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1951 UCLA

5–⁠3–⁠1 (4–⁠1–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Red Sanders, finished No. 17 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1951, game by game: lost vs. Texas A&M 14–21; lost at No. 10 Illinois 13–27; won vs. Santa Clara 44–17; lost at No. 19 Stanford 7–21; won vs. Oregon 41–0; won vs. No. 9 California 21–7; won at Oregon State 7–0; tied vs. Washington 20–20; won at No. 11 USC 21–7+41−14Lost 14–21 vs. Texas A&M-7Texas A&MLost 13–27 at No. 10 Illinois-14No. 10 IllinoisWon 44–17 vs. Santa Clara+27Santa ClaraLost 7–21 at No. 19 Stanford-14No. 19 StanfordWon 41–0 vs. Oregon+41OregonWon 21–7 vs. No. 9 California+14No. 9 CaliforniaWon 7–0 at Oregon State+7Oregon StateTied 20–20 vs. Washington0WashingtonWon 21–7 at No. 11 USC+14No. 11 USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsTexas A&ML 14–⁠2160%
Sep 29at10IllinoisL 13–⁠2736%
Oct 6vsSanta ClaraW 44–⁠1768%
Oct 13at19StanfordL 7–⁠2134%
Oct 20vsOregonW 41–⁠077%
Nov 3vs9CaliforniaW 21–⁠736%
Nov 10atOregon StateW 7–⁠050%
Nov 17vsWashingtonT 20–⁠2071%
Nov 24at11USCW 21–⁠740%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat USC 21–⁠7; No. 17 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 31st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 18
  2. Wk 10: 15
  3. Final: 17

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 1951.

Record
5–⁠3–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠1–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 17 peak No. 15
Points
188–⁠120
Coach
Red Sanders
Elo
1627 +60 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.5 No. 14 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Paul CameronBAP-2; UP-2
  • Ernie StockertEAP-2; UP-2
  • J. PatersonEAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1951 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1951 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stanford6–⁠19–⁠27
UCLA4–⁠1–⁠15–⁠3–⁠117
California5–⁠28–⁠212
USC4–⁠27–⁠3
Washington State4–⁠37–⁠318
Oregon State3–⁠54–⁠6
Washington1–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Oregon1–⁠62–⁠8
Idaho0–⁠32–⁠7

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