Bruin Football History: 1997

Aug. 30 - at Washington State  34-37 L
Sep.  6 - Tennessee            24-30 L
Sep. 13 - at Texas             66- 3 W
Sep. 27 - Arizona              40-27 W
Oct.  4 - Houston              66-10 W
Oct. 11 - at Oregon            39-31 W
Oct. 18 - Oregon State         34-10 W
Oct. 25 - California           35-17 W
Nov.  1 - at Stanford          27- 7 W
Nov. 15 - Washington           52-28 W
Nov. 22 - Southern Cal         31-24 W
Jan.  1 - Texas A&M (Cotton)   29-23 W

                Conference       Overall
Team           W L T  PF  PA   W  L T  PF  PA   
Washington St  7 1 0 297 246  10  1 0 467 275 
UCLA           7 1 0 292 181   9  2 0 448 224 
Arizona St     6 2 0 233 168   8  3 0 307 203 
Washington     5 3 0 277 186   7  4 0 369 236 
Arizona        4 4 0 222 232   6  5 0 297 298 
Southern Cal   4 4 0 171 181   6  5 0 233 233 
Oregon         3 5 0 241 264   6  5 0 339 337 
Stanford       3 5 0 198 262   5  6 0 276 317 
California     1 7 0 186 259   3  8 0 295 339 
Oregon St      0 8 0 112 250   3  8 0 195 285 

• Quarterback Cade McNown was one of three finalists for the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award. He was selected third-team All-America by Associated Press and The Sporting News and was named Most Outstanding Offensive Player of the 1998 Cotton Bowl.
• Place kicker Chris Sailer was selected first-team All-America by the American Football Coaches Assn. and the Walter Camp Foundation and second team by Associated Press, Football News and College & Pro Football Newsweekly. He was also selected first-team All-America as a punter by the Football Writers Assn. of America. He was one of three finalists for the Lou Groza National Placekicker Award.
  

• UCLA has won 10 straight games in a season for only the second time in school history. In 1946, UCLA won all 10 regular-season games but lost in the Rose Bowl. The Bruins also won 10 in a row in 1954-55. In 1954, UCLA won all nine of its games, capturing a share of the National Championship, and won its opener in 1955.
• The victory in the Cotton Bowl gave UCLA a 10-win season for only the fifth time in school history - 1946, 1982, 1987, 1988 and 1997.
• UCLA allowed 94 fewer points during the regular season than in 1996. In fact, its average of 20.4 points allowed ranked second in the Pac-10 and is its best since 1993 (19.2).
• Despite allowing 361.3 yards per game (6th in the Pac-10), the UCLA defense was second in fewest touchdowns allowed (25) and T-2nd in lowest average per play (4.8) during the regular season. UCLA led the league with 21 interceptions and tied for the lead with 14 touchdown passes allowed. On the ground, UCLA tied for second with 11 touchdowns yielded and tied for third with an average of 3.1 yards per carry allowed.
• UCLA's 52 points in the win over Washington were the most by a Pac-10 team against the Huskies in 23 years.
• UCLA forced 39 turnovers (second to Wyoming's 42) in 11 regular-season games, an average of 3.5 per contest. In 1996, the Bruins forced just 22 in 11 games, an average of 2.0 per outing.
• UCLA outscored opponents 223-86 in the second half (112-34 in the third quarter and 111-52 in the fourth).
• In 12 second halves, the Bruins allowed just 10 touchdowns (one each versus Washington State, Arizona, Houston, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, Washington and Texas A&M and two against California) and five field goals. Washington's TD came with 6:31 remaining and the Huskies trailing 52-20. Stanford's TD came in the game's final minute. Arizona's TD came with 12:09 remaining in the game and the Wildcats trailing, 40-17. Houston's TD came with 9:01 remaining in the game and the Cougars trailing, 59-3. Oregon's TD came with 0:40 remaining and the Ducks trailing, 39-24. Oregon State's TD came with 1:09 remaining and the Beavers trailing, 34-3.
• During the 10-game win streak, UCLA's pass defense allowed just 182 completions in 373 attempts (48.8%) for 2,096 yards, nine touchdowns and 18 interceptions. Opponents are averaging just 5.6 yards per attempt during this span.