1947 UCLA Bruins football team

1947 UCLA Bruins football
1947 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	5–4 (4–2 PCC)
Head coach	Bert LaBrucherie (3rd season);
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

The 1947 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1947 college football season. In their third year under head coach Bert LaBrucherie, the Bruins compiled a 5–4 record (4–2 in PCC, fourth).^[1] Home games were played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

1947 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 8 USC $	6	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
No. 15 California	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Oregon	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
UCLA	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Montana	2	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Oregon State	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Washington	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Stanford	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

UCLA was ranked at No. 8 in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Iowa*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 22–7	89,800	^[3]
October 4	at Northwestern*		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 26–27	44,000	^[4]
October 11	Oregon		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 24–7	43,713	^[5]
October 18	at Stanford	No. 19	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 39–6	25,000	^[6]
October 25	No. 14 SMU*	No. 16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–7	64,197	^[7]
November 1	No. 14 California	No. 19	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	L 0–6	80,266	^[8]
November 8	at Oregon State		Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR	W 27–7	30,870	^[9]
November 15	Washington		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 34–7	43,777	^[10]
November 22	at No. 4 USC	No. 18	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	L 0–6	102,050	^[11]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Final
AP	—	19	16	19	—	—	18	17	19	—