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1950 UCLA

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

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1950, game by game: won vs. Oregon 28–0; won vs. Washington State 42–0; lost at No. 10 Washington 20–21; lost vs. Illinois 6–14; won vs. No. 6 Stanford 21–7; won at Purdue 20–6; won vs. Oregon State 20–13; lost at No. 6 California 0–35; won vs. USC 39–0+42−35Won 28–0 vs. Oregon+28OregonWon 42–0 vs. Washington State+42Washington StateLost 20–21 at No. 10 Washington-1No. 10 WashingtonLost 6–14 vs. Illinois-8IllinoisWon 21–7 vs. No. 6 Stanford+14No. 6 StanfordWon 20–6 at Purdue+14PurdueWon 20–13 vs. Oregon State+7Oregon StateLost 0–35 at No. 6 California-35No. 6 CaliforniaWon 39–0 vs. USC+39USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsOregonW 28–⁠058%
Sep 30vsWashington StateW 42–⁠067%
Oct 7at10WashingtonL 20–⁠2153%
Oct 13vsIllinoisL 6–⁠1464%
Oct 21vs6StanfordW 21–⁠744%
Oct 28atPurdueW 20–⁠651%
Nov 4vsOregon StateW 20–⁠1373%
Nov 11at6CaliforniaL 0–⁠3523%
Nov 25vsUSCW 39–⁠071%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat USC 39–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 44th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 13
  2. Wk 5: 18
  3. Wk 6: 19
  4. Wk 7: 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 1950.

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 13
Points
196–⁠96
Coach
Red Sanders
Elo
1600 +87 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.6 No. 25 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing

All-Pacific Coast

5 first team

First team

  • Bob WilkinsonE
  • Darrell RiggsE
  • Breck StroscheinOT
  • Bruce MacLachlanOGAP-2; Coaches-1
  • Donn MoomawC

From Wikipedia’s 1950 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1950 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California5–⁠0–⁠19–⁠1–⁠15
Washington6–⁠18–⁠211
UCLA5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford2–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Idaho1–⁠1–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Washington State2–⁠3–⁠24–⁠3–⁠2
USC1–⁠3–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Oregon State2–⁠53–⁠6
Oregon0–⁠71–⁠9

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