1973 UCLA Bruins football team
The 1973 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1973 NCAA Division I football season. the Pacific-8 Conference, the Bruins were led by third-year head coach Pepper Rodgers and played their home games at the
Quarterbacks Mark Harmon and John Sciarra ran the wishbone offense, and the Bruins were 9–2 overall and 6–1 om the Pac-8. After an opening loss at fourth-ranked won nine straight, but lost again to USC in the as conference runner-up, but the Pac-8 did not allow a second bowl team until They were ranked twelfth in the final AP poll, ninth in the UPISchedule
- Prior to the 1975 season, the Pac-8 and Big Ten conferences allowed only one postseason participant each, for the Rose Bowl.
Roster
- QB Mark Harmon
- PK Efren Herrera
- RB Kermit Johnson
- FB James McAlister
- QB John Sciarra
- FS Jim Bright
- LB Jack Jorgensen
Awards and honors
- First Team All Americans: Jimmy Allen, Efren Herrera, Kermit Johnson, James McAlister, Fred McNeill
- All Conference First Team: Jimmy Allen, James Bright, Kermit Johnson, Ed Kezirian, Steve Klosterman, Fulton Kuykendall, Fred McNeill, John Nanoski, Al Oliver, Cal Peterson
