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1952 UCLA

8–⁠1 (5–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Red Sanders, finished No. 6 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1952, game by game: won vs. Oregon 13–6; won vs. No. 9 TCU 14–0; won at Washington 32–7; won vs. Rice 20–0; won vs. No. 13 Stanford 24–14; won at No. 10 Wisconsin 20–7; won at No. 11 California 28–7; won vs. Oregon State 57–0; lost vs. No. 4 USC 12–14+57−2Won 13–6 vs. Oregon+7OregonWon 14–0 vs. No. 9 TCU+14No. 9 TCUWon 32–7 at Washington+25WashingtonWon 20–0 vs. Rice+20RiceWon 24–14 vs. No. 13 Stanford+10No. 13 StanfordWon 20–7 at No. 10 Wisconsin+13No. 10 WisconsinWon 28–7 at No. 11 California+21No. 11 CaliforniaWon 57–0 vs. Oregon State+57Oregon StateLost 12–14 vs. No. 4 USC-2No. 4 USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsOregonW 13–⁠682%
Sep 27vs9TCUW 14–⁠064%
Oct 4atWashingtonW 32–⁠754%
Oct 11vsRiceW 20–⁠072%
Oct 18vs13StanfordW 24–⁠1461%
Oct 25at10WisconsinW 20–⁠746%
Nov 1at11CaliforniaW 28–⁠746%
Nov 8vsOregon StateW 57–⁠089%
Nov 22vs4USCL 12–⁠1461%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to USC 14–⁠12; No. 6 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 8th-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: 14
  3. Wk 3: 11
  4. Wk 4: 10
  5. Wk 5: 8
  6. Wk 6: 7
  7. Wk 7: 5
  8. Wk 8: 4
  9. Wk 9: 3
  10. Wk 10: 5
  11. Final: 6

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 1952.

Heisman voteDonn Moomaw, fourth

Consensus All-AmericanDonn Moomaw, C/LB

Record
8–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 6 peak No. 3
Points
220–⁠55
Coach
Red Sanders
Elo
1730 +145 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
24.0 No. 5 of 113 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing

All-Pacific Coast

10 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Terry DeBayCINS-2

From Wikipedia’s 1952 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1952 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠010–⁠15
UCLA5–⁠18–⁠16
Washington6–⁠27–⁠3
California3–⁠37–⁠3
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠55–⁠5
Oregon2–⁠52–⁠7–⁠1
Idaho1–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠62–⁠7

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