UCLA Bruins football

UCLA Bruins football
2024 UCLA Bruins football team
First season1919; 105 years ago
Athletic directorMartin Jarmond
Head coachDeShaun Foster
1st season, 4–5 (.444)
StadiumRose Bowl
(capacity: 80,816[1])
Field surfaceGrass
LocationPasadena, California
NCAA divisionDivision I FBS
ConferenceBig Ten
Past conferencesIndependent (1919)
SCIAC (1920–1927)
PCC (1928–1958)
Pac-12 (1959-2023)
All-time record637–446–37 [2] (.585)
Bowl record17–20–1 (.461)
Claimed national titles1 (1954)
Conference titlesPac-12: 17
Division titlesPac-12: 2
RivalriesCalifornia (rivalry)
USC (rivalry)
Heisman winnersGary Beban – 1967
Consensus All-Americans41
Current uniform
ColorsBlue and gold[3]
   
Fight songMighty Bruins
Sons of Westwood
MascotJoe & Josephine Bruin
Marching bandThe Solid Gold Sound
OutfitterJordan Brand[4]
WebsiteUCLABruins.com

The UCLA Bruins football program represents the University of California, Los Angeles, in college football as members of the Big Ten Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. The Bruins play their home games off campus at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

The Bruins have enjoyed several periods of success in their history, having been ranked in the top ten of the AP Poll at least once in every decade since the poll began in the 1930s. Their first major period of success came in the 1950s, under head coach Red Sanders. Sanders led the Bruins to the Coaches' Poll national championship in 1954, three conference championships, and an overall record of 66–19–1 in nine years. In the 1980s and 1990s, during the tenure of Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled a 151–74–8 record, including 13 bowl games and an NCAA record eight straight bowl wins. Recent success has evaded them, though, landing them with a 16–19 overall bowl game record. The program has produced 28 first round picks in the NFL Draft, 30 consensus All-Americans, and multiple major award winners, including Heisman winner Gary Beban. The UCLA Bruins' main rival is the USC Trojans.

The Bruins were the Pac-12 Conference South Division champions for two years and played Pac-12 Football Championship Games in both 2011 and 2012.

UCLA and fellow Pac-12 members USC, Oregon and Washington left for the Big Ten Conference in 2024.

  1. ^ "The Rose Bowl". UCLABruins.com.
  2. ^ NCAA Statistics https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/history?utf8=✓&org_id=110&sport_code=MFB&commit=Search
  3. ^ "Style Guide // UCLA Athletics for Print and Digital Applications" (PDF). UCLA Nike Jordan Style Guide. July 7, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "UCLA Athletics to Team Up with Jordan Brand, Nike". UCLA. December 8, 2020.