1976 UCLA Bruins football team

1976 UCLA Bruins football
Liberty Bowl, L 6–36 vs. Alabama
Conference Pacific-8
Ranking
Coaches No. 15
AP No. 15
1976 record 921 (61 Pac-8)
Head coach Terry Donahue (1st year)
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1976 Pacific-8 football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 USC $ 7 0 0     11 1 0
#15 UCLA 6 1 0     9 2 1
Stanford 5 2 0     6 5 0
California 3 4 0     5 6 0
Washington 3 4 0     5 6 0
Washington State 2 5 0     3 8 0
Oregon 1 6 0     4 7 0
Oregon State 1 6 0     2 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Ranked at 17th in the pre-season AP poll, former UCLA player Terry Donahue took over as the head coach. The Bruins were 9–2–1 for the season and second in the Pacific-8 Conference. UCLA lost 6–36 in the Liberty Bowl to Alabama.[1]

Game summaries

Alabama (Liberty Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 17 7 3 9 36
UCLA 0 0 0 6 6

1st quarter scoring: Alabama – Bucky Berrey 37-yard field goal; Alabama – Barry Krauss 44-yard interception return (Bucky Berrey kick); Alabama – Johnny Davis 2-yard run (Bucky Berrey kick)

2nd quarter scoring: Alabama – Jack O'Rear 20-yard pass from Tony Nathan (Bucky Berrey kick)

3rd quarter scoring: Alabama – Bucky Berrey 25-yard field goal

4th quarter scoring: Alabama – Bucky Berrey 28-yard field goal; UCLA – Jim Brown 61-yard run (Kick failed); Alabama – Rick Watson 1-yard run (2-point pass failed)

Awards and honors

References

  1. 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics Department, 2014
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