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The 1971 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season . Led by new head coach Pepper Rodgers , the Bruins were ranked 15th by AP in the pre-season poll, but finished at 2–7–1 (1–4–1 in Pac-8, last).[1] Home games were played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum .
Schedule Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance Source September 11 Pittsburgh * No. 15 L 25–2936,205 [2] September 18 No. 3 Texas * Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA L 10–2836,504 September 25 at No. 4 Michigan * L 0–3888,042 October 2 Oregon State Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA L 17–3433,345 October 9 at Washington State W 34–2130,500 October 16 at Arizona * W 28–1237,500 [3] October 23 California Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry ) L 24–3130,741 [4] October 30 Washington Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA L 12–2336,545 November 6 at No. 12 Stanford L 9–2070,205 [5] November 20 at No. 15 USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA T 7–768,426 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Game summaries USC 1 2 3 4 Total UCLA 0 0 7 0 7 USC 0 7 0 0 7
The game was played to a 7–7 tie before 68,426 at the Coliseum and a nationwide TV audience. Lou Harris scored for the Trojans and Marv Kendricks scored a 7-yard touchdown for the Bruins. Efrén Herrera kicked the PAT to tie the game in the third quarter.
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