The 1963 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixth year under head coach William F. Barnes, the Bruins compiled a 2–8 record (2–2 AAWU) and finished in third place in the Athletic Association of Western Universities.[1]
| 1963 UCLA Bruins football | |
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| Conference | Athletic Association of Western Universities |
| Record | 2–8 (2–2 AAWU) |
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| Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Washington $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 USC | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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UCLA's offensive leaders in 1963 were quarterback Larry Zeno with 1,036 passing yards, Jim Colletto with 179 rushing yards, and Kurt Altenberg with 419 receiving yards.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | Pittsburgh | L 0–20 | 28,095 | [3] | |
| September 28 | at Penn State* | L 14–17 | 34,800 | ||
| October 5 | at Stanford | W 10–9 | 21,000 | ||
| October 11 | Syracuse* |
| L 7–29 | 22,949 | [4] |
| October 19 | at Notre Dame* | L 12–27 | 42,948 | ||
| October 25 | No. 4 Illinois* |
| L 12–18 | 24,616 | [5] |
| November 2 | California |
| L 0–25 | 32,711 | [6] |
| November 9 | at Air Force* | L 21–48 | 31,937 | [7] | |
| November 16 | Washington |
| W 14–0 | 30,398 | |
| November 30 | at USC |
| L 6–26 | 82,460 | |
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- The final regular season game (USC) was postponed a week following the assassination of President Kennedy.[9][10][11][12]