1974 UCLA Bruins football team

1974 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific-8
1974 record	6–3–2 (4–2–1 Pac-8)
Head coach	Dick Vermeil (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Rod Dowhower (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Lynn Stiles (1st season)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons

1974 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 USC †	6	–	0	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
Stanford	5	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	2
California	4	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
UCLA	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	2
Washington	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Washington State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Oregon	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. Members of the Pacific-8 Conference, the Bruins were led by first-year head coach Dick Vermeil and played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	at No. 16 Tennessee*	No. 12	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	ABC	T 17–17	57,560
September 21	at Iowa*	No. 12	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 10–21	47,500
September 28	Michigan State*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 56–14	44,555
October 5	at Utah*		Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT		W 27–14	25,682
October 12	Stanford		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		T 13–13	46,292
October 19	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 17–13	27,745
October 26	at No. 20 California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Rivalry)		W 28–3	48,777
November 2	at Washington	No. 8	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		L 9–31	52,000
November 9	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 21–0	32,839
November 16	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 33–14	21,118
November 23	No. 8 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	ABC	L 9–34	82,625
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

1974 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 89 Andersen, NormNorm Andersen 5.0 !Jr RB 30 Ayers, EddieEddie Ayers 5.0 !Jr TE 81 Bleymaier, GeneGene Bleymaier 5.0 !Jr RB 24 Charles, RusselRussel Charles 7.0 !Sr T 64 Clark, GeneGene Clark 7.0 !Sr G 51 Cross, RandyRandy Cross 5.0 !Jr QB 19 Dankworth, JeffJeff Dankworth 3.0 !So WR 8 Henry, WallyWally Henry 3.0 !So G 65 Horton, MykeMyke Horton 7.0 !Sr C 61 Kuehn, ArtArt Kuehn 7.0 !Sr T 73 McKinnely, PhilPhil McKinnely 5.0 !Jr WR 3 Monohan, SteveSteve Monohan 7.0 !Sr QB 15 Sciarra, JohnJohn Sciarra 5.0 !Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 76 Frazier, CliffCliff Frazier 5.0 !Jr LB 8 Jorgensen, JackJack Jorgensen 7.0 !Sr CB 21 Kimble, PhilPhil Kimble 7.0 !Sr DT 77 Kukulica, RickRick Kukulica 7.0 !Sr LB 93 Kuykendall, FultonFulton Kuykendall 7.0 !Sr DT 53 Martinez, MikeMike Martinez 5.0 !Jr CB 28 Nanoski, JohnJohn Nanoski 7.0 !Sr S 23 Pearce, KentKent Pearce 7.0 !Sr LB 1 Ramsey, HerschelHerschel Ramsey 7.0 !Sr LB 59 Settles, GeneGene Settles 7.0 !Sr DT 67 Sweetland, PatPat Sweetland 7.0 !Sr S 25 Williams, GregGreg Williams 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Dick Vermeil Coordinators/assistant coaches Jim Criner (OL) Terry Donahue Rod Dowhower (OC) Jerry Long Billie Matthews Jim Mora (LB) Carl Peterson Lynn Stiles Dick Tomey (DB) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Honors

• All conference first team: Norm Anderson (SE), Gene Clark (OT), Fulton Kuykendall (LB)