UCLA Bruins football

Early history (1919–1924) statue at the Rose Bowl. Introduced in 2023 to honor the most successful coach of the program. , UCLA's first head football coach The first football team fielded by UCLA took the field in 1919. The team was coached by Fred Cozens, and compiled a 2–6 record. Harry Trotter took over the young UCLA football program after Cozens stepped down after guiding the Bruins in their first season. UCLA began to play in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) in 1920, and competed against Occidental College, California Institute of Technology, University of Redlands, Whittier College, and Pomona College. During his tenure in Los Angeles, Spaulding led the Bruins to their first bowl appearance and victory, the 1938 Poi Bowl. Spaulding's 72 wins rank him among the best in head coaching victories in Bruin football history. He retired after a successful fourteen-season tenure ended after the 1938 season. Edwin Horrell era (1939–1944) Edwin C. Horrell was promoted to head coach following Spaulding's retirement. His 1942 UCLA Bruins team lost to Georgia in the 1943 Rose Bowl. He was the first coach to lead a UCLA team to defeat rival USC. In his second year as head coach, the Bruins were Pacific Coast Conference champions, but lost to Illinois in the 1947 Rose Bowl. LaBrucherie's Bruins only posted one losing season during his four seasons, a 3–7 1948 season in what turned out to be his final season. He was arguably the best coach in school history, with an overall record of 66–19–1 () at UCLA and earned the school its only national championship in football in 1954. As head coach of the Bruins, Sanders led them to three Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) titles, two Rose Bowls (1953 and 1955 seasons) and to a 6–3 record over arch-rival USC. Shortly before the 1958 season was set to begin, Sanders suffered a heart attack and died in a Los Angeles hotel. For his successes, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1996. Bill Barnes era (1958–1964) After the death of Red Sanders, assistant coach George W. Dickerson took over the Bruins on an interim basis before suffering a nervous breakdown. Then, a full-time head coach was hired. William F. Barnes was the head coach for the UCLA Bruins football team for seven seasons. He guided his teams to a 31–34–3 (.478) record. Tommy Prothro era (1965–1970) On January 11, 1965, Tommy Prothro was hired away from Oregon State as head coach of the UCLA Bruins. Integrated UCLA then faced all-white Tennessee in the newly built Liberty Bowl stadium in Memphis, Prothro's native city. Prothro and the Bruins went on to completed the season with a dramatic pay-back upset victory over the No. 1 ranked Michigan State Spartans in the 1966 Rose Bowl, 14–12. This victory over the much stronger Spartans perpetuated the legend of the "Gutty little Bruins." Heading into the final game of the 1966 season vs. USC, UCLA was 2–1 in conference games, 8–1 overall and ranked No. 5 in the country. That left USC with a 4–1 conference record (7–2 overall) and No. 5 UCLA with a 3–1 conference record (9–1) overall. Due to their win over USC, it was widely assumed UCLA would get the Rose Bowl berth. However, a vote the next Monday among the AAWU conference athletic directors awarded USC the Rose Bowl berth. Another speculation was the vote was against UCLA out of pure jealousy by the rest of the conference, which voted 7–1 for the clearly inferior team. This vote deprived Prothro of being the first coach to earn three consecutive Rose Bowl berths and UCLA athletic director J.D. Morgan called it a "gross injustice" and the "a dark day in UCLA and AAWU Athletic history." Inflamed UCLA students who had gathered for the Rose Bowl celebration rally, took to the streets of Westwood in protest and actually blocked the 405 Freeway for a short time. The season ground to a halt at Syracuse and with the season-ending injury of quarterback Billy Bolden, and UCLA would win only one more game, over Stanford 20–17. The Bruins gave No. 1 USC and Heisman Trophy winner O. J. Simpson a scare in a 28–16 loss; Once again, Prothro was let down by now senior kicker Zenon Andrusyshyn as he missed a short field goal late in the game with the score tied 20–20. In what turned