2024 UCLA Bruins football team explained

The 2024 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Big Ten Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bruins played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Former runnings-back coach DeShaun Foster was in his first year as head coach, replacing Chip Kelly.

The 2024 season is the Bruins' first in the Big Ten since departing from the Pac-12 Conference.^{[2] [3]}

The season was highlighted by a strong strength of schedule and poor offensive production. UCLA struggled to score in the redzone throughout the season and only scored more than thirty points in a game once, against Rutgers. They snapped a four game losing streak to Fresno State on the final week of the regular season after a third straight home loss to USC. Overall the Bruins finished 5–7 and 3–6 in the Big Ten Conference, and averaged 46,805 fans at the Rose Bowl.

Offseason

Incoming transfers

• EDGE Collins Acheampong – Miami (FL)
• CB Bryan Addison – Oregon
• IOL Oluwafunto Akinshilo – Iowa State
• RB Jalen Berger – Michigan State
• K Mateen Bhaghani – California
• QB Nick Billoups – BYU
• EDGE Jacob Busic – Navy
• OT Michael Carmody – Notre Dame
• QB Demaricus Davis – Washington
• LS Travis Drosos – South Alabama
• WR Rico Flores Jr. – Notre Dame
• WR Kyle Ford – USC
• RB Anthony Frias – Kansas State
• S Ramon Henderson – Notre Dame
• RB Leo Kemp – San Diego State
• IOL Alani Makihele – UNLV
• CB Kaylin Moore – California
• TE Bryce Pierre – Arizona State
• S Marcus Ratcliffe – San Diego State
• P Brody Richter – Northern Arizona
• DL Luke Schuermann – Johns Hopkins
• EDGE Cherif Seye – Florida A&M
• DL Drew Tuazama – South Carolina
• OT Reuben Unije – Louisville
• LB Joseph Vaughn – Yale
• CB K.J. Wallace – Georgia Tech

Outgoing transfers

• WR Kam Brown – Purdue
• EDGE Choe Bryant-Strother – BYU
• OT Bruno Fina – Duke
• WR Kyle Ford – USC
• RB Anthony Frias – Withdrawn
• LS Beau Gardner – Georgia
• DB Jaxon Harley – Cerritos College
• IOL Spencer Holstege – Withdrawn
• CB John Humphrey – USC
• WR Keegan Jones – Withdrawn
• WR Ari Libenson – TBD
• K RJ Lopez – Purdue
• WR Jeremiah McClure – San Diego State
• QB Dante Moore – Oregon
• S William Nimmo Jr. – San Diego State
• TE Grant Norberg – San Jose State
• S Kamari Ramsey – USC
• IOL Benjamin Roy – UMass
• TE Carsen Ryan – Utah
• QB Collin Schlee – Virginia Tech
• WR Bradley Schlom – San Diego
• DL Jay Toia – Withdrawn
• DB Kaleb Tuliau – Austin Peay
• IOL Jake Wiley – Houston

Schedule

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Game summaries

at Hawaii

See also: 2024 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team.

Statistics	UCLA	HAW
First downs	19	18
Total yards	343	278
Rushing yards	71	51
Passing yards	272	227
Passing:	19–38–2	25–42–2
Time of possession	27:34	32:26

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UCLA	Passing		19/38, 272 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing	Ethan Garbers	7 carries, 47 yards
Receiving		3 receptions, 102 yards, 1 TD
Hawaii	Passing		25/42, 227 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing	Lucas Borrow	1 carry, 19 yards
Receiving		9 receptions, 112 yards, 1 TD

vs Indiana

See also: 2024 Indiana Hoosiers football team.

at No. 16 LSU

See also: 2024 LSU Tigers football team.

vs No. 8 Oregon

See also: 2024 Oregon Ducks football team.

at No. 7 Penn State

See also: 2024 Penn State Nittany Lions football team. UCLA leads the series 4–2 with Penn State winning the last meeting 21–6 on October 12, 1968.

vs Minnesota

See also: 2024 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.

at Rutgers

See also: 2024 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team.

at Nebraska

See also: 2024 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team.

vs Iowa

See also: 2024 Iowa Hawkeyes football team.

at Washington

See also: 2024 Washington Huskies football team.

vs USC (Victory Bell)

See also: 2024 USC Trojans football team and Victory Bell (UCLA–USC).

vs Fresno State

See also: 2024 Fresno State Bulldogs football team.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award (Big-Ten Conference)	Week #	Date awarded	Ref.
Mateen Bhaghani	Special teams player of the week	1	September 2, 2023	https://bigten.org/fb/article/blt474f36296ed8455e/
Ethan Garbers	Offensive Player of the Week	8	October 21, 2024	https://bigten.org/fb/article/bltb175669c9566395d/
Carson Schwesinger	All-Big Ten First Team	15	December 3, 2024
Kain Medrano	All-Big Ten Third Team	15	December 3, 2024
Jay Toia	All-Big Ten Honorable Mention	15	December 3, 2024
-	Kaylin Moore	All-Big Ten Honorable Mention	15	December 3, 2024

Notes and References

1. News: . Bolch . Ben . Inside Eric Bieniemy's plans to reinvent the UCLA offense . April 4, 2024 . August 4, 2024.
2. Web site: Adelson . Andrea . Bonagura . Kyle . Rittenberg . Adam . Wilson . Dave . 2022-07-11 . Secret meetings and survival mode: Inside the stunning USC-UCLA move and the chaos it caused . 2024-11-11 . ESPN.com . en.
3. Web site: Bolch . Ben . August 2, 2023 . UCLA and USC will join the Big Ten in one year. This is their plan for an elite move . 24 December 2023 . Los Angeles Times.
4. Web site: Williams . James H. . November 2, 2023 . UCLA football’s 2024 Big Ten Conference schedule released . 24 December 2023 . Los Angeles Daily News.
5. Web site: 2024 Football Schedule . UCLA Athletics . 24 December 2023.