# 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. The Bruins finished 6–6 overall, and were tied for fifth place in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 4–4 record. The Bruins were invited to play in the Las Vegas Bowl vs. Wyoming on December 30, 2004.

## 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 BowlPasadena, CA | ABC | L 20–31 | 48,702 |
| September 11 | 9:00 am | at Illinois* | Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL | ABC | W 35–17 | 47,457 |
| September 18 | 4:00 pm | at Washington | Husky StadiumSeattle, WA | ABC | W 37–31 | 65,235 |
| October 2 | 4:00 pm | San Diego State* | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | FSNW2 | W 33–10 | 52,038 |
| October 9 | 3:30 pm | Arizona | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | FSN | W 37–17 | 57,638 |
| October 16 | 4:00 pm | at No. 8 California | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA | TBS | L 28–45 | 69,898 |
| October 23 | 12:30 pm | at No. 21 Arizona State | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ | ABC | L 42–48 | 63,985 |
| October 30 | 12:30 pm | Stanford | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | FSN | W 21–0 | 54,021 |
| November 6 | 12:30 pm | Washington State | Rose BowlPasadena, CA | FSNW2 | L 29–31 | 62,251 |
| November 13 | 12:30 pm | at Oregon | Autzen StadiumEugene, OR | ABC | W 34–26 | 58,344 |
| December 4 | 1:30 pm | No. 1 USC | Rose BowlPasadena, CA (Victory Bell) | ABC | L 24–29 | 88,442 |
| December 23 | 7:00 pm | vs. Wyoming* | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV (Las Vegas Bowl) | ESPN | L 21–24 | 29,062 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from APAll times are in Pacific time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Oklahoma State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Cowboys | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Bruins | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 |

### 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

| | 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)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Cowboys | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Bruins | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |