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1957 UCLA

8–⁠2 (5–⁠2 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Red Sanders.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1957, game by game: won vs. Air Force 47–0; won vs. Illinois 16–6; lost at Oregon 0–21; won vs. Washington 19–0; won vs. No. 7 Oregon State 26–7; lost at Stanford 6–20; won vs. California 16–14; won at Washington State 19–13; won at Pacific 21–0; won at USC 20–9+47−21Won 47–0 vs. Air Force+47Air ForceWon 16–6 vs. Illinois+10IllinoisLost 0–21 at Oregon-21OregonWon 19–0 vs. Washington+19WashingtonWon 26–7 vs. No. 7 Oregon State+19No. 7 Oregon StateLost 6–20 at Stanford-14StanfordWon 16–14 vs. California+2CaliforniaWon 19–13 at Washington State+6Washington StateWon 21–0 at Pacific+21PacificWon 20–9 at USC+11USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsAir ForceW 47–⁠095%
Sep 27vsIllinoisW 16–⁠672%
Oct 5atOregonL 0–⁠2153%
Oct 12vsWashingtonW 19–⁠073%
Oct 19vs7Oregon StateW 26–⁠753%
Oct 26atStanfordL 6–⁠2056%
Nov 2vsCaliforniaW 16–⁠1480%
Nov 9atWashington StateW 19–⁠1361%
Nov 16atPacificW 21–⁠050%
Nov 23atUSCW 20–⁠968%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat USC 20–⁠9; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 23rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 19
  2. Wk 6: 15

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 1957.

Consensus All-AmericanDick Wallen, E

Record
8–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠2 3rd in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
190–⁠90
Coach
Red Sanders
Elo
1657 +59 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
11.9 No. 25 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Joe Harper and Jim Dawson

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team

First team

  • Dick WallenEAP-1; Coaches-1; UP-1
  • Bill LeekaOTAP-1; Coaches-1; UP-1

From Wikipedia’s 1957 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1957 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oregon State6–⁠28–⁠2
Oregon6–⁠27–⁠4
UCLA5–⁠28–⁠2
Washington State5–⁠36–⁠4
Stanford4–⁠36–⁠4
Washington3–⁠43–⁠6–⁠1
California1–⁠61–⁠9
USC1–⁠61–⁠9
Idaho0–⁠34–⁠4–⁠1

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