1974 UCLA Bruins football team

1974 UCLA Bruins football
1974 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Record	6–3–2 (4–2–1 Pac-8)
Head coach	Dick Vermeil (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Rod Dowhower (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Lynn Stiles (1st season)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1973 1975 →

The 1974 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. Members of the Pacific-8 Conference, the Bruins were led by first-year head coach Dick Vermeil and played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.^[1]

1974 Pacific-8 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	at No. 16 Tennessee*	No. 12	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	ABC	T 17–17	57,560	^[2]
September 21	at Iowa*	No. 12	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 10–21	47,500
September 28	Michigan State*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 56–14	44,555
October 5	at Utah*		Robert Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT		W 27–14	25,682	^[3]
October 12	Stanford		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		T 13–13	46,292
October 19	Washington State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 17–13	27,745
October 26	at No. 20 California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)		W 28–3	48,777
November 2	at Washington	No. 8	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA		L 9–31	52,000
November 9	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 21–0	32,839
November 16	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		W 33–14	21,118
November 23	No. 8 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell})	ABC	L 9–34	82,625
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1974 UCLA Bruins football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`89`	Norm Andersen	Jr
RB	`30`	Eddie Ayers	Jr
TE	`81`	Gene Bleymaier	Sr
RB	`24`	Russel Charles	Sr
OT	`64`	Gene Clark	Sr
G	`51`	Randy Cross	Jr
QB	`19`	Jeff Dankworth	So
WR	`8`	Wally Henry	So
G	`65`	Myke Horton	Sr
C	`61`	Art Kuehn	Sr
OT	`73`	Phil McKinnely	Jr
WR	`3`	Steve Monohan	Sr
QB	`15`	John Sciarra	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DT	`76`	Cliff Frazier	Jr
LB	`8`	Jack Jorgensen	Sr
CB	`21`	Phil Kimble	Sr
DT	`77`	Rick Kukulica	Sr
LB	`93`	Fulton Kuykendall	Sr
DT	`53`	Mike Martinez	Jr
CB	`28`	John Nanoski	Sr
S	`23`	Kent Pearce	Sr
LB	`1`	Herschel Ramsey	Sr
LB	`59`	Gene Settles	Sr
DT	`67`	Pat Sweetland	Sr
LB	`56`	Terry Tautolo	Jr
S	`25`	Greg Williams	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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

^ 1975 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletic News Bureau, 1975
^ "Vols' rally ties Bruins, 17–17". The San Francisco Examiner. September 8, 1974. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sluggish Bruins stop Utah, 27–14". Santa Cruz Sentinel. October 6, 1974. Retrieved October 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.