The 2016 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bruins were coached by fifth-year head coach Jim L. Mora and played its home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. They were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. The Bruins finished the season 4–8, 2–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for fourth in the South Division, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 334 to 303.
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Pre-season[edit]
April 23, 2016 – Spring Showcase, Drake Stadium – 11:30 am
Personnel[edit]
Coaching Staff[edit]
Roster[edit]
Schedule[edit]
Date
Time
Opponent
Rank
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
September 3
12:30 pm
at Texas A&M*
No. 16
CBS
L 24–31 OT
100,443
September 10
5:00 pm
UNLV*
P12N
W 42–21
63,712
September 17
7:15 pm
at BYU*
ESPN2
W 17–14
62,904
September 24
5:00 pm
No. 7 Stanford
ABC
L 13–22
70,833
October 1
7:30 pm
Arizona
ESPN
W 45–24
68,013
October 8
7:30 pm
at Arizona State
ESPN2
L 20–23
48,509
October 15
7:30 pm
at Washington State
ESPN
L 21–27
29,310
October 22
1:00 pm
No. 19 Utah
FOX
L 45–52
66,243
6:30 pm
at No. 21 Colorado
FS1
L 10–20
43,761
November 12
6:00 pm
Oregon State
P12N
W 38–24
64,813
November 19
7:30 pm
No. 13 USC
ESPN
L 14–36
71,137
November 26
4:00 pm
at California
ESPN2
L 10–36
39,633
*Non-conference game
Homecoming
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
All times are in Pacific time
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Game summaries[edit]
At Texas A&M[edit]
1
2
3
4
OT
Total
#16 Bruins
3
6
0
15
0
24
Aggies
0
10
14
0
7
31
Calling the game on CBS: Verne Lundquist, Gary Danielson and Allie LaForce.
UNLV[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Rebels
7
7
7
0
21
Bruins
7
21
0
14
42
Pac-12 Networks: Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth and Cindy Brunson.
At BYU[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bruins
0
10
7
0
17
Cougars
0
0
7
7
14
Stanford[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
#7 Cardinal
3
0
3
16
22
Bruins
7
3
0
3
13
Arizona[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
7
0
3
14
24
Bruins
14
0
10
21
45
At Arizona State[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bruins
0
3
10
7
20
Sun Devils
3
0
17
3
23
At Washington State[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bruins
0
0
7
14
21
Cougars
3
7
14
3
27
Utah[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
#19 Utes
14
13
18
7
52
Bruins
21
0
14
10
45
At Colorado[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bruins
7
3
0
0
10
#21 Buffaloes
7
0
3
10
20
Oregon State[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Beavers
7
7
10
0
24
Bruins
21
3
7
7
38
USC[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Trojans
7
16
7
6
36
Bruins
7
7
0
0
14
At California[edit]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bruins
0
0
10
0
10
Golden Bears
3
9
14
10
36
Rankings[edit]
Ranking movements Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. — = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
AP
16
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Coaches
24
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
CFP
Not released
—
—
—
—
—
Not released
Coaches[edit]
Jim L. Mora, head coach
Rip Scherer, Senior Associate head coach/tight ends
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