2014 UCLA Bruins football team

The 2014 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by third-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 team was featured in the Pac-12 Network's The Drive program.

2014 UCLA Bruins football
Alamo Bowl champion
Alamo Bowl, W 40–35 vs. Kansas State
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionSouth Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 10
Record10–3 (6–3 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNoel Mazzone (3rd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorJeff Ulbrich (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumRose Bowl
Uniform
2014 Pac-12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 2 Oregon x$^  8 1   13 2  
Stanford  5 4   8 5  
Washington  4 5   8 6  
California  3 6   5 7  
Oregon State  2 7   5 7  
Washington State  2 7   3 9  
South Division
No. 19 Arizona x  7 2   10 4  
No. 10 UCLA  6 3   10 3  
No. 12 Arizona State  6 3   10 3  
No. 20 USC  6 3   9 4  
No. 21 Utah  5 4   9 4  
Colorado  0 9   2 10  
Championship: Oregon 51, Arizona 13
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The Bruins were ranked No. 7 in preseason national polls, and were expected to contend for not only one of the four berths in the inaugural College Football Playoff, but also the national championship. They started the season 4–0, often struggling, before suffering consecutive home losses to the Utah Utes and Oregon Ducks. After dropping out of the polls, they re-emerged as playoff contenders with five straight wins. However, UCLA lost their final home game to unranked Stanford, costing them the South Division title, a spot in the Pac-12 Championship, and any remaining shot at a CFP berth.

They concluded their season in the 2015 Alamo Bowl with a win over the Kansas State Wildcats, 40–35, and a 10-win season. It was the ninth 10-win season in school history, and just the third time in their history that UCLA had won 10 games in consecutive seasons. On the season, the Bruins outscored their opponents by a combined total of 435 to 365. They also had the most difficult strength of schedule of any team in the FBS that year.

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