UCLA Bruins football | |||
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First season | 1919 | ||
Athletic director | Dan Guerrero | ||
Head coach |
Jim L. Mora 6th season, 43–24 (.642) |
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Stadium |
Rose Bowl (Capacity: 92,542) |
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Field surface | Grass | ||
Location | Pasadena, California | ||
NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
Conference | Pac-12 (since 1959) | ||
Division | South (since 2011) | ||
Past conferences | Independent (1919) SCIAC (1920–1927) PCC (1928–1958) |
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All-time record | 577–399–37 (.588) | ||
Bowl record | 16–18–1 (.471) | ||
Claimed nat'l titles | 1 (1954) | ||
Conference titles | 17 | ||
Division titles | 2 | ||
Rivalries |
USC Trojans (rivalry) California Golden Bears (rivalry) |
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Heisman winners | 1 | ||
Consensus All-Americans | 39 | ||
Current uniform | |||
Colors |
True Blue and Gold |
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Fight song |
Mighty Bruins Sons of Westwood |
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Mascot | Joe & Josephine Bruin | ||
Marching band | The Solid Gold Sound | ||
Website | UCLABruins.com |
The UCLA Bruins football program represents the University of California, Los Angeles, in college football as members of the Pac-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The Bruins have enjoyed several periods of success in their history, having been ranked in the top ten of the AP Poll at least once in every decade since the poll began in the 1930s. Their first major period of success came in the 1950s, under head coach Henry Russell Sanders. Sanders led the Bruins to the Coaches' Poll national championship in 1954, three conference championships, and an overall record of 66–19–1 in nine years. In the 1980s and 1990s, during the tenure of Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled a 151–74–8 record, including 13 bowl games and an NCAA record eight straight bowl wins. The program has produced 28 first round picks in the NFL Draft, 30 consensus All-Americans, and multiple major award winners, including Heisman winner Gary Beban. The UCLA Bruins' main rival is the USC Trojans. Jim L. Mora is the current head coach.
The Bruins were the Pac-12 Conference South Division champions for two years in a row and played Pac-12 Football Championship Games in both 2011 and 2012.
The first football team fielded by UCLA took the field in 1919. The team was coached by Fred Cozens, and compiled a 2–6 record. UCLA did not participate in an athletic conference until 1920, so the 1919 football team played a schedule full of local high schools and other assorted teams. Cozens was UCLA's athletics director from 1919 to 1942.