1964 UCLA Bruins football team

American college football season

1964 UCLA Bruins football

Conference| Athletic Association of Western Universities
Record| 4–6 (2–2 AAWU)
Head coach|

* Bill Barnes (7th season)

Home stadium| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Seasons

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1965 ->

1964 Athletic Association of Western Universities football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 8 Oregon State ^ +  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
No. 10 USC \+  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Washington | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
UCLA | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Stanford | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Oregon | 1  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
Washington State | 1  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
California | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ – Rose Bowl representative determined by longest absence, due to no head-to-head result and 4–4 tie in member vote.

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh and final year under head coach Bill Barnes, the Bruins compiled a 4–6 record (2–2 AAWU) and finished in fourth place in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.[1]

UCLA's offensive leaders in 1964 were quarterback Larry Zeno with 1,363 passing yards and 325 rushing yards, and Mike Haffner with 515 receiving yards.[2]

A month after the season, Barnes resigned as head coach in December,[3] and was succeeded by Tommy Prothro, head coach at eighth-ranked Oregon State for ten seasons and a former UCLA assistant.[4][5][6]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 12| at Pittsburgh*|

* Pitt Stadium
* Pittsburgh, PA

| W 17–12| 41,333| [7]
September 26| Penn State*|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 21–14| 34,636| [8]
October 3| Stanford|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| W 27–20| 35,970| [9]
October 10| at Syracuse*|

* Archbold Stadium
* Syracuse, NY

| L 0–39| 35,000|
October 17| at No. 4 Notre Dame*|

* Notre Dame Stadium
* Notre Dame, IN

| L 0–24| 58,335|
October 24| at Illinois*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| L 7–26| 68,727|
October 31| at California|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA (rivalry)

| W 25–21| 45,000|
November 7| Air Force*|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| L 15–24| 24,388| [10]
November 14| at Washington|

* Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA

| L 20–22| 54,264|
November 21| USC|

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

| L 13–34| 62,108|

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## References

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1. ^ "1964 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
2. ^ "1964 UCLA Bruins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
3. ^ "Barnes quits before UCLA has chance to fire him". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 21, 1964. p. 1D.
4. ^ "Tom Prothro joins Bruins". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 12, 1965. p. 12.
5. ^ "Prothro selected by UCLA as head football coach". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. January 12, 1965. p. 8.
6. ^ "Prothro leaving Oregon State for UCLA coaching job". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). AP, UPI reports. January 12, 1965. p. 3B.
7. ^ White Jr., Gordon S. (September 13, 1964). "U.C.L.A. halts pitt, 17-12, in college football upset". New York Times. ProQuest 115888027.
8. ^ Wolf, Al (September 27, 1964). "It wasn't easy, but bruins win one, too". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 155004039.
9. ^ Wolf, Al (October 4, 1964). "UCLA WINS CHILLER TO STAY UNBEATEN". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 155019889.
10. ^ "Air force ground tactics beat UCLA". The Washington Post. November 8, 1964. ProQuest 142127263.
11. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 19, 2016.

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UCLA Bruins football

Venues|

* Moore Field (1919–1928)
* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1926–1981)
* Rose Bowl (1982–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* California
* USC: Victory Bell

Culture & lore|

* Joe Bruin
* "Sons of Westwood"
* "Mighty Bruins"
* Marching band
* 1967 "Game of the Century"
* 1998 Miami game

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