1975 UCLA Bruins football team

1975 UCLA Bruins football
Pac-8 co-champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 23–10 vs. Ohio State
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
1975 record	9–2–1 (6–1–0 Pac-8)
Head coach	Dick Vermeil (2nd year)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1975 Pacific-8 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#5 UCLA +	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
#14 California +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Stanford	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Washington	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
#17 USC	3	–	4	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Oregon	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	10	–	0
Washington State	0	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. Coached by Dick Vermeil, the Bruins won their first conference championship in 10 years, and won the Rose Bowl over an undefeated and top-ranked Ohio State team.

Regular season

Coming off an injury plagued 1974 season that saw the Bruins go 6-3-2, UCLA began the season ranked #16. A season opening 37-21 win over Iowa State saw them move up to #12; this was followed by a 34-28 win over #10 Tennessee. But then they stumbled in a turnover plagued 20-20 tie at Air Force; Ohio State then handed UCLA its first loss of the season, 41–20, on October 4, 1975 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. After the game, Woody Hayes prophetically told his team that they would be facing UCLA again in the Rose Bowl. UCLA was the only opponent to score more than 14 points in a game all season against Ohio State, and they did it twice.

The Ohio State loss dropped the Bruins out of the top 20, but they returned to #13 after wins over Stanford, Washington State, and a key win over California. But another loss, this time to Washington 17-13, dropped them back out of the top 20 and resulted in a 5-way tie for 1st place in the Pac-8 between UCLA, California, Stanford, USC, and Washington. After a pair of wins over the Oregon schools, the Bruins went into their season ending game against rival USC needing a win to go to the Rose Bowl. A loss or tie would send California to Pasadena. Despite fumbling 11 times and losing 8, UCLA beat the Trojans 25-22. UCLA ended up tied with California for the Pac-8 championship, but advanced to the Rose Bowl on the strength of their 28–14 win over the Golden Bears.^[1] The Bruins went into the Rose Bowl ranked #11. Ironically, the 1975 USC-UCLA game was legendary coach John McKay and Vermeil's final game at the Coliseum.

It was the only Rose Bowl appearance for Dick Vermeil in only his second season coaching at UCLA. He would leave to coach the Philadelphia Eagles after the season.

Schedule

Game	Date	Time (PST)	Opponent	Result	Bruins points	Opponents	Record
1	Sept. 13	8:05 PM	Iowa State	Win	37	21	1–0–0
2	Sept. 20	12:50 PM	Tennessee	Win	34	28	2–0–0
3	Sept. 27	2:30 PM	@ Air Force	Tie	20	20	2–0–1
4	Oct. 4	6:00 PM	Ohio State	Loss	20	41	2–1–1
5	Oct. 11	1:30 PM	@ Stanford	Win	31	21	3–1–1
6	Oct. 18	1:30 PM	@ Washington State	Win	37	23	4–1–1
7	Oct. 25	3:00 PM	California	Win	28	14	5–1–1
8	Nov. 1	1:30 PM	Washington	Loss	13	17	5–2–1
9	Nov. 8	1:30 PM	@ Oregon	Win	50	17	6–2–1
10	Nov. 15	1:30 PM	Oregon State	Win	31	9	7–2–1
11	Nov. 28	5:00 PM	@ USC	Win	25	22	8–2–1
12	Jan. 1	2:00 PM	Ohio State (1976 Rose Bowl)	Win	23	10	9–2–1

^[2]

Game Notes

Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	7	0	7	6	20
Ohio State	7	21	10	3	41

1st quarter scoring: UCLA – James Sarpy 13-yard pass from John Sciarra (Brett White kick); OSU – Greene 2-yard run (Klaban kick)

2nd quarter scoring: OSU – Johnson 3-yard run (Klaban kick); OSU – Johnson 2-yard run (Klaban kick); OSU – Greene 17-yard run (Klaban kick)

