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1945 UCLA

5–⁠4 (2–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Bert LaBrucherie.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1945, game by game: lost vs. USC 6–13; won vs. San Diego Navy 20–14; won vs. Pacific 50–0; won vs. California 13–0; lost vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight 6–13; won vs. Oregon 12–0; won vs. No. 5 Saint Mary’s (CA) 13–7; lost at California 0–6; lost at No. 16 USC 15–26+50−11Lost 6–13 vs. USC-7USCWon 20–14 vs. San Diego Navy+6San Diego NavyWon 50–0 vs. Pacific+50PacificWon 13–0 vs. California+13CaliforniaLost 6–13 vs. Saint Mary’s (CA) Pre-Flight-7Saint Mary’s (C…Won 12–0 vs. Oregon+12OregonWon 13–7 vs. No. 5 Saint Mary’s (CA)+6No. 5 Saint Mary’s (C…Lost 0–6 at California-6CaliforniaLost 15–26 at No. 16 USC-11No. 16 USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsUSCL 6–⁠1333%
Sep 29vsSan Diego NavyW 20–⁠1481%
Oct 5vsPacificW 50–⁠075%
Oct 13vsCaliforniaW 13–⁠068%
Oct 19vsSaint Mary’s (CA) Pre-FlightL 6–⁠1356%
Oct 27vsOregonW 12–⁠058%
Nov 17vs5Saint Mary’s (CA)W 13–⁠757%
Nov 24atCaliforniaL 0–⁠661%
Dec 1at16USCL 15–⁠2631%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 26–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 80th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 12

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1945.

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
2–⁠3 5th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
135–⁠79
Coach
Bert LaBrucherie
Elo
1451 +2 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.3 No. 46 of 101 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1946

The 1946 draft
Rd 1Cal Rossi BWashington Redskins
Rd 5Don Paul CLos Angeles Rams
Rd 7George Robotham EPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 4 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1945 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1945 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC5–⁠17–⁠411
Washington State6–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Washington6–⁠36–⁠3
Oregon State4–⁠44–⁠4–⁠1
UCLA2–⁠35–⁠4
California2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠63–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠51–⁠7
Montana0–⁠10–⁠2

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.