1951 UCLA Bruins football team

1951 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#17
AP	#17
1951 record	5–3–1 (4–1–1 PCC)
Head coach	Henry Russell Sanders
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1951 PCC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#7 Stanford $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#17 UCLA	4	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
#12 California	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
USC	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
#18 Washington State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Washington	1	–	5	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Oregon	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Idaho	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) during the 1951 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result
September 21		#6 Texas A&M*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		L 14–21
September 29		at #10 Illinois*		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL		L 13–27
October 6		Santa Clara*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 44–17
October 13		at #19 Stanford		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA		L 7–21
October 20		Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 41–0
November 3		#9 California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)		W 21–7
November 10		at Oregon State		Multnomah Stadium • Portland, OR		W 7–0
November 17		Washington	#18	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		T 20–20
November 24		at #11 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)		W 21–7
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game notes

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	7	0	7	7	21
USC	0	0	0	7	7

For the first time, the Bruins defeated the Trojans two years in a row. UCLA won the 1950 game 39–0. Scoring for the Bruins were Don Stalwick, Ike Jones, and Donn Moomaw. Jim Sears scored late in the fourth quarter for Southern Cal.