3rd quarter scoring: OSU – A. Griffin 17-yard run (Klaban kick); OSU – Klaban 34-yard field goal; UCLA – Eddie Ayers 2-yard run (White kick)

4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Ayers 1-yard run (kick failed); OSU – Klaban 42-yard field goal

Ohio State (Rose Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	0	0	16	7	23
Ohio State	3	0	0	7	10

Players and coaches

34 returning lettermen from Coach Dick Vermeil's first team that was 6–3–2 in 1974.^[3]

Offense

89 Norm Andersen, SE
70 Gus Coppens LT
73 Phil McKinnely, LG
62 Mitch Kahn, C
51 Randy Cross, RG
75 Jack DeMartinis, RT
7 Rick Walker, TE
15 John Sciarra QB
22 Wendell Tyler, LHB
30 Eddie Ayers, RHB
8 Wally Henry, FL

Defense

68 Tim Tennigkeit, LT
56 Terry Tautolo, ILB
76 Cliff Frazier, NG
Kelly Stroich, ILB
90 Bob Crawford, RT
83 Dale Curry, OLB
87 Raymond Burks, OLB
29 Barney Person, LCB
21 Oscar Edwards, RCB
Matt Fahl, S
88 Pat Schmidt, S

Specialists

34 Brett White, PK
6 John Sullivan, P

Coaches

Dick Vermeil, head coach
Lynn Stiles, assistant head coach/defensive coordinator
Jim Criner, linebackers/tight ends
Terry Donahue, offensive line
Rod Dowhower, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks/wide receivers
Jerry Long, offensive line/defensive line
Billie Matthews, running backs
Bill McPherson, defensive line
Carl Peterson, wide receivers/tight ends
Dick Tomey, defensive backs
Mike Flores, graduate assistant

Awards and honors

John Sciarra, QB, All-Conference, NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship, ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All America, National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Scholarship, NCAA Top Eight Award, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame (2014)
Randy Cross, G, All-Conference, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame (2010)
Fulton Kuykendall, LB, All-Conference
Head coach Dick Vermeil will be inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2014.^[4]
Barney Person, CB, Lead nation & UCLA in interceptions, made key Rose Bowl interception

1975 team players in the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1975 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Fulton Kuykendall	Linebacker	6	132	Atlanta Falcons
Eugene Clark	Offensive Guard	9	222	Pittsburgh Steelers
Art Kuehn	Center	15	384	Washington Redskins
Myke Horton	Offensive Tackle	17	428	New England Patriots

The following players were claimed in the 1976 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Cliff Frazier	Defensive Tackle	2	41	Kansas City Chiefs
Randy Cross	Center	2	42	San Francisco 49ers
John Sciarra	Defensive Back	4	103	Chicago Bears
Phil McKinnely	Tackle	9	246	Atlanta Falcons
Norman Andersen	Wide Receiver	11	299	Chicago Bears
Terry Tautolo	Linebacker	13	353	Philadelphia Eagles
Brett White	Punter	15	412	Philadelphia Eagles
Dale Curry	Linebacker	15	430	Dallas Cowboys

^[5]

The following player was claimed in the 1977 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Wendell Tyler	Running Back	3	79	Los Angeles Rams
Rick Walker	Tight End	4	85	Cincinnati Bengals
Ray Burks	Linebacker	12	318	Kansas City Chiefs

References

↑ Jeff Prugh – UCLA DROPS BALL BUT HOLDS ROSES; USC Loses in McKay's Farewell. Los Angeles Times. November 29, 1975
↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=989&season=1975
↑ UCLA 1975 Press Guide, Compiled by UCLA Athletic News Bureau, Vic Kelley, Manager
↑ Knute Rockne, Dick Vermeil and Ki-Jana Carter to be Inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, Tournament of Roses Association, August 26, 2014
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1976.htm

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 Statistical leaders

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 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927) USC (1928) USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)

AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)

Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)

Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)

Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015) Washington (2016)

National championships in bold

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