UCLA Football Over the Last Four Years (Part II)

Yesterday I analyzed the Bruins' performance against its conference rivals. Today, it is time to look at how the men in True Blue fared against out of conference competition, including the three bowl games. I will show the breakdown by the conference we played, and do a similar record break down for each team like I did yesterday. Here we go!

ACC:

FSU 0-1 (0-0, 0-0, 0-1, 0-0) <---- LOST EMERALD BOWL!

Big-12:

KSU 1-0 (1-0, 0-0, 0-0, 1-0)

C-USA:

Rice 1-0 (1-0, 0-0, 1-0, 0-0)

Independents:

Notre Dame 0-2 (0-1, 0-1, 0-2, 0-0)

MAC:

Temple 1-0 (0-0, 0-0, 0-0, 1-0) <---- WON EAGLEBANK BOWL!

MWC:

Utah 1-1 (1-0, 0-1, 1-1, 0-0)

BYU 1-2 (1-0, 0-1, 1-0, 0-1) <---- LOST VEGAS BOWL UNDER D. WALKER!

SDSU 1-0 (1-0, 0-0, 0-0, 1-0)

SEC:

UT 2-0 (1-0, 1-0, 0-0, 2-0)

WAC:

Fresno St. 0-1 (0-1, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1)

Overall: 8-7

Bowl: 1-2

ACC: 0-1

Big-12: 1-0

C-USA: 1-0

Indep: 0-2

MAC: 1-0

MWC: 3-3

SEC: 2-0

WAC: 0-1

Dorrell: 3-4

Neuheisel: 5-2

It is easy to see how the different coaches have done. Neuheisel inherited a horrible team in 2008 and still managed to beat UT. Dorrell on the other hand, gave ND their first win of the 2007 season after they started 0-5 in the Rose Bowl. Furthermore, anyone remember 2006 in South Bend? I personally tried forgetting since I was there in person and my heart broke right there and then, but it happened. Dorrell coached not to lose, and we still lost. The bowl games under the Dorrell regime were not so different either. The FSU game up at AT&T Park in SF was a heartbreaker as we gave the game away to the 'Noles. The Vegas Bowl, though under Walker, was essentially under the Dorrell regime so I am going to lump that in there too. Again, my heart was broken in freezing weather as Forbath's FG attempt was blocked by the gigantic mormons. There it is, UCLA football over the last four years. Some great moments, but tons of heartbreaks and disappointments. Hopefully the next decade will bring about a new sense of winning to the Bruin program.