1929 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1929 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1929 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach William H. Spaulding, the Bruins compiled a 4–4 record (1-3 against PCC opponents), finished in sixth place in the PCC, and were outscored by a total of 190 to 121.^[1]

1929 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	4–4 (1–3 PCC)
Head coach	William H. Spaulding (5th season)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons ← 1928 1930 →

1929 Pacific Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 USC $	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Stanford	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. 4 California	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	1
Oregon	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Washington State	4	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
UCLA	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Montana	0	–	4	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Washington	0	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Dickinson System

The season opened with the first game played between UCLA and USC, ending in a 76–0 victory for USC.^[2] UCLA's lone conference win was against Montana, 14–0, in the last game of the season.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	L 0–76	35,000–50,000	^[2]
October 5	Fresno State*	Westwood Field Westwood, CA	W 56–6		^[3]
October 12	Stanford	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–57	20,000	^[4]
October 18	at Caltech*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	W 31–0	15,000	^[5]
October 26	Pomona*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 20–0		^[6]
November 2	at Oregon	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	L 0–27		^[7]
November 16	Saint Mary's*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–24	25,000	^[8]
November 28	Montana	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 14-0	10,000	^[9]
*Non-conference game

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Roster

The following is a partial list of student-athletes on UCLA's football roster during the 1929 season.^[11]

• Harold Bishop
• Ansel Breiniman
• Carl Brown
• Jack Bryan
• Ted Dennis
• Ted Duffy
• John Duncan
• Norm Duncan
• George Forster
• Marion French
• Alfred Gibson
• Maurice Goodstein
• Aubrey Grossman
• Russell Huse
• Don Jacobson
• Glenwood Lloyd
• Lloyd McMillan
• Edward Milum
• Richard Mulhaupt
• Glenn Nelson
• Harvey Nelson
• Eugene Noble
• Beverly Ogden
• Bob Rasmus
• Robert Reinhard
• John Remsberg
• Howard Roberts
• Jerry Russom
• Clifton Simpson
• Arthur Smith
• Chester Smith
• Edward Solomon
• Howard Stoeffen
• Rueben Thoe
• Leonard Wellendorf
• Meyer Zimmerman

References

1. . Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 16, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
2. Braven Dyer (September 29, 1929). "Trojans Batter Bruins By 76 To 0 Score: Herd Hangs Up 12 Touchdowns". Los Angeles Times – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Bruins Swamp Fresno Eleven: U.C.L.A. Wallops Teachers by 56-6 Margin". Los Angeles Times. October 6, 1929 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Paul Lowry (October 13, 1929). "Stanford Warriors Easily Rout Bruins, 57 to 0". Los Angeles Times – via Newspapers.com.
5. Bob Ray (October 19, 1929). "Bruins Wallop Caltech: Engineers Bowled Over by U.C.L.A., 31 to 0, in Rose Bowl Night Game; Forster Shines". Los Angeles Times – via Newspapers.com.
6. Braven Dyer (October 27, 1929). "Sagehens Bow To Bruins, 20-0: Forster and Simpson Feature U.C.L.A. Victory". Los Angeles Times – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Ducks Beat Uclans in Listless Game: Webfoots Score Four Times Against Bruins for a 27 to 0 Count". Eugene Register. November 3, 1929. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Braven Dyer (November 17, 1929). "St. Mary's In Victory: Gaels Scored 24-to-0 Win Over Bruins to Become Only Unscored on Major Team in Country". Los Angeles Times – via Newspapers.com.
9. Frank Roche (November 29, 1929). "Bruins Upset Dope By Trimming Montana: First Conference Win Collected By U.C.L.A." Los Angeles Times – via Newspapers.com.
10. "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 14, 2016.
11. . Lost Lettermen. Archived from the original on December 18, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.