out to be his final season at UCLA, Prothro's team suffered a rash of key injuries and finished 6–5, yet they were three close games from a 9–2 season and Rose Bowl berth. Before those injuries set in, UCLA took a 3–0 record into Austin to play defending national champ and top ranked Texas. Pepper Rodgers era (1971–1973) Pepper Rodgers came to UCLA from Kansas after the departure of Prothro. In Rodgers' three seasons at the helm of the Bruins, UCLA finished 2–7–1, 8–3 and 9–2. In 1972, the Bruins began the season with a 20–17 victory over two-time defending national champion Nebraska, and finished the season ranked No. 17 and No. 15 in the final Coaches' and AP polls, respectively. He left the Bruins after compiling a 19–12–1 overall record. Vermeil won Pac-8 Coach of the Year honors in 1975. His final record as head coach of the Bruins is 15–5–3. Donahue has the most conference wins of any head coach in Pacific-10 Conference history (98) and also the most wins in UCLA football history (151). Donahue's UCLA teams won or shared five Pacific-10 Conference championships and won three Rose Bowls (1983, 1984, and 1986). His teams won four New Year's Day bowl games in a row from 1983 to 1986. The highlight of the season was a comeback win over USC. The 1997 team finished as co-champions of the Pacific-10 Conference with Washington State. The year also had the dubious distinction of a 55–7 loss to Pac-10 foe Oregon State, the worst defeat of the Bruins in 69 years. The 2001 season started with promise as the Bruins got off to a fast start with a 6–0 record. However, four straight losses to Stanford, Washington State, Oregon, and USC, the Bruins faded out of postseason contention. The team finished 7–5 in the regular season, but Toledo was fired after a fourth straight loss to USC. The Bruins did reach the Las Vegas Bowl and interim coach Ed Kezirian coached—and won—his only game in charge of the program. Dorrell also was brought in to UCLA to clean up a program marred by off-the-field problems in the final years of Bob Toledo's tenure, most notably, the handicap placard scandal. He was the first African American head football coach in UCLA football history. Dorrell's UCLA Bruins team recorded a mark of 6–7 in his first season as head coach in 2003, with an appearance in the Silicon Valley Bowl, and a loss to Fresno State. In 2004, his second season, the team finished with a record of 6–6 an appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl, with a loss to Wyoming. In 2005, his third season as head football coach, Dorrell was able get his first win against a ranked opponent, No. 21 Oklahoma, featuring Adrian Peterson. On October 1, 2005, head coach Tyrone Willingham and his Washington Huskies came to the Rose Bowl for a Pacific-10 Conference game to play UCLA. This was the first time two black head coaches faced each other in a Pac-10 conference game. At the time, Sylvester Croom of Mississippi State was the only other black coach heading an NCAA Division I football program. Dorrell achieved his first win against a top-ten opponent with a 47–40 upset win over No. 10-ranked rival California. In the Sun Bowl, the Bruins set the record again by coming back from 22 points down. In 2006, Dorrell's fourth season, the Bruins finished the season 7–6 (5–4 in conference) and finished fourth-place in the Pac-10. UCLA played its first game at the University of Notre Dame since the 1960s and was leading 17–13, but the Irish scored a touchdown in the final minute to win. The most notable victory of his coaching career at UCLA was a 13–9 defeat of No. 2-ranked and Bowl Championship Series title-game-bound USC on December 2, 2006. Four weeks later, Dorrell's Bruins fell again; this time 20–6 to an unranked, winless Notre Dame team. The Bruins did, however, post wins against seemingly more difficult Pac-10 opponents, including a No. 10 Cal team. However; the bad taste of losses to teams the Bruins were favored to beat (including an embarrassing 27–7 loss to Washington State) raised questions about Dorrell's play-calling and ability to motivate his players. The Bruins would go on to lose to Arizona and Arizona State by a combined score of 58–47, but surprisingly shut out an Oregon Ducks team that a week earlier lost starting quarterback