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UCLA Bruins © |
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Played November 6, 1976 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, California |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
T |
PCT |
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T |
PCT |
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| Oregon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||||||||
| UCLA © | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .800 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .857 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Oregon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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UCLA |
14 |
13 |
14 |
5 |
46 |
Coach Don Read’s Oregon Ducks had a Belt game in his final season as coach. Oregon came into the game with a 3-5 record & on a 4-game losing streak against the 3rd ranked UCLA Bruins of coach Terry Donahue who stood 7-0-1. UCLA rushed for 441 yards while holding the Ducks to –2 yards rushing & All-Pac 8 PK Frank Corral kicked 3 field goals including a school-record 55-yarder as the Bruins routed the Ducks 46-0 to retain The Belt. UCLA's QB Jeff Dankworth opened the scoring with a 13-yard touchdown run before RB Wendell Tyler scored on a 1-yard touchdown run giving the Bruins a 14-0 1st quarter lead. Tyler’s touchdown was set-up after UCLA's DT Manu Tuiasosopo recovered the fumble of Oregon's QB Jack Henderson at the Oregon 20-yard line. In the 2nd quarter, Tyler scored his second touchdown of the game, this one finished a 12-play, 78-yard drive & came on a 2-yard run as the Bruins pushed the lead to 21-0. UCLA's S Tom Murphy recovered a Henderson fumble which led to Corral’s 55-yard kick. Corral’s 37-yard field goal closed the 1st half score with UCLA leading 27-0. Bruins’ RB Jim Brown took over in the 3rd quarter & scored on a 1-yard run as well as a 69-yard run which made the score UCLA 41 Oregon 0. Corral’s 49-yard field goal came just 0:47 into the final quarter & the Bruins recorded a safety when Oregon's C Fred Lackaff had to fall on a fumble in the Oregon end zone. Dankworth finished with just 21 yards passing while Brown rushed for 100 yards with his 2 touchdowns. Henderson threw for 90 yards in the loss. UCLA finished the season 9-2-1; ranked 15th nationally while the Ducks finished 4-7. Oregon would play for The Belt again in 1978.
