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The animals would appear at all UCLA home football games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. [2] This practice eventually stopped until students and alumni called for a new live mascot in the 1950s. [3] A Himalayan bear cub from India nicknamed "Little Joe Bruin" was brought to Westwood before he grew too large and was transferred to a circus.
The Bruins began to use live bears as mascots in the 1930s, renting animals to appear at all UCLA home football games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The practice grew less common until the 1950s, when students and alumni brought "Little Joe Bruin" to Westwood.
Spaulding's 72 wins rank him among the best in head coaching victories in Bruin football history. [10] He retired after a successful fourteen-season tenure ended after the 1938 season. [11] Edwin C. Horrell was promoted to head coach following Spaulding's retirement. [12] His 1942 UCLA Bruins team lost to Georgia in the 1943 Rose Bowl. [13]
Baldwin Senior High School (Baldwin, New York); Ballard High School (Louisville, Kentucky) Bartlesville High School (Bartlesville, Oklahoma); Bayshore High School (Bradenton, Florida)
The mascots are Joe and Josephine Bruin, and the fight songs are Sons of Westwood and Mighty Bruins. The alma mater is Hail to the Hills of Westwood. When Henry "Red" Sanders came to UCLA to coach football in 1949, the uniforms were redesigned. Sanders added a gold loop on the shoulders—the UCLA Stripe.
DeShaun Foster, who recently left UCLA to take an assistant coaching job with the Raiders, returns to the Bruins to replace Chip Kelly as head coach.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins: Los Angeles, California University of California, Merced (UC Merced) Golden Bobcats: Merced, California: University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) Highlanders: Riverside, California: University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) Tritons: San Diego, California
No. 9 Indiana (11-1, 8-1 Big Ten) travels to No. 3 Notre Dame (11-1) in the first round of the College Football Playoff, marking not only the first-ever 12-team CFP game, but also the first ...