and Heisman Trophy Candidate Dennis Dixon to a knee injury. Heading into the final game of the regular season against crosstown-rival USC, the Bruins still had an outside chance at a Rose Bowl berth that might have saved Dorrell's job; with a victory over USC and some help from Arizona (with a win over ASU), the Bruins could have been the first-ever five-loss team to play in the Rose Bowl. It wasn't to be, however, and the Bruins finished the 2007 Regular season with a miserable offensive performance in a 24–7 loss to USC and a record of 6–6. On December 3, 2007, Los Angeles papers and the Associated Press reported that Karl Dorrell was fired during a meeting with athletic director Dan Guerrero. Dorrell was offered the choice, but decided not to coach in the Las Vegas Bowl. Defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker served as interim coach for the game, where UCLA lost to BYU. Rick Neuheisel era (2008–2011) On December 29, 2007, Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Rick Neuheisel, formerly head coach at Colorado and Washington, was brought back to his alma mater and hired as UCLA's 15th head football coach after his former Bruins teammate Dorrell was fired. Neuheisel coined the phrase "Passion Bucket" during an interview on The Dan Patrick Show by saying, "When you're at UCLA, you have to have your passion bucket full when you play the Trojans." Neuheisel had his first win on September 1 as the Bruins' head coach as they defeated No. 18 Tennessee, 27–24. The win came in overtime as Tennessee's field goal try sailed wide left. However, the team's momentum came to a halt in successive weeks. A brutal 59–0 defeat on the road at the hands of No. 15 BYU was followed by a disappointing 31–10 loss at home to unranked Arizona in the Bruins' Pac-10 opener. At the end of the season Neuheisel fired two assistant coaches, including Chow, and said he would "be crushed ... if we're not going to a bowl game a year from now." The 2011 season brought about continued mediocre performance, although the team's record improved to 6–6 in regular season play. Despite the lackluster overall record, the Bruins won the first Pac-12 South Division title, as crosstown rival USC was ineligible due to NCAA sanctions. He was allowed to coach his final game at the December 2, Pac-12 Conference football Championship game, where the team lost 49–31 to the Oregon Ducks. Jim Mora era (2012–2017) of UCLA passing against Virginia in 2015 On December 10, 2011, UCLA athletics director Dan Guerrero announced the hiring of former Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks head coach, Jim L. Mora, as the Bruins' 16th head football coach. Mora signed a three-year contract. The results of the new regime came early, as UCLA landed a consensus No. 12 ranked recruiting class in 2012 after having a class ranked in the high 40s at Neuheisel's departure. In Mora's first season, the Bruins finished 9–5 capped with a loss in the 2012 Holiday Bowl. In Mora's second season, the Bruins improved to 10–3, capping the season with a victory in the 2013 Sun Bowl. Behind the leadership of quarterback Brett Hundley, the Bruins came within one game of reaching the Pac-12 championship game and beat crosstown rivals USC for the second straight year. The team beat rival USC for the third straight year and won the Alamo Bowl against Kansas State. Paul Perkins led the Pac-12 in rushing with 1,575 yards. Mora's fourth season in 2015 saw the arrival of freshman quarterback Josh Rosen, a rash of injuries, and erratic play by the offense. The Bruins finished 8–5, including a loss to Nebraska in the Foster Farms Bowl. The Bruins finished 4–8 in 2016. In the 2017 season opener, Rosen completed 35 of 59 passes for 491 yards and four touchdowns to rally UCLA to a 45–44 win over Texas A&M. The Bruins overcame a 34-point deficit, the largest comeback in school history and the second-most ever in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). On November 19, 2017, UCLA announced the firing of Mora following 23–28 loss to USC at the Coliseum. Chip Kelly era (2018–2023) On November 25, 2017, former Oregon and Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly was hired as the head football coach at UCLA. He had also interviewed for the Florida head