1974 UCLA Bruins football team

1974 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific-8
1974 record	6–3–2 (4–2–1 Pac-8)
Head coach	Dick Vermeil (1st year)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1974 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 USC $	6	–	0	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
Stanford	5	–	1	–	1			5	–	4	–	2
California	4	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
UCLA	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	2
Washington	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Washington State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Oregon	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1974 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1974 college football season. Dick Vermeil became the head coach.^[1]

Players and coaches

Offense 89 Norm Andersen SE 64 Gene Clark LT 51 Randy Cross LG 61 Art Kuehn C 65 Myke Horton RG 73 Phil McKinnely RT 81 Gene Bleymaier TE 19 Jeff Dankworth QB 30 Eddie Ayers LH 24 Russel Charles RH 3 Steve Monohan FL

Defense 77 Rick Kukulica LT 93 Fulto Kuykendall ILB 53 Mike Martinez NG 59 Gene Settles ILB 67 Pat Sweetland RT 83 Dale Curry OLB 1 Herschel Ramsey OLB 28 John Nanoski LC 21 Phil Kimble RC Greg Williams S 23 Kent Pearce S

Coaches Dick Vermeil (Head) Jim Criner Terry Donahue Rod Dowhower Jerry Long Billie Matthews Jim Mor Carl Peterson Lynn Stiles Dick Tomey

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
9/7		at Tennessee*				T 17–17	57,560
9/21		at Iowa*		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		L 10–21	47,500
9/28		Michigan State*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 56–14	44,555
10/5		at Utah*				W 27–14	25,682
10/12		Stanford		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		T 13–13	46,292
10/19		Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 17–13	27,745
10/26		at California		Berkeley, CA		W 28–3	48,777
11/2		at Washington				L 9–31	52,000
11/9		Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 21–0	32,839
11/16		at Oregon State				L 33–14	21,118
11/23		Southern Cal		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)		L 9–34	82,625
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches' Poll.

Honors

• All conference first team: Norm Anderson (SE), Gene Clark (OT), Fulton Kuykendall (LB)

References

1. 1975 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletic News Bureau, 1975