| Year: | 1973 |
| Team: | UCLA Bruins |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Pacific-8 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Pac-8 |
| Coachrank: | 9 |
| Aprank: | 12 |
| Record: | 9–2 |
| Conf Record: | 6–1 |
| Head Coach: | Pepper Rodgers |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Off Coach: | Homer Smith |
| Oc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Scheme: | Wishbone |
| Stadium: | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
The 1973 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. Members of the Pacific-8 Conference, the Bruins were led by third-year head coach Pepper Rodgers and played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Quarterbacks Mark Harmon and John Sciarra ran the wishbone offense, and the Bruins were 9–2 overall and 6–1 on the Pac-8. After an opening loss at fourth-ranked Nebraska,[1] the Bruins won nine straight, but lost again to USC in the season finale.[2] UCLA repeated as conference runner-up, but the Pac-8 did not allow a second bowl team until the 1975 season. They were ranked twelfth in the final AP poll, ninth in the UPI coaches poll.
See also: 1973 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.
See also: 1973 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.
See also: 1973 USC Trojans football team.