1971 UCLA Bruins football team

1971 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific-8
1971 record	2–7–1 (1–4–1 Pac-8)
Head coach	Pepper Rodgers (1st year)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1971 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#10 Stanford $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#20 USC	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
#19 Washington	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
California	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Oregon	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
UCLA	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1971 UCLA Bruins football team represented University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1971 college football season. The team was coached by Pepper Rodgers and was ranked 15th by AP in the pre-season poll. The team finished the season with a 2–7–1 record.^[1]

Regular season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Bruins points	Opponents	Record
1	Sep. 11	Pittsburgh	Loss	25	29	0–1
2	Sep. 18	#3 Texas	Loss	10	28	0–2
3	Sep. 25	@ #4 Michigan	Loss	0	38	0–3
4	Oct. 2	Oregon State	Loss	17	34	0–4
5	Oct. 9	@ Washington State	Win	34	21	1–4
6	Oct. 16	@ Arizona	Win	28	12	2–4
7	Oct. 23	California	Loss	24	31	2–5
8	Oct. 30	Washington	Loss	12	23	2–6
9	Nov. 6	@ #12 Stanford	Loss	9	20	2–7
10	Nov. 20	@ #15 USC	Tie	7	7	2–7-1

Game notes

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	0	0	7	0	7
USC	0	7	0	0	7

The game was played to a 7-7 tie before 68,426 at the Coliseum and a nationwide TV adience. Lou Harris scored for the Trojans and Marv Kendricks scored a 7-yard touchdown for the Bruins. Efren Herrera kicked the PAT to tie the game in the third quarter.

Awards and honors

• All-Americans: Dave Dalby (C)^[2]
• All-Conference First Team: Dave Dalby (C), Bob Christiansen (OE)

References

1. 2013 UCLA Football Media Guide, UCLA, 2013
2. 1975 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletic News Bureau, 1975