Year: | 1955 |
Team: | UCLA Bruins |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Pacific Coast Conference |
Short Conf: | PCC |
Record: | 9–2 |
Conf Record: | 6–0 |
Coachrank: | 4 |
Aprank: | 4 |
Head Coach: | Red Sanders |
Hc Year: | 7th |
Off Scheme: | Single wing |
Stadium: | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
Champion: | PCC champion |
Bowl: | Rose Bowl |
Bowl Result: | L 14–17 vs. Michigan State |
The 1955 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1955 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Red Sanders, the Bruins compiled a 9–1 record in the regular season (6–0 in PCC, first) to secure their third consecutive conference title,[1] but lost to second-ranked Michigan State by three points in the Rose Bowl to finish at 9–2.
The game against Washington on November 12 was referenced in the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II; the older Biff Tannen traveled back in time to give his younger self a sports almanac, and he referenced this game to verify its accuracy.