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1955 UCLA

9–⁠2 (6–⁠0 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Red Sanders, finished No. 4 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1955, game by game: won vs. Texas A&M 21–0; lost at Maryland 0–7; won at Washington State 55–0; won vs. Oregon State 38–0; won at Stanford 21–13; won vs. Iowa 33–13; won vs. California 47–0; won at Pacific 34–0; won vs. Washington 19–17; won at USC 17–7; lost vs. No. 2 Michigan State 14–17+55−7Won 21–0 vs. Texas A&M+21Texas A&MLost 0–7 at Maryland-7MarylandWon 55–0 at Washington State+55Washington StateWon 38–0 vs. Oregon State+38Oregon StateWon 21–13 at Stanford+8StanfordWon 33–13 vs. Iowa+20IowaWon 47–0 vs. California+47CaliforniaWon 34–0 at Pacific+34PacificWon 19–17 vs. Washington+2WashingtonWon 17–7 at USC+10USCLost 14–17 vs. No. 2 Michigan State-3No. 2 Michigan State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsTexas A&MW 21–⁠086%
Sep 24atMarylandL 0–⁠746%
Oct 1atWashington StateW 55–⁠077%
Oct 7vsOregon StateW 38–⁠086%
Oct 15atStanfordW 21–⁠1372%
Oct 21vsIowaW 33–⁠1376%
Oct 29vsCaliforniaW 47–⁠087%
Nov 5atPacificW 34–⁠067%
Nov 12vsWashingtonW 19–⁠1788%
Nov 19atUSCW 17–⁠765%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs2Michigan StateRose BowlL 14–⁠1758%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Michigan State 17–⁠14 in the Rose Bowl; No. 4 in the final AP poll; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 1
  2. Wk 2: 1
  3. Wk 3: 7
  4. Wk 4: 7
  5. Wk 5: 9
  6. Wk 6: 7
  7. Wk 7: 6
  8. Wk 8: 5
  9. Wk 9: 4
  10. Wk 10: 5
  11. Wk 11: 4
  12. Final: 4

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 1955.

Pacific Coast Conference champions6–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanHardiman Cureton, OG

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠0 first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
No. 4 peak No. 1
Points
299–⁠74
Coach
Red Sanders
Elo
1758 +73 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
24.7 No. 3 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Single-wing

All-Pacific Coast

6 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Sam BrownBAP-1; UP-1
  • Bob DavenportBAP-1; UP-1
  • Rommie LouddEAP-1; UP-1
  • Jim BrownOGAP-1; UP-2
  • Hardiman CuretonOGAP-2; UP-1
  • Steve PalmerCAP-1; UP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1955 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1955 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠09–⁠24
Oregon State5–⁠26–⁠3
Stanford3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠3–⁠116
Oregon4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington4–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
USC3–⁠36–⁠413
California1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠7–⁠1
Washington State1–⁠5–⁠11–⁠7–⁠2
Idaho0–⁠42–⁠7

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