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1951 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 17
1951 record5–3–1 (4–1–1 PCC)
Head coachHenry Russell Sanders
Offensive schemeSingle wing
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 PCC football standings
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#7 Stanford 6 1 0     9 2 0
#17 UCLA 4 1 1     5 3 1
#12 California 5 2 0     8 2 0
USC 4 2 0     7 3 0
#18 Washington State 4 3 0     7 3 0
Oregon State 3 5 0     4 6 0
Washington 1 5 1     3 6 1
Oregon 1 6 0     2 8 0
Idaho 0 3 0     2 7 0
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) during the 1951 college football season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 21No. 6 Texas A&M*L 14–2158,566[1]
September 29at No. 10 Illinois*L 13–2753,265
October 6Santa Clara*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 44–1718,640[2]
October 13at No. 19 Stanford
L 7–2136,000[3]
October 20Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 41–014,495[4]
November 3No. 9 California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)
W 21–756,418[5]
November 10at Oregon State
W 7–026,598
November 17WashingtonNo. 18
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
T 20–2031,597
November 24at No. 11 USC
W 21–771,738
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries[]

USC[]

1 2 3 4 OT
UCLA 7 0 7 7 21
USC 0 0 0 7 7



For the first time, the Bruins defeated the Trojans two years in a row. UCLA won the 1950 game 39–0. Scoring for the Bruins were Don Stalwick, Ike Jones, and Donn Moomaw. Jim Sears scored late in the fourth quarter for Southern Cal.

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