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1947 UCLA

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

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1947, game by game: won vs. Iowa 22–7; lost at Northwestern 26–27; won vs. Oregon 24–7; won at Stanford 39–6; lost vs. No. 12 SMU 0–7; lost vs. No. 14 California 0–6; won at Oregon State 27–7; won vs. Washington 34–7; lost at No. 4 USC 0–6+33−7Won 22–7 vs. Iowa+15IowaLost 26–27 at Northwestern-1NorthwesternWon 24–7 vs. Oregon+17OregonWon 39–6 at Stanford+33StanfordLost 0–7 vs. No. 12 SMU-7No. 12 SMULost 0–6 vs. No. 14 California-6No. 14 CaliforniaWon 27–7 at Oregon State+20Oregon StateWon 34–7 vs. Washington+27WashingtonLost 0–6 at No. 4 USC-6No. 4 USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsIowaW 22–⁠771%
Oct 4atNorthwesternL 26–⁠2758%
Oct 11vsOregonW 24–⁠780%
Oct 18atStanfordW 39–⁠662%
Oct 25vs12SMUL 0–⁠762%
Nov 1vs14CaliforniaL 0–⁠668%
Nov 8atOregon StateW 27–⁠744%
Nov 15vsWashingtonW 34–⁠775%
Nov 22at4USCL 0–⁠633%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 6–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 19
  2. Wk 3: 16
  3. Wk 4: 19
  4. Wk 7: 18
  5. Wk 8: 17
  6. Wk 9: 19

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 1947.

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
172–⁠80
Coach
Bert LaBrucherie
Elo
1609 +27 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
17.4 No. 12 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1948

The 1948 draft
Rd 5Jack Myers FBPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pacific Coast

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Al HoischRBAP-1
  • Tom FearsECoaches-1; AP-1; UP-1
  • Bill ChambersOTCoaches-1; AP-2; UP-1
  • Mike DimitroOGCoaches-1; AP-1
  • Don PaulCCoaches-2; AP-1; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠07–⁠2–⁠18
California5–⁠19–⁠115
Oregon5–⁠17–⁠3
UCLA4–⁠25–⁠4
Montana2–⁠17–⁠4
Oregon State3–⁠45–⁠5
Washington2–⁠53–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠53–⁠7
Idaho1–⁠44–⁠4
Stanford0–⁠70–⁠9

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