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1929 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
1929 record4-4 (1–3 PCC)
Head coachWilliam H. Spaulding (5th season)
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 PCC football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
USC 6 1 0     10 2 0
Stanford 5 1 0     9 2 0
Oregon 4 1 0     7 3 0
California 4 1 0     7 1 1
Washington State 4 2 0     10 2 0
UCLA 1 3 0     4 4 0
Oregon State 1 4 0     5 4 0
Idaho 1 4 0     4 5 0
Montana 0 4 1     3 5 1
Washington 0 5 1     2 6 1
† – Conference champion

The 1929 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1929 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Bruins compiled a 4-4 record (1-3 against PCC opponents), finished in sixth place in the PCC, and were outscored by a total of 190 to 121.[1]

The season opened with the first game played between UCLA and USC, ending in a 76-0 victory for USC.[2] UCLA's lone conference win was against Montana, 14-0, in the last game of the season.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at USCL 0–76>35,000[2]
October 5Fresno State*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 56–6[3]
October 12Stanford
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–5720,000[4]
October 18at Caltech*W 31–015,000[5]
October 26[[{{{school}}}|Pomona]]*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 20–0[6]
November 2at OregonL 0–27[7]
November 16Saint Mary's*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 0–2425,000[8]
November 28Montana
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 14-010,000[9]
  • *Non-conference game

[10]

Roster[]

The following is a partial list of student-athletes on UCLA's football roster during the 1929 season.[11]

  • Harold Bishop
  • Ansel Breiniman
  • Carl Brown
  • Jack Bryan
  • Ted Dennis
  • Ted Duffy
  • John Duncan
  • Norm Duncan
  • George Forster
  • Marion French
  • Alfred Gibson
  • Maurice Goodstein
  • Aubrey Grossman
  • Russell Huse
  • Don Jacobson
  • Glenwood Lloyd
  • Lloyd McMillan
  • Edward Milum
  • Richard Mulhaupt
  • Glenn Nelson
  • Harvey Nelson
  • Eugene Noble
  • Beverly Ogden
  • Bob Rasmus
  • Robert Reinhard
  • John Remsberg
  • Howard Roberts
  • Jerry Russom
  • Clifton Simpson
  • Arthur Smith
  • Chester Smith
  • Edward Solomon
  • Howard Stoeffen
  • Rueben Thoe
  • Leonard Wellendorf
  • Meyer Zimmerman

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "1929 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150916152053/http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/ucla/1929-schedule.html. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Braven Dyer (September 29, 1929). "Trojans Batter Bruins By 76 To 0 Score: Herd Hangs Up 12 Touchdowns". Los Angeles Times. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30179655/trojans_batter_bruins_by_76_to_0_score/.
  3. "Bruins Swamp Fresno Eleven: U.C.L.A. Wallops Teachers by 56-6 Margin". Los Angeles Times. October 6, 1929. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30179913/bruins_swamp_fresno_eleven_ucla/.
  4. Paul Lowry (October 13, 1929). "Stanford Warriors Easily Rout Bruins, 57 to 0". Los Angeles Times. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30179882/stanford_warriors_easily_rout_bruins/.
  5. Bob Ray (October 19, 1929). "Bruins Wallop Caltech: Engineers Bowled Over by U.C.L.A., 31 to 0, in Rose Bowl Night Game; Forster Shines". Los Angeles Times. https://www.newspapers.com/image/385485808/.
  6. Braven Dyer (October 27, 1929). "Sagehens Bow To Bruins, 20-0: Forster and Simpson Feature U.C.L.A. Victory". Los Angeles Times. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30179952/sagehens_bow_to_bruins_200_forster/.
  7. "Ducks Beat Uclans in Listless Game: Webfoots Score Four Times Against Bruins for a 27 to 0 Count". Eugene Register: pp. 1, 6. November 3, 1929. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30179999/ducks_beat_uclans_in_listless_game/.
  8. Braven Dyer (November 17, 1929). "St. Mary's In Victory: Gaels Scored 24-to-0 Win Over Bruins to Become Only Unscored on Major Team in Country". Los Angeles Times. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30179753/st_marys_in_victory_gaels_scored/.
  9. Frank Roche (November 29, 1929). "Bruins Upset Dope By Trimming Montana: First Conference Win Collected By U.C.L.A.". Los Angeles Times. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30179707/bruins_upset_dope_by_trimming_montana/.
  10. "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results". http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/uclabruins.com/documents/2015/8/13/FB_15MG_96_100.pdf. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  11. "UCLA Bruins football - 1929 Database". Lost Lettermen. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151218034600/http://old.lostlettermen.com/football/ucla/players/year/1929. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
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