1973 UCLA Bruins football team

1973 Pacific-8 football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

UCLA Bruins football
1973 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific-8
Ranking
AP	#12
1973 record	9–2 (6–1 Pac-8)
Head coach	Pepper Rodgers (3rd year)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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The 1973 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1973 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result
September 8	at #4 Nebraska*	#10	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	L 13–40
September 22	Iowa*	#18	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 55–18
September 29	at Michigan State*	#17	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	W 34–21
October 6	Utah*	#16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 66–16
October 13	at Stanford	#15	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 59–13
October 20	at Washington State	#13	Joe Albi Stadium • Spokane, WA	W 24–13
October 27	California	#13	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 61–21
November 3	Washington	#10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 62–13
November 10	at Oregon	#9	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 27–7
November 17	Oregon State	#8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 56–14
November 24	at #9 USC	#8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	L 13–23
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

First Team All Americans: Jimmy Allen (DB), Efren Herrera (K), Kermit Johnson (RB, Consensus selection), James McAlister (RB), Fred McNeill (DE)^[2]
All Conference First Team: Jimmy Allen (DB), James Bright (DB), Kermit Johnson (RB), Ed Kezirian (OT), Steve Klosterman (OG), Fulton Kuykendall (LB), Fred McNeill (DE), John Nanoski (DB), Al Oliver (OT), Cal Peterson (DE)

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v t e UCLA Bruins football
Venues	Moore Field (1919–1927) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1928–1981) Rose Bowl (1982–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games California USC (Victory Bell)
Culture & lore	Joe Bruin "Sons of Westwood" "Mighty Bruins" Marching band 1967 "Game of the Century"
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
National championship seasons in bold

1973 Pacific-8 football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#8 USC $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
#12 UCLA	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Stanford	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Washington State	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
California	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Washington	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll