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
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
Seasons ← 2003 2005 →

2004 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	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	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

See also: 2004 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team

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 (35 °C), 28% humidity, no wind Referee: Gordon Riese Sources:[3]

Illinois

See also: 2004 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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

Washington

See also: 2004 Washington Huskies football team

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

San Diego State

See also: 2004 San Diego State Aztecs football team

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

Arizona

See also: 2004 Arizona Wildcats football team

Panorama, first quarter

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

California

See also: 2004 California Golden Bears football team

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

Arizona State

See also: 2004 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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

Stanford

See also: 2004 Stanford Cardinal football team

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

Washington State

See also: 2004 Washington State Cougars football team

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

Oregon

See also: 2004 Oregon Ducks football team

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

USC

See also: 2004 USC Trojans football team

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

Wyoming (Las Vegas Bowl)

See also: 2004 Las Vegas Bowl and 2004 Wyoming Cowboys football team

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 (6 °C), 9 mph (14 km/h) N Referee: Rocky Goode Sources:[14][15]