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2007 UCLA Bruins football team

2007 UCLA Bruins football
UCLA Bruins logo.svg
Las Vegas Bowl, L 17–16 vs. BYU
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
2007 record 6–7 (5–4 Pac-10)
Head coach Karl Dorrell (5th year)
Offensive coordinator Jay Norvell (1st year)
Offensive scheme West Coast
Defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker (2nd year)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Rose Bowl
(Capacity: 91,136)
Uniform
Pac-10-Uniform-UCLA-2006-2008.png
Seasons
« 2006 2008 »
2007 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#3 USC +   7 2         11 2  
#16 Arizona State +   7 2         10 3  
#25 Oregon State   6 3         9 4  
#23 Oregon   5 4         9 4  
UCLA   5 4         6 7  
Arizona   4 5         5 7  
California   3 6         7 6  
Washington State   3 6         5 7  
Stanford   3 6         4 8  
Washington   2 7         4 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Washington 0 10 0 21 31
• UCLA 3 7 14 20 44
  • Date: September 22
  • Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
  • Game start: 10:30 p.m. EST
  • Elapsed time: 3:33
  • Game attendance: 72,124
  • Game weather: Cloudy; 64°F; wind 5 N
  • Referee: Jack Folliard
  • Television network: FSN

The 2007 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Karl Dorrell for the regular season. It was Dorrell's fifth, and final season as the UCLA head coach. UCLA's season was marked by numerous injures, particularly at quarterback. Original starting quarterback Ben Olson injured his knee early in the season and missed over four games. Backup quarterback Patrick Cowan also suffered a knee injury but returned for two more games before suffering a collapsed lung against Arizona. Coach Karl Dorrell was fired following the loss in the 77th UCLA-USC rivalry football game, the final regular season game for the Bruins. Defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker became the interim coach for the 2007 Las Vegas Bowl, in which the Bruins lost to BYU, 17–16. The Bruins finished 6–7 overall, 5–4 in the Pacific-10 Conference, where they were tied for fourth place.

The UCLA Bruins had been ranked highly in the preseason polls, despite their mediocre 7-6 record in 2006, largely because they returned 20 starters in 2007. They had been predicted to finish 3rd in the Pac-10, behind the nation's #1 Southern California as well as California.

Quarterback Ben Olson, who began the 2006 season as the starter, again began the season with the starting job.


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