1929 UCLA Bruins football team

American college football season

1929 UCLA Bruins football

Conference| Pacific Coast Conference
Record| 4–4 (1–3 PCC)
Head coach|

* William H. Spaulding (5th season)

Home stadium| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Seasons

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1930 ->

1929 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 6 USC $  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 2  | - | 0
Stanford | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 4 California | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 1
Oregon | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
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

Rankings from Dickinson System

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[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 28| at USC|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)

| L 0–76| 35,000–50,000| [2]
October 5| Fresno State*|

* Westwood Field
* Westwood, CA

| W 56–6| | [3]
October 12| Stanford|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 0–57| 20,000| [4]
October 18| at Caltech*|

* Rose Bowl
* Pasadena, CA

| W 31–0| 15,000| [5]
October 26| Pomona*|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 20–0| | [6]
November 2| at Oregon|

* Hayward Field
* Eugene, OR

| L 0–27| | [7]
November 16| Saint Mary's*|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 0–24| 25,000| [8]
November 28| Montana|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 14-0| 10,000| [9]

* *Non-conference game

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## Roster[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ a b "1929 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
2. ^ a b Braven Dyer (September 29, 1929). "Trojans Batter Bruins By 76 To 0 Score: Herd Hangs Up 12 Touchdowns". Los Angeles Times - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "Bruins Swamp Fresno Eleven: U.C.L.A. Wallops Teachers by 56-6 Margin". Los Angeles Times. October 6, 1929 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ Paul Lowry (October 13, 1929). "Stanford Warriors Easily Rout Bruins, 57 to 0". Los Angeles Times - via Newspapers.com.
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 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Braven Dyer (October 27, 1929). "Sagehens Bow To Bruins, 20-0: Forster and Simpson Feature U.C.L.A. Victory". Los Angeles Times - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Ducks Beat Uclans in Listless Game: Webfoots Score Four Times Against Bruins for a 27 to 0 Count". Eugene Register. November 3, 1929. pp. 1, 6 - via Newspapers.com.
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 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ Frank Roche (November 29, 1929). "Bruins Upset Dope By Trimming Montana: First Conference Win Collected By U.C.L.A." Los Angeles Times - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 14, 2016.
11. ^ "UCLA Bruins football - 1929 Database". Lost Lettermen. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.

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UCLA Bruins football

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