coach position. Kelly arrived with a reputation as an offensive mastermind who had overseen explosive and very successful teams at Oregon. Kelly signed a five-year contract worth $23.3 million. In his first season in 2018, the Bruins began the year 0–5 for the first time since 1943. However, they later defeated USC to snap a three-game losing streak against their crosstown rivals. UCLA finished the season with a 3–9 record, their worst since going 2–7–1 in 1971. The next season, the Bruins started 0–3, with losses to Cincinnati, San Diego State, and No. 5 Oklahoma, all by multiple scores. Under Kelly, the Bruins started 0–3 in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1920–1921. The 0–3 start to the 2019 season gave Kelly the worst 15-game start as a UCLA football coach since Harry Trotter. However, when the Bruins played No. 19 Washington State the following week, they erased a 49–17 deficit and won, 67–63. The 32-point comeback was the third-largest in FBS history. Two weeks after the win over Washington State, the Bruins lost at home to Oregon State by a score of 48–31. This was only the Beavers' third road win over a Pac-12 opponent since 2014, and their largest road win over a Pac-12 opponent since their 49–17 win at California in 2013. The loss dropped the Bruins to a 1–5 record for the second consecutive year. After a bye week, the Bruins traveled to Stanford and defeated the Cardinal, 34–16. UCLA got its first win over Stanford since 2008, snapping an 11-game losing streak against the Cardinal. In the victory, the Bruins rushed for 263 yards on an average of 6.1 yards per carry, and they held the Cardinal to 198 total yards and just 55 rushing yards. On January 14, 2022, UCLA and Kelly agreed to terms on a four-year contract extension. On March 3, 2023, UCLA Athletic Director, Martin Jarmond agreed to terms with Chip Kelly to sign a two-year contract extension that would have kept him with the Bruins through the 2027 season. Athletic Director Martin Jarmond cited the importance of coaching continuity while the program moved to the Big-10 Conference. However, on February 6, 2024, Kelly stepped down after six seasons leading the Bruins to become offensive coordinator for Ohio State. The departure in February left the program in a challenging situation due to the present recruiting and transfer portal timeline. While Kelly's tenure ended with a winning record (35–34), critics cite Kelly's failure to capitalize on Southern California recruiting and ability to stimulate interest with the fanbase. Many pundits and fans questioned Athletic Director Martin Jarmond's decision to retain Kelly while the program stagnated, but Jarmond pointed to the strong academic culture Kelly built while at UCLA. DeShaun Foster era (2024–2025) DeShaun Foster was hired as the head football coach at UCLA on February 12, 2024. Although Kelly's untimely departure after the close of the transfer portal period left Foster in a difficult position for the upcoming year, Foster exceeded offseason expectations by retaining the majority of the roster and improving the state of UCLA's NIL Collective. Foster faced a slow start to the 2024 season, which included away losses to LSU in Death Valley and #4 Penn State in Happy Valley as well as home losses to #1 Oregon and #8 Indiana at the Rose Bowl. Despite being underdogs in each of their final games, the Bruins finished their season strong winning four of their last five games, including wins over Iowa, Fresno State, Rutgers, and Nebraska. On September 14, 2025, after an 0–3 start to his second season, Foster was fired by UCLA. He finished his head coaching tenure with a 5–10 record. Tim Skipper was named interim head coach for the remainder of the 2025 season. Bob Chesney era (2026–present) On December 1, 2025, Bob Chesney was announced as the Bruins' next head coach. The search for a new coach, involved a campus-wide committee of sports executives, former general managers, and UCLA players, in part to ensure the decision was guided by a broad group of stakeholders rather than solely by athletic director Martin Jarmond, given his past coaching hires. Chesney was permitted to continue coaching his former team, the James Madison Dukes, for the College Football Playoff. ==Conference affiliations==

