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1948 UCLA

3–⁠7 (2–⁠6 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Bert LaBrucherie.

Program for Oct. 23 game against OSC
Program for Oct. 23 game against OSCPhoto: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1948, game by game: won vs. Washington State 48–26; lost vs. Northwestern 0–19; won vs. Idaho 28–12; lost at Washington 6–27; lost vs. Stanford 14–34; lost vs. Oregon State 0–28; won at Nebraska 27–15; lost at No. 5 California 13–28; lost vs. No. 15 Oregon 7–26; lost vs. USC 13–20+22−28Won 48–26 vs. Washington State+22Washington StateLost 0–19 vs. Northwestern-19NorthwesternWon 28–12 vs. Idaho+16IdahoLost 6–27 at Washington-21WashingtonLost 14–34 vs. Stanford-20StanfordLost 0–28 vs. Oregon State-28Oregon StateWon 27–15 at Nebraska+12NebraskaLost 13–28 at No. 5 California-15No. 5 CaliforniaLost 7–26 vs. No. 15 Oregon-19No. 15 OregonLost 13–20 vs. USC-7USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 18vsWashington StateW 48–⁠2678%
Sep 25vsNorthwesternL 0–⁠1972%
Oct 2vsIdahoW 28–⁠1282%
Oct 9atWashingtonL 6–⁠2756%
Oct 16vsStanfordL 14–⁠3477%
Oct 23vsOregon StateL 0–⁠2853%
Oct 30atNebraskaW 27–⁠1550%
Nov 6at5CaliforniaL 13–⁠2816%
Nov 12vs15OregonL 7–⁠2637%
Nov 20vsUSCL 13–⁠2033%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 20–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 94th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠6 8th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
156–⁠235
Coach
Bert LaBrucherie
Elo
1409 −164 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.8 No. 78 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Don DollRBAP-1; UP-1

Second team

  • Ray NagelQBUP-2
  • SteinersOGUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1948 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1948 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon7–⁠09–⁠29
California6–⁠010–⁠14
USC4–⁠26–⁠3–⁠1
Washington State4–⁠3–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Stanford3–⁠44–⁠6
Oregon State2–⁠3–⁠25–⁠4–⁠3
Washington2–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
UCLA2–⁠63–⁠7
Idaho1–⁠53–⁠6
Montana0–⁠33–⁠7

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