American college football season
1976 UCLA Bruins football |
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Conference | Pacific-8 Conference |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 15 |
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AP | No. 15 |
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Record | 9–2–1 (6–1 Pac-8) |
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Head coach | - Terry Donahue (1st season)
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Defensive coordinator | Dick Tomey (1st season) |
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Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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The 1976 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Ranked at 17th in the pre-season AP Poll, former UCLA player Terry Donahue took over as the head coach. The Bruins were 9–2–1 for the season and second in the Pacific-8 Conference. UCLA lost 36–6 in the Liberty Bowl to Alabama.[1]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 9 | at No. 3 Arizona State* | No. 17 | | W 28–10 | 50,876 | [2] |
September 18 | Arizona* | No. 5 | | W 37–9 | 41,651 | [3] |
September 25 | Air Force* | No. 5 | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 40–7 | 37,302 | |
October 2 | at No. 8 Ohio State* | No. 4 | | T 10–10 | 87,969 | |
October 9 | Stanford | No. 5 | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 38–20 | 50,894 | |
October 16 | Washington State | No. 4 | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 62–3 | 35,508 | |
October 23 | at California | No. 4 | | W 35–19 | 62,228 | |
October 30 | at Washington | No. 3 | | W 30–21 | 47,187 | |
November 6 | Oregon | No. 3 | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA
| W 46–0 | 32,470 | |
November 13 | at Oregon State | No. 2 | | W 45–14 | 22,151 | |
November 20 | No. 3 USC | No. 2 | - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
- Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)
| L 14–24 | 90,519 | |
December 20 | vs. No. 16 Alabama* | No. 7 | | L 6–36 | 52,736 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Personnel
1976 UCLA Bruins football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | QB | | Jeff Dankworth | WR | | Wally Henry | RB | | Wendell Tyler | | Defense | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Game summaries
California
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • UCLA | 14 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 35 | California | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 19 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| Q1 | | UCLA | Dankworth 18 yard run (kick good) | UCLA 7–0 | | Q1 | | UCLA | Henry 27 yard pass from Dankworth (kick good) | UCLA 14–0 | | Q2 | | CAL | Bresna 1 yard run (Breech kick) | UCLA 14–7 | | Q2 | | CAL | Breech 41 yard field goal | UCLA 14–10 | | Q2 | | CAL | Breech 41 yard field goal | UCLA 14–13 | | Q3 | | UCLA | Touchdown | UCLA 21–13 | | Q4 | | UCLA | Tyler 33 yard run (kick good) | UCLA 28–13 | | Q4 | | UCLA | Tyler 13 yard run (kick good) | UCLA 35–13 | |
- QB Jeff Dankworth sat out the second quarter with a bruised hip; returned in the third
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Alabama (Liberty Bowl)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Alabama | 17 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 36 |
UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
1st quarter scoring: Alabama – Bucky Berrey 37-yard field goal; Alabama – Barry Krauss 44-yard interception return (Bucky Berrey kick); Alabama – Johnny Davis 2-yard run (Bucky Berrey kick)
2nd quarter scoring: Alabama – Jack O'Rear 20-yard pass from Tony Nathan (Bucky Berrey kick)
3rd quarter scoring: Alabama – Bucky Berrey 25-yard field goal
4th quarter scoring: Alabama – Bucky Berrey 28-yard field goal; UCLA – Jim Brown 61-yard run (Kick failed); Alabama – Rick Watson 1-yard run (2-point pass failed)
Awards and honors
- All-American: Jeff Dankworth (QB), Oscar Edwards (DB), Jerry Robinson (LB, consensus)
References
- ^ 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics Department, 2014
- ^ "UCLA severs arizona state win skein at 13". Chicago Tribune. No. September 10, 1976. Chicago Tribune.
- ^ Oates, B. (September 19, 1976). "UCLA takes care of the rest of Arizona". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved June 14, 2017.
- ^ Ocala Star-Banner. 1976 Oct 24. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.
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