• Independent (1919) • Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1920–1927) • Pac-12 Conference (1928–2024) • Pacific Coast Conference (1928–1958) • Athletic Association of Western Universities (1959–1967) • Pacific-8 Conference (1968–1977) • Pacific-10 Conference (1978–2010) • Pac-12 Conference (2011–2024) • Big Ten Conference (2024–present) ==Championships==

National championships UCLA won the Coaches' Poll national championship in 1954 (shared with Ohio State who finished No. 1 in the final AP Poll). This consensus national championship is claimed by the school. Conference championships UCLA has won 17 conference championships (six shared, 11 outright) as of the 2025 season. † Co-champions Division championships UCLA has won two division championships as of 2023. ==Rankings==

UCLA football has finished Top 25 in the nation per the AP poll 32 times in school history. ==Head coaches==

UCLA has had 20 head coaches. ==Rivalries==

California The Bruins enjoy an annual rivalry with an in-state conference foe, the California Golden Bears. The rivals have faced each other 88 times, every year starting in 1933. As of November 28, 2017, UCLA leads the all-time series against Cal, 57–34-1. Future contests of this rivalry is unknown, due to both schools leaving the Pac-12. In 2024, UCLA announced non-conference games against Cal from 2026 to 2029, with games being played at California Memorial Stadium in 2026 & 2028 and the Rose Bowl in 2027 & 2029. Stanford The West Coast in-state rivals have spent much of their respective athletics histories as members of the same conference; first the Pacific Coast Conference from 1925 to 1958 followed by the various predecessors of the modern day Pac-12 Conference from 1959 to 2023. The teams met annually from 1946 to 2023 without interruption. The rivalry has seen its fair share of excitement throughout its history, but reached its peak in the 21st century when both teams were consistently ranked in the top 25 and had numerous competitive games against each other. With the collapse of the Pac-12 following the 2023 season, which resulted in Stanford leaving to join the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and UCLA accepting an invitation to join the Big Ten Conference, the annual series between the Cardinal and Bruins was put on hiatus. As of August 2025, there are no plans for the schools to meet again on the football field. USC UCLA's rivalry with USC is unusual in that they are one of a few pairs of Division I FBS programs that share a major city. Both are within the Los Angeles city limits, approximately apart. Until 1982, the two schools also shared the same stadium: the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The crosstown rivals play each year for city bragging rights and the Victory Bell, and (historically) often for the right to go to the Rose Bowl. USC leads the all-time series (2 Southern Cal victories vacated by the NCAA). ==Facilities==

Rose Bowl . Colorado vs. UCLA, October 28th, 2023. The Rose Bowl is a National Historic Landmark located in Pasadena, California with an official capacity of 92,542. It has been the home football field for the UCLA Bruins since the 1982 season. The Bruins had played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum after joining the Pacific Coast Conference in 1928. An on-campus facility was discussed, but faced significant political opposition, including from the governor at the time, Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown Sr. The Bruins had second priority in schedule at the Coliseum after the Trojans, but before the Los Angeles Rams. at the site where Drake Stadium eventually was built. The Raiders had demanded control of the facility and luxury box revenue at the Coliseum. UCLA has participated in five Rose Bowl games since moving to the stadium, including the 1983 Rose Bowl at the end of the Bruins' first season there. In 1995, UCLA and the then Los Angeles Raiders almost became partners with the National Football League in a new stadium at Hollywood Park but the deal to build a stadium there was scuttled when Raiders owner Al Davis refused to accept a second NFL team at the proposed facility. From 1919 to 1927, the Bruins (then known as the Cubs) used Moore Field at the Vermont Ave. campus of the "Southern Branch of the University of California." In November 2025, it was reported that the Bruins were planning on breaking their lease with the Rose Bowl to move to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, the current home of the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers. The move has been met with negative reception from fans and analysts as well as a lawsuit from the city of Pasadena. Spaulding Field The on-campus practice facility for the football team is Spaulding Field, which has two football fields, one grass and one artificial turf, or synthetic turf. Wasserman Football Center The Wasserman Football Center, built immediately west of Spaulding Field, was dedicated on August 1, 2017. Within the 75,000 square feet structure, there are training and treatment room, weight room, football facilities, the Troy Aikman Strength and Conditioning Center, and locker rooms. Also located in the center are coaches' offices, nutrition center, hydrotherapy pools, meeting rooms and the Terry and Andrea Donahue Team Auditorium. Other amenities include a barbershop, players' lounge, and recruiting lounge and terrace. ==Uniforms==

