The 1959 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In their second year under head coach William F. Barnes, the Bruins compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–1 conference) and finished in a three-way tie for first place in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.[1]
| 1959 UCLA Bruins football | |
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AAWU co-champion | |
| Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities |
| Record | 5–4–1 (3–1 AAWU) |
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| Captain | Rod Cochran, Ray Smith |
| Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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| No. 8 Washington ^ + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 USC + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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UCLA's offensive leaders in 1959 were quarterback Billy Kilmer with 702 passing yards each, Ray Smith with 417 rushing yards, and Marv Luster with 366 receiving yards.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 18 | No. 11 Purdue* | T 0–0 | 38,675 | |||
| October 3 | at Pittsburgh* | L 21–25 | 30,683 | [3] | ||
| October 17 | California |
| W 19–12 | 33,008 | ||
| October 23 | Air Force* |
| L 7–20 | 33,008 | ||
| October 31 | No. 17 Washington |
| L 7–23 | 32,838 | [4][5] | |
| November 7 | at Stanford | W 55–13 | 35,000 | [6] | ||
| November 13 | NC State* |
| W 21–12 | 21,112 | [7] | |
| November 21 | at No. 4 USC |
| W 10–3 | 85,917 | ||
| November 28 | Utah* | No. 20 |
| W 21–6 | 19,600 | |
| December 5 | No. 1 Syracuse* | No. 17 |
| L 8–36 | 46,557 | |
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Personnel
Players
- Glen Almquist, end
- Foster Anderson, sophomore tackle
- Harry Baldwin, junior center
- Steve Bauwens, sophomore tackle
- Dean Betts, junior tackle
- Craig Chudy, junior end
- Rod Cochran, senior guard and co-captain
- Dave Dabov, junior guard
- Gene Gaines, junior halfback
- Chuck Hicks, sophomore tackle
- Ron Hull, sophomore center
- Jim Johnson, junior halfback
- Ivory Jones, junior quarterback
- Billy Kilmer, junior tailback
- Tony Longo, junior tackle
- Marv Luster, junior end
- Frank Macari, sophomore guard
- Jack Metcalf, junior guard
- Trusse Norris, senior end
- Paul Oglesby, senior tackle
- Tom Paton, sophomore guard
- Art Phillips, senior quarterback
- John Pierovich, senior end
- Joe Rosenkrans, sophomore halfback
- Marshall Shirk, sophomore guard
- Bob Smith, sophomore halfback
- Earl Smith, junior end
- Skip Smith, senior tailback
- Ray Smith, senior fullback
- Bob Stevens, sophomore fullback
- Al Story, senior tailback
- Don Vena, sophomore end
- Jim Wallace, senior tackle
- Duane Wills, sophomore center
- Fred Zingler, sophomore fullback
Coaches
- Head coach - Bill Barnes
- Assistant coaches - Dan Peterson, John Hermann, Deke Bracket (senior assistant), John Johnson, Sam Boghosian, Jim Dawson, Bob Bergdahl[10]