, 1951
- SeasonTexas A&M in 1951
- ProgramTexas A&M history and records
UCLA
- Next gameat IllinoisSept. 29, 1951
- SeasonUCLA in 1951
- ProgramUCLA history and records

