1964 UCLA Bruins football team

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1964 UCLA Bruins football
ConferenceAthletic Association of Western Universities
Record4–6 (2–2 AAWU)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1963
1965 →
1964 Athletic Association of Western Universities football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Oregon State ^ + 3 1 0 8 3 0
No. 10 USC + 3 1 0 7 3 0
Washington 5 2 0 6 4 0
UCLA 2 2 0 4 6 0
Stanford 3 4 0 5 5 0
Oregon
1 2 1 7 2 1
Washington State 1 2 1 3 6 1
California 0 4 0 3 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Rose Bowl representative determined by longest absence, due to no head-to-head result and 4–4 tie in member vote.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964 UCLA Bruins football team was an

Athletic Association of Western Universities.[1]

UCLA's offensive leaders in 1964 were quarterback Larry Zeno with 1,363 passing yards and 325 rushing yards, and Mike Haffner with 515 receiving yards.[2]

A month after the season, Barnes resigned as head coach in December,[3] and was succeeded by Tommy Prothro, head coach at eighth-ranked Oregon State for ten seasons and a former UCLA assistant.[4][5][6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 12at Pittsburgh*W 17–1241,333[7]
September 26Penn State*W 21–1434,636[8]
October 3Stanford
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 27–2035,970[9]
October 10at Syracuse*L 0–3935,000
October 17at No. 4 Notre Dame*L 0–2458,335
October 24at
Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
  • L 7–2668,727
    October 31at CaliforniaW 25–2145,000
    November 7Air Force*
    • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
    • Los Angeles, CA
    L 15–2424,388[10]
    November 14at WashingtonL 20–2254,264
    November 21USC
    L 13–3462,108
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    [11]

    References

    1. ^ "1964 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
    2. ^ "1964 UCLA Bruins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
    3. ^ "Barnes quits before UCLA has chance to fire him". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 21, 1964. p. 1D.
    4. ^ "Tom Prothro joins Bruins". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. January 12, 1965. p. 12.
    5. ^ "Prothro selected by UCLA as head football coach". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. January 12, 1965. p. 8.
    6. ^ "Prothro leaving Oregon State for UCLA coaching job". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). AP, UPI reports. January 12, 1965. p. 3B.
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    11. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved December 19, 2016.