The UCLA Bruins football program speaks to the University of California, Los Angeles, in college football as individuals from the Pac-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The Bruins have delighted in a few times of accomplishment in their history, having been positioned in the best ten of the AP Poll at minimum once in consistently since the survey started in the 1930s.
Their first significant time of accomplishment came in the 1950s, under head coach Henry Russell Sanders. Sanders drove the Bruins to the Coaches’ Poll national championship in 1954, three gathering titles, and a general record of 66– 19– 1 out of nine years. In the 1990s, amid the residency of Terry Donahue, the Bruins aggregated a 151– 74– 8 record, including 13 bowl recreations and a NCAA record eight straight bowl wins. The program has delivered 28 initially round picks in the NFL Draft, 30 consensus All-Americans, and different real honor victors, including Heisman winner Gary Beban. The UCLA Bruins’ primary opponent is the USC Trojans. Chip Kelly became head mentor in 2018.
The Bruins were the Pac-12 Conference South Division champions for a long time consecutively and played Pac-12 Football Championship Games in both 2011 and 2012.
Competitions
USC
UCLA– USC competition
UCLA’s competition with USC is abnormal in that they are one of a couple of sets of Division I FBS programs that offer a noteworthy city. Both are inside the Los Angeles city limits, around 10 miles (16 km) separated. Until 1982, the two schools additionally had a similar stadium: the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
The crosstown opponents play every year for city gloating rights and the Victory Bell, and (verifiably) frequently for the privilege to go to the Rose Bowl. USC drives the unequaled arrangement (2 Southern Cal triumphs abandoned by the NCAA).
California
California– UCLA football competition
The Bruins additionally appreciate a yearly contention with another in-state gathering adversary, the California Golden Bears. The opponents have confronted each other 88 times, each year beginning in 1933. As of November 28, 2017, UCLA drives the unsurpassed arrangement against Cal, 54– 33– 1.
Accomplishments and honors
Singular honor champs
Heisman Trophy
Gary Beban – 1967
Maxwell Award
Gary Beban – 1967
Davey O’Brien Award
Troy Aikman – 1988
John Mackey Award
Marcedes Lewis – 2005
Lott Trophy
Anthony Barr – 2013
Eric Kendricks – 2014
Butkus Award
Eric Kendricks – 2014
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
Cade McNown – 1998
Outland Trophy
Jonathan Ogden – 1995
Kris Farris – 1998
Lou Groza Award
Kai Forbath – 2009
Ka’imi Fairbairn, 2015
Morris Trophy
Offense:
Jonathan Ogden – 1995
Xavier Su’a-Filo – 2013
Resistance:
Kenyon Coleman – 2001
Dave Ball – 2003
Mentor of the Year:
Tommy Prothro -1965
Dick Vermeil – 1975
Terry Donahue – 1985
Terry Donahue – 1993
Bounce Toledo – 1998
UCLA turned into the primary school to have a best champ in both b-ball and football around the same time with Gary Beban winning the Heisman Trophy and Lew Alcindor(now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) winning the U.S. B-ball Writers Association player of the year grant in 1968.