My Dad and me went to this game It was special for us to be together and witness this great upset. My Dad and many of my family are UCLA alumnus. It was UCLAs first trip to the Rose Bowl in 10 years.

As an OSU fan this game still aggravates me!!

Cornelius Greene and Archie Griffin almost always disappeared in critical games.

These "upsets" became routine for the Pac-8/10 champions of the 70s and 80s in the Rose bowl

Man that was a choke game for my Buckeyes 😭

Ohio State and Michigan both struggled against the more uptempo offenses of the PAC 10 through the 70s. Plus it didn’t help that neither Woody or Bo changed up their styles and opened the game up a little more.

OSU beat UCLA 41-20 during the regular season. USC was the best team in the PAC-8 that year but John McKay stupidly announced he was leaving for Tampa Bay and the Trojans lost 4 straight. Much like Stanford's two wins, UCLA got dominated in the 1st half but the Big 10 rep was unable to score much. A great win for UCLA, no doubt!

Just think 6 years later UCLA would be calling the Rose Bowl home. This match up in the Rose Bowl game will never happen again after this year.

UCLA had gr8 unis.

Lou Holtz was an assistant at Ohio State for this game. I think you can see him at the beginning of the video running out of the tunnel with the Buckeyes

Was “Dr. D” playing for UCLA?

One of the best uniform games ever!

Probably the most disappointing lost in Woody Hayes tenure at Ohio State. All they had to do is win and a National Championship was theirs. Dick Vermiel finest hour at UCLA and a great farewell into the NFL, where he would turn around the Eagles and take them to a Super Bowl.

Woody should have claimed a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP....already routed ULCA 48-20 EARLIER IN THE YEAR. CHOKLAHOMA CHOKED TO UNRANKED KANSAS 28-3😂...GIGGLES!!!!

Powder blue and gold...Bleck 🤢 Ugleee!

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I remember this game. Vermeil out coached Woody in the second half in a great upset and Leonard Tose hired Dick to coach the Eagles. A few of those Bruins would become Eagles.

This game never gets mentioned on lists of great bowl game upsets.

The most disappointing loss in my 50 years of watching the Buckeyes. On the plus side, love the two teams wearing home unis (same as the game earlier in the season). Aesthetically pleasing even if the scoreboard was unpleasant.

as a Michigan fan i loved that game as ucla knocked off the suckeyes 👍😀

Defense played like they played in the blow-out in October. It was the offense that couldn't finish. Must have left it all behind in Ann Arbor.

Thank you.

Amazing to see the end zone celebrations. Definitely before the University of Miami anti- celebration regulations.

Ucla s finest hr in football i was there tunnel 17

How I wished that Vermeil had stayed with the Bruins.Great coach and recruiter.Could have competed for National championships!!!!!!!!!.

UCLA and Ohio State haven't played since '01.Renew the series!

Why did both teams wear home unis? This loss cost OSU & Woody Hayes his 4th national title and was the beginning of the end for woody as he would lose the B10 to UofM the next 3yrs and then the infamous punch of Clemson lb at the end of the 1978 Gator bowl.

It hurt to watch this again. I was there with my cousin of which we took a tour for it and vegas for $400. Greene had his worse game for passing. Woody should have stayed to the running game with Johnson and Griffin.

I was there!

Strange to think now both teams will be in the same conference.