From 2004 to 2017, the official UCLA athletic colors were "True Blue" and gold. The "True Blue" is a slightly darker shade than the previous powder blue worn by teams. In the early days of the school, UCLA had the same colors as the California Golden Bears: Yale Blue and California Gold. Blue symbolized the ocean, while gold represented the state of California, known as the "Golden State". " and gold. When football coach Red Sanders came to UCLA for the 1949 season he redesigned the football uniforms. The Yale Blue was changed to a lighter shade of blue. Sanders figured that the baby blue would look better on the field and in film. He would dub the baby blue uniform "Powderkeg blue", powder blue with an explosive kick. For the 1954 season, Sanders added the now familiar loop on the shoulders, the UCLA Stripe, to give an impression of motion. The away uniforms became white, with a navy blue and gold shoulder stripe and gold pants. The helmets became gold. At times, beginning with the 1954 football season, the font for the numbers on the uniforms has been Clarendon typeface. Otherwise it has been block numerals. but were replaced by navy blue again in 2010. In 2009, the Bruins wore a 1967 throwback uniform against Washington and USC, though against USC the team's normal helmet was worn. In 2016, UCLA announced a 15-year partnership with Under Armour. The largest Apparel deal in sports history at the time, covered all sports for UCLA and went into effect in the 2017 school year. In 2020, Under Armour announced that they would be foregoing their partnership with UCLA, citing low return on investment. In response, UCLA sued for breach of contract. Later in the year, UCLA announced a partnership with Nike/Jordan. The 6-year partnership commenced in 2021. ==All-time record vs. conference teams==

Records below are updated as of October 6, 2025. UCLA football has had periods of success in the Pac‑12 era, but against their crosstown rival USC in football the overall record favors USC. Since their first meeting in 1929, USC leads the all‑time series, with UCLA holding fewer wins and several ties. UCLA has had notable stretches of success—including an eight‑game winning run in the 1990s—but USC has won more of the matchups overall. Pac-12 Conference } Big Ten Conference The chart below shows current all time records for the Bruins against Big Ten Conference opponents. } || Lost 1 || 1947 ==Bowl games==

Through 2024, UCLA has played in 38 bowl games, compiling a record. In the early 1950s, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) instituted a "no-repeat" rule for the Rose Bowl after California's third consecutive loss in January 1951. UCLA was adversely affected during the undefeated 1954 season, which would have been the second of three consecutive appearances. The rule was dropped by the succeeding AAWU (Big Five) in 1959 (Washington won in 1960 and 1961), but the Big Ten kept it until the early 1970s. The Pac-8 (and Big Ten) did not allow multiple bowl teams until the 1975 season, in which the Bruins won the Rose Bowl. In their twelve Rose Bowl appearances, UCLA has won five; the last victory was in January 1986 (third in four years), and the most recent appearance was in 1999. ==Achievements and awards==

Individual award winners • 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 :Kaʻimi Fairbairn, 2015 • Morris Trophy :Offense: : Jonathan Ogden – 1995 : Xavier Su'a-Filo – 2013 :Defense: :Kenyon Coleman – 2001 :Dave Ball – 2003 :Coach of the Year: :Tommy Prothro - 1965 :Dick Vermeil – 1975 :Terry Donahue – 1985, 1993 :Bob Toledo – 1998 UCLA became the first school to have a top winner in both basketball and football in the same year with Gary Beban winning the Heisman Trophy and Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) winning the U.S. Basketball Writers Association player of the year award in 1968. College Football Hall of Famers (1937–39) was the first African-American to sign a contract with an NFL team in the post–WWII era The following former Bruins have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. • Troy Aikman (2008) • Gary Beban (1988) • Sam Boghosian (2008) • Paul Cameron (2024) • Randy Cross (2010) • Terry Donahue (2000) • Kenny Easley (1991) • Tom Fears (1976) • Billy Kilmer (1999) • Cade McNown (2020) • Donn Moomaw (1973) • Jonathan Ogden (2012) • Tommy Prothro (1991) • Jerry Robinson (1996) • Red Sanders (1996) • John Sciarra (2014) • Al Sparlis (1983) • Kenny Washington (1956) Rose Bowl MVPs • Bob Stiles, 1966, DB • John Sciarra, 1976, QB • Don Rogers, 1983, FS • Tom Ramsey, 1983, QB • Rick Neuheisel, 1984, QB • Eric Ball, 1986, TB Rose Bowl Hall of Fame • John Sciarra, 1991 • Bob Stiles, 1993 • Gary Beban, 1995 • Eric Ball, 1996 • Terry Donahue, 1997 • Rick Neuheisel, 1998 • Al Hoisch, 1999 • Tom Ramsey, 2007 • Dick Vermeil, 2014 • Cade McNown, 2017 Retired numbers The following players have been honored with retired numbers. ==Bruins in the NFL==

