1948 UCLA Bruins football team
{{Short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1948
| team = UCLA Bruins
| sport = football
| image = UCLA-OSC-gameprogram-481023.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Program for Oct. 23 game against OSC
| conference = Pacific Coast Conference
| short_conf = PCC
| record = 3–7
| conf_record = 2–6
| head_coach = Bert LaBrucherie
| hc_year = 4th
| captain =
| stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
}}
{{1948 Pacific Coast Conference football standings}}
The 1948 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1948 college football season. In their fourth and final year under head coach Bert LaBrucherie, the Bruins compiled a 3–7 record (2–6 in PCC, eighth).{{cite web|title=1948 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=December 17, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/ucla/1948-schedule.html}} Home games were played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
UCLA was ranked at No. 69 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.{{cite news|title=Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=Wilmington Morning News|date=December 15, 1948|page=32|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123192904/michigan-irish-finish-1-2-in/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1948
| poll = AP
| timezone = Pacific
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 18
| w/l = w
| opponent = Washington State
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 48–26
| attend = 43,399
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 25
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Northwestern
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 0–19
| attend = 55,156
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| w/l = w
| opponent = Idaho
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 28–12
| attend = 21,024
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Washington
| site_stadium = Husky Stadium
| site_cityst = Seattle, WA
| score = 6–27
| attend = 28,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 16
| w/l = l
| opponent = Stanford
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 14–34
| attend = 40,341
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 23
| w/l = l
| opponent = Oregon State
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 0–28
| attend = 30,933
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111782113/favored-ucla-trounced-by-oregon-state-2/|work=The Nebraska State Journal|title=Favored UCLA trounced by Oregon State, 28 to 0|date=October 24, 1948|accessdate=October 22, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Nebraska
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Lincoln, NE
| score = 27–15
| attend = 36,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 6
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = California
| opprank = 5
| site_stadium = California Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Berkeley, CA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 13–28
| attend = 65,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{dow tooltip|November 12, 1948}}
| w/l = l
| opponent = Oregon
| opprank = 15
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 7–26
| attend = 42,700
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 20
| w/l = l
| opponent = USC
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| gamename = Victory Bell
| score = 13–20
| attend = 76,577
}}
}}
References
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