In Reply to: I've never seen us try to give away a game as much as this one posted by CoastalBruin on October 10, 2026 at 21:33:47
• Date: Friday, November 28, 1975 (played the day after Thanksgiving)
• Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Home of USC)
• Score: UCLA 25, USC 22
😮• Wild Stat: UCLA committed 11 fumbles (losing 8) during the game, yet still managed to pull out the victory.
• Significance: The win sent Dick Vermeil’s UCLA Bruins to the Rose Bowl, where they later upset No. 1 Ohio State (23–10). It was also legendary head coach John McKay's final regular-season home game at USC.
• Key Performers: UCLA quarterback John Sciarra threw two touchdown passes to Don Pederson, and running back Wendell Tyler rushed for 130 yards on 17 carries.
Can’t find a full game telecast YouTube of this must there should be one somewhere.
Note..this win plus the Rose Bowl upset victory blew up Dick Vermiel to such a degree the NFL Eagles stole him away after the season from tightwad
JD Morgan who couldn’t match what they were paying ..if Chesney keeps working this
magic…BEWARE ….Vermiel 2.0 ….yeah
-Penn State