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1949 UCLA

6–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Red Sanders.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1949, game by game: won vs. Oregon State 35–13; won at Iowa 41–25; won vs. Oregon 35–27; won at Stanford 14–7; lost vs. Santa Clara 0–14; won at Washington State 27–20; lost vs. No. 4 California 21–35; won vs. Washington 47–26; lost at USC 7–21+22−14Won 35–13 vs. Oregon State+22Oregon StateWon 41–25 at Iowa+16IowaWon 35–27 vs. Oregon+8OregonWon 14–7 at Stanford+7StanfordLost 0–14 vs. Santa Clara-14Santa ClaraWon 27–20 at Washington State+7Washington StateLost 21–35 vs. No. 4 California-14No. 4 CaliforniaWon 47–26 vs. Washington+21WashingtonLost 7–21 at USC-14USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsOregon StateW 35–⁠1349%
Sep 24atIowaW 41–⁠2540%
Sep 30vsOregonW 35–⁠2743%
Oct 8atStanfordW 14–⁠749%
Oct 15vsSanta ClaraL 0–⁠1459%
Oct 22atWashington StateW 27–⁠2048%
Oct 29vs4CaliforniaL 21–⁠3535%
Nov 12vsWashingtonW 47–⁠2676%
Nov 19atUSCL 7–⁠2135%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 21–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 18
  2. Wk 2: 13
  3. Wk 4: 20
Record
6–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
227–⁠188
Coach
Red Sanders
Elo
1520 +81 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.3 No. 18 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Ernie JohnsonB
  • Bob WilkinsonEAP-1; Coaches-1; INS-1

Second team

  • Leon McLaughlinCAP-2; INS-2

From Wikipedia’s 1949 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1949 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California7–⁠010–⁠13
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford4–⁠27–⁠3–⁠1
USC4–⁠25–⁠3–⁠1
Oregon State5–⁠37–⁠3
Oregon2–⁠54–⁠6
Washington2–⁠53–⁠7
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠6
Idaho1–⁠43–⁠5
Montana0–⁠35–⁠4

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