1971 UCLA Bruins football team

1971 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific-8
1971 record	2–7–1 (1–4–1 Pac-8)
Head coach	Pepper Rodgers (1st season)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons

Template:1971 Pacific-8 football standings The 1971 UCLA Bruins football team represented University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1971 college football season. The team was coached by Pepper Rodgers and was ranked 15th by AP in the pre-season poll. The team finished the season with a 2–7–1 record.

Regular season

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	Pittsburgh*	No. 15	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 25-29	36,205
September 18	No. 3 Texas*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 10-28	36,504
September 25	at No. 4 Michigan*		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	L 0-38	88,042
October 2	Oregon State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 17-34	33,345
October 9	at Washington State		Joe Albi Stadium Spokane, WA	W 34-21	30,500
October 16	at Arizona*		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	W 28-12	37,500
October 23	California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)	L 24-31	30,741
October 30	Washington		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 12-23	36,545
November 6	at No. 12 Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 9-20	70,205
November 20	at No. 15 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	T 7-7	68,426
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

USC

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

The game was played to a 7-7 tie before 68,426 at the Coliseum and a nationwide TV audience. Lou Harris scored for the Trojans and Marv Kendricks scored a 7-yard touchdown for the Bruins. Efren Herrera kicked the PAT to tie the game in the third quarter.

Awards and honors

• All-Americans: Dave Dalby (C)
• All-Conference First Team: Dave Dalby (C), Bob Christiansen (OE)