The 1973 UCLA Bruins football team represented the

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during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. the

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, the Bruins were led by third-year head coach

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and played their home games at the Quarterbacks

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and

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ran the

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offense, and the Bruins were 9–2 overall and 6–1 om the Pac-8. After an opening loss at fourth-ranked won nine straight, but lost again to

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in the as conference runner-up, but the Pac-8 did not allow a second bowl team until They were ranked twelfth in the

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AP poll, ninth in the UPI

Schedule

* Prior to the

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season, the Pac-8 and

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conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl.

Roster

*QB

*PK

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*RB Kermit Johnson *FB James McAlister *QB John Sciarra *FS Jim Bright *LB Jack Jorgensen *C

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*LB

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Awards and honors

*First Team All Americans: Jimmy Allen (DB),

(K),

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(RB, Consensus selection), James McAlister (RB),

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(DE)1975 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletic News Bureau, 1975 *All Conference First Team: Jimmy Allen (DB), James Bright (DB),

(RB),

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(OT), Steve Klosterman (OG), Fulton Kuykendall (LB),

(DE), John Nanoski (DB), Al Oliver (OT), Cal Peterson (DE)

References

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