, Hall of Fame WR , Hall of Fame OT Over 300 UCLA Bruins football players have gone on to play in the National Football League (NFL). Six (6) of them have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: • Troy Aikman (2006) • Kenny Easley (2017) • Tom Fears (1970) • Jimmy Johnson (1994) • Jonathan Ogden (2013) • Bob Waterfield (1965) Twenty-three (23) former Bruins have appeared in at least 150 NFL games: • Norm Johnson – 273 games (PK 1982–1999) • Max Montoya – 223 games (OG 1979–1994) • Jimmy Johnson – 213 games (DB 1961–1976) • Roman Phifer – 212 games (LB 1991–2005) • Marvcus Patton – 208 games (LB 1990–2002) • Dave Dalby – 205 games (C 1972–1985) • Donnie Edwards – 197 games (LB 1996–2008) • Mark Tuinei – 195 games (OT 1983–1997) • Ken Norton Jr. – 191 games (LB 1988–2000) • Luis Sharpe – 189 games (OT 1982–1994) • Randy Cross – 185 games (OL 1976–1988) • Carnell Lake – 185 games (DB 1989–2001) • Jerry Robinson – 184 games (LB 1979–1991) • Jonathan Ogden – 177 games (OT/OG 1996–2007) • Billy Kilmer – 170 games (QB 1961–1978) • Marcedes Lewis – 170 games (TE 2006–present) • Travis Kirschke – 169 games (DE 1997–2009) • Duval Love – 167 games (OG 1985–1996) • Fred McNeill – 167 games (LB 1974–1985) • Mike Lodish – 166 games (DT 1990–2000) • Troy Aikman – 165 games (QB 1989–2000) • Bruce Davis – 160 games (OT 1979–1989) • Don Shinnick – 159 games (LB 1957–1969) ==Media==

UCLA football has long been carried by ABC and more recently by ESPN and Fox on television. UCLA had no discretion on these, as they were decided by the Pac-12. When UCLA joined the Big Ten in 2024, their games were carried on Fox, CBS and NBC respectfully. KABC (790 AM) in Los Angeles is the flagship radio station for UCLA football, replacing KLAC in 2025. New York Mets announcer Josh Lewin and Matt Stevens are the current broadcast team in the booth, along with sideline reporter Wayne Cook, who is a former Bruin quarterback. Lewin replaced former announcer Bill Roth, who had taken over for Chris Roberts in 2015, after 27 years as the voice of Virginia Tech football. Former play-by-play announcers include John Rebenstorf (1991), Paul Olden (1989–1990), Joel Meyers (1984–1988), Kent Derdivanis (1983–1985), and Roy Storey. Former UCLA football analysts include Billy Ray Smith (1997–2000), Steve Hartman (1996), David Norrie (1991–1995), John Rebenstorf (1990), Bob Steinbrinck (1972–1989), Bob Waterfield (1959), and Sam Balter (1950–1958). ==Future Big Ten Conference opponents==

Announced schedules as of October 5, 2023. ==Future non-conference opponents==

Announced schedules as of October 5, 2023. • Neutral site game • P4 School is an opponent from a Power 4 Conference. • FBS Ind. School is a Division I FBS independent school • G6 School is an opponent from a Group of Six Conference • FCS School is an opponent from the Football Championship Subdivision ==Footnotes==