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2025 UCLA Bruins football team

The 2025 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Big Ten Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bruins played their home games at the Rose Bowl located in Pasadena, California.

The Bruins were led by second-year head coach DeShaun Foster, but he was fired on September 14 after the team opened the season 0–3; special assistant to the head coach Tim Skipper was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Three days later, on September 17, UCLA parted ways with defensive coordinator Ikaika Malloe. After a demoralizing loss to Northwestern, UCLA and offensive coordinator Tino Sunseri mutually parted ways, ending his tenure with an offense that averaged 14.3 points per game, which ranked No. 132 out of 134 major college teams. In their next game, on October 4, UCLA upset No. 7 Penn State 42–37, becoming the first team to enter a game 0–4 or worse and beat an AP poll top ten opponent since UTEP defeated No. 7 BYU in 1985.

The UCLA Bruins drew an average home attendance of 37,282, the 60th-highest of all college football teams.

Schedule

Preseason

  • April 18, 2025 – UCLA Football Friday Night Lights, Drake Stadium, 6:00 p.m.
  • May 3, 2025 – UCLA Football Spring Showcase, Rose Bowl, 2:00 p.m.
  • July 22–24, 2025 – Media Days, Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay)

Game summaries

vs Utah

at UNLV

vs New Mexico

at Northwestern

vs No. 7 Penn State

at Michigan State

vs Maryland (Homecoming)

at No. 2 Indiana

vs Nebraska

at No. 1 Ohio State

vs Washington (Senior Day)

at No. 17 USC (Victory Bell)

Roster

Awards and honors

  • October 6, 2025 – Nico Iamaleava was named the Associated Press National Player of the Week
  • October 6, 2025 – UCLA football team was named the Pop-Tarts Crazy Good Team of the Week
  • October 7, 2025 – Jerry Neuheisel was named the CBS Sports coordinator of the week
  • October 7, 2025 – Nico Iamaleava was named to the Maxwell Award Player of the Week, the Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Week and the Walter Camp National FBS Offensive Player of the Week.
  • October 7, 2025 – Tim Skipper was named to the Dodd Trophy Coach of the Week and to the Bear Bryant Awards Coach of the Week

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