2004 UCLA Bruins football team

The 2004 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Karl Dorrell. It was Dorrell's second season as the UCLA head coach. UCLA was not ranked in the preseason polls.[1] The Bruins finished 6–6 overall, and were tied for fifth place in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 4–4 record.[2] The Bruins were invited to play in the Las Vegas Bowl vs. Wyoming on December 30, 2004.

2004 UCLA Bruins football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 21–24 vs. Wyoming
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
2004 record	6–6 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Karl Dorrell (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Cable (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Larry Kerr (2nd season)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl (Capacity: 91,136)

2004 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 USC † $		8	–	0					13	–	0
No. 9 California		7	–	1					10	–	2
No. 19 Arizona State		5	–	3					9	–	3
Oregon State		5	–	3					7	–	5
UCLA		4	–	4					6	–	6
Oregon		4	–	4					5	–	6
Washington State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Stanford		2	–	6					4	–	7
Arizona		2	–	6					3	–	8
Washington		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion † – USC later vacated 2 wins (1 in conference), as well as the BCS and Pac-10 Championships, due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

Key players

Craig Bragg Maurice Drew Spencer Havner

Justin London Drew Olson Manuel White Jr.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	12:30 pm	Oklahoma State*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 20–31	48,702[3]
September 11	9:00 am	at Illinois*	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ABC	W 35–17	47,457[4]
September 18	4:00 pm	at Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	W 37–31	65,235[5]
October 2	4:00 pm	San Diego State*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSNW2	W 33–10	52,038[6]
October 9	3:30 pm	Arizona	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	W 37–17	57,638[7]
October 16	4:00 pm	at No. 8 California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	TBS	L 28–45	69,898[8]
October 23	12:30 pm	at No. 21 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	ABC	L 42–48	63,985[9]
October 30	12:30 pm	Stanford	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	W 21–0	54,021[10]
November 6	12:30 pm	Washington State	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSNW2	L 29–31	62,251[11]
November 13	12:30 pm	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	ABC	W 34–26	58,344[12]
December 4	1:30 pm	No. 1 USC	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)	ABC	L 24–29 (USC Forfeit)	88,442[13]
December 23	7:00 pm	vs. Wyoming*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–24	29,062[14]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State at UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total • Cowboys 7 21 3 0 31 Bruins 14 3 3 0 20 Date: September 4, 2004 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California Game start: 12:39 PM PST Elapsed time: 3:18 Game attendance: 48,702 Game weather: Bright and sunny, 95°F, 28% humidity, no wind Referee: Gordon Riese Sources:[3]

Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	14	7	7	7	35
Fighting Illini	0	7	7	3	17

Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	20	7	7	3	37
Huskies	24	0	7	0	31

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	3	0	7	0	10
Bruins	7	13	7	6	33

Arizona

Panorama, first quarter

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	3	0	14	0	17
Bruins	9	14	7	7	37

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	0	14	0	14	28
#8 Golden Bears	7	14	7	17	45

Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	3	17	15	7	42
#21 Sun Devils	14	7	10	17	48

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	0	0	0	0	0
Bruins	7	7	0	7	21

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cougars	14	7	3	7	31
Bruins	7	3	6	13	29

Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	14	7	10	3	34
Ducks	7	3	10	6	26

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
#1 Trojans	10	10	3	6	29
Bruins	0	10	7	7	24

Wyoming (Las Vegas Bowl)

Wyoming vs. UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total • Cowboys 10 0 0 14 24 Bruins 0 14 7 0 21 Date: December 23, 2004 Location: Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada Game start: 7:00 PM PST Elapsed time: 3:36 Game attendance: 29,062 Game weather: Partly cloudy, 42°F, 9mph N Referee: Rocky Goode Sources:[14][15]

References

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