The 1945 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1945 college football season. In their first year under head coach Bert LaBrucherie, the Bruins compiled a 5âÂÂ4 record (2âÂÂ3 in PCC, fifth); eight of their nine games were played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
In addition to the above listed games, UCLA met the El Toro Marines in a scrimmage held on November 1 in Los Angeles, won by the Marines, 27âÂÂ19.