2014 UCLA Bruins football team

2014 UCLA Bruins football
Alamo Bowl champion
Alamo Bowl, W 40–35 vs. Kansas State
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 10
Record10–3 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNoel Mazzone (3rd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJeff Ulbrich (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumRose Bowl
Uniform
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
North Division
No. 2 Oregon x$^   8 1     13 2  
Stanford   5 4     8 5  
Washington   4 5     8 6  
California   3 6     5 7  
Oregon State   2 7     5 7  
Washington State   2 7     3 9  
South Division
No. 19 Arizona x   7 2     10 4  
No. 10 UCLA   6 3     10 3  
No. 12 Arizona State   6 3     10 3  
No. 20 USC   6 3     9 4  
No. 21 Utah   5 4     9 4  
Colorado   0 9     2 10  
Championship: Oregon 51, Arizona 13
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by third-year head coach Jim L. Mora and played its home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. They were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. The team was featured in the Pac-12 Network's The Drive program.

The Bruins were ranked No. 7 in preseason national polls, and were expected to contend for not only one of the four berths in the inaugural College Football Playoff, but also the national championship.[1] They started the season 4–0, often struggling, before suffering consecutive home losses to the Utah Utes and Oregon Ducks.[1][2] After dropping out of the polls, they re-emerged as playoff contenders with five straight wins. However, UCLA lost their final home game to unranked Stanford, costing them the South Division title, a spot in the Pac-12 Championship, and any remaining shot at a CFP berth.

They concluded their season in the 2015 Alamo Bowl with a win over the Kansas State Wildcats, 40–35, and a 10-win season. It was the ninth 10-win season in school history, and just the third time in their history that UCLA had won 10 games in consecutive seasons.[3] On the season, the Bruins outscored their opponents by a combined total of 435 to 365. They also had the most difficult strength of schedule of any team in the FBS that year.[4]

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  3. ^ Bonagura, Kyle; Trotter, Jake (December 7, 2014). "Valero Alamo Bowl: Kansas State Wildcats vs. UCLA Bruins". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014.
  4. ^ "2014 UCLA Bruins Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 23, 2022.