I just had this idea while talking in the threads about the great vintages of Bruin classes. So I wanted to see who the lucky ones were, and who the extremely fortunate were.
The lucky ones were those who saw either UCLA Football play in the Rose Bowl, or UCLA in the Basketball NCAA championship game. The extremely fortunate ones are those who saw both.
UCLA has been to 12 Rose Bowls and won 11 National Championships in basketball. I am assuming for the purposes of this table that a typical grad took 4 years to graduate.
So, with all due respect to those who enjoyed UCLA for more than 4 years, we have put together a list, with the extremely fortunate classes highlighted in yellow (I hope this works!). The list is after the jump.
Year |
Rose Bowl Game |
Basketball Championship |
Class of |
Saw Rose Bowl |
Saw NCAA Champion |
2012 |
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2012 |
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2011 |
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2011 |
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2010 |
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2010 |
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2009 |
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2009 |
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2008 |
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2008 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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2004 |
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2003 |
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2003 |
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2002 |
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2002 |
x |
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2001 |
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2001 |
x |
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2000 |
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2000 |
x |
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1999 |
x |
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1999 |
x |
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1998 |
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1998 |
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x |
1997 |
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1997 |
x |
x |
1996 |
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1996 |
x |
x |
1995 |
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x |
1995 |
x |
x |
1994 |
x |
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1994 |
x |
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1993 |
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1993 |
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1992 |
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1992 |
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1991 |
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1991 |
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1990 |
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1990 |
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1989 |
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1989 |
x |
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1988 |
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1988 |
x |
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1987 |
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1987 |
x |
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1986 |
x |
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1986 |
x |
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1985 |
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1985 |
x |
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1984 |
x |
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1984 |
x |
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1983 |
x |
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1983 |
x |
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1982 |
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1982 |
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1981 |
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1981 |
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1980 |
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1980 |
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1979 |
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1979 |
x |
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1978 |
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1978 |
x |
x |
1977 |
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1977 |
x |
x |
1976 |
x |
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1976 |
x |
x |
1975 |
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x |
1975 |
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x |
1974 |
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1974 |
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x |
1973 |
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x |
1973 |
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x |
1972 |
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x |
1972 |
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x |
1971 |
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x |
1971 |
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x |
1970 |
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x |
1970 |
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x |
1969 |
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x |
1969 |
x |
x |
1968 |
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x |
1968 |
x |
x |
1967 |
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x |
1967 |
x |
x |
1966 |
x |
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1966 |
x |
x |
1965 |
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x |
1965 |
x |
x |
1964 |
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x |
1964 |
x |
x |
1963 |
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1963 |
x |
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1962 |
x |
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1962 |
x |
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1961 |
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1961 |
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1960 |
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1960 |
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1959 |
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1959 |
x |
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1958 |
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1958 |
x |
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1957 |
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1957 |
x |
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1956 |
x |
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1956 |
x |
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1955 |
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1955 |
x |
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1954 |
x |
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1954 |
x |
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1953 |
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1953 |
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1952 |
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1952 |
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1951 |
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1951 |
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1950 |
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1950 |
x |
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1949 |
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1949 |
x |
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1948 |
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1948 |
x |
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1947 |
x |
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1947 |
x |
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1946 |
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1946 |
x |
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1945 |
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1945 |
x |
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1944 |
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1944 |
x |
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1943 |
x |
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1943 |
x |
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I found this pretty interesting...it kind of shows you who the most vocal people are in the community. The 60's and 90's saw double success. The 70's had basketball domination, while the 80's had great football. You can see who's getting the short end of the stick, in the 2000's. Time to rise up, Young Bruins! Your drought corresponds to Chianti Dan's arrival in Westwood. It's grand time to fire Dan Guerrero.
Update: Just wanted to add some stats about the football game against U$C. No point in adding a column because nearly all graduating classes got to see a victory. From 1943 to 2002, the only classes to not see a victory against Southern Cal were the classes of 1975, 1980 and 1991. But even the classes of 1975 and 1991 got to see a tie at some point. From 2003 to 2012, six graduating classes have not seen a victory against Southern Cal.