What I remember most about this game didn't occur on the field. On Jan 1 1976 NBC claiming a "new direction" into the future, changed their logo. The dropped the beloved peacock and snaked NBC for a plain blocked style N. They even dropped the peacock just before the program "in color" sequence and the classic NBC chimes. They did all that. It was a BIG DEAL! Those were icons on television, and people were upset about it. NBC stood firm and that plain ugly N ushered in the worst 8 year period not only in NBC history, but all of television history. Durring the period from 1976 -84 (when The Cosby Show and "Must See TV" premired) the plain N finished dead last every season. They had so many 1 week, 4 week and 1 season cancellations, they made the airline industry jealous. No joke, NBC had some of the worst shows ever produced, and if it wasn't for the NFL and in particular the Pittsburgh Steelers, NBC might have allowed G.E. to pull the plug on them. It all began with this game. You'll see all through the broadcast the subtleness in which they wanted everyone to notice. One of the worst Executive Decisions EVER in any business, any year. Imagine CBS dropping its "eye" and replacing it with a slogan instead. We've decided on making a change here at the "Tiffany Network" we're still the Colombia Broadcasting System, but we thought to change the letter version of our name to words. From now on we're not CBS, we're...... "See Be 'Es"! Cleaver huh? You know how those (I know everything and you don't) Executives and their arrogance would call a press conference, invite all their buddies and make a damn fool of themselves. Meanwhile, everyone else is going...WTF??? They even would probably have a jingle and all that. Making everyone stand up and be embarrassed. That's what NBC did when they out thought themselves and installed that ugly non threatening N. I bet if they could do that again, they would've keot the snake, the peacock, and chimes.

Who was the better pro...Archie Griffin or Wendell Tyler?

OSU QB Greene had a terrible game: interceptions and nearly a fumble on the first drive. It was also a terrible coaching job by Woody Hayes and the entire OSU staff. They were overconfident after that 41-20 win over UCLA in October. Should've stuck to their bread and butter, which was ground and pound.

❤ woody hayes ohio state football teams legendary rosebowl vs ucla

I'm not sure this was such an upset. The national football journalists and oddsmakers routinely favored the Big Ten over the Pac 8. In those days it was either Ohio State or Michigan and they would roll over their other Big Ten opponents, running up big scores. By comparison, the Pac 8 teams played more competitive games against conference teams. The scores were closer, leading the so-called experts to believe that the dominance displayed by the Buckeyes and Wolverines would carry over to the Rose Bowl. It didn't help that both teams would play Washington State or Oregon State during the season and dominate them. The Pac 8 would send USC, Stanford or UCLA and later Washington to the Rose Bowl and most of the time, end up winning, thus befuddling the national football experts. I would attribute that to the disparities in talent. The West Coast was flush with talent, especially in Southern California where USC and UCLA fought to get the best players. They would also recruit outside of Southern California and draw good players from other parts of the country. That's all changed now. What the pro-Big Ten prognosticators didn't count on was the Pac 8 champion was more battle-tested for the post-season bowl game. Running up 50+ points over Iowa, Purdue or Northwestern didn't prepare their champions well for the likes of John McKay's Trojans, John Ralston's Cardinal or Dick Vermeil's Bruins. And back then, the Big Ten didn't have Penn State in the conference and that would have surely made things more interesting.

Haha the almighty buckeye's undefeated #1 ranked . Went back to Ohio on there ass

1976 Rose Bowl Ohio State vs UCLA No Huddle.....wait a minute....NOBODY ran a no huddle back in 1976.....ohhhhhhhh

Go Bruins!

How do you miss a 5 yard PAT?

Perhaps the worst game Cornelius Greene ever played at Ohio State. The offensive line had a terrible game. The backs missed blocks too. At times, it looked UCLA had 12 men on the field. That's how bad Ohio State's blocking was.

Wendell!

If You look back at this game you cant help but wonder if "Corny" green didnt get paid off to throw the game. OSU was heavily favored.

You have to feel bad for woody hayes because he lost a lot of big games that he should have won, mainly because of inconsistent quarterback play and untimely big plays given up by his defenses. 1969, 1973, 1974 and 76. Cornelius Greene was the problem most of the time especially in this rose bowl.

Woody should have won 3 national titles in a row; 1973, 1974 and 1975. Imagine if the playoffs would have been happening back then!

I remember Ohio State dominating the 1st half and only leading 3-0. They had played each other earlier in the season Ohio State won decisively. This may have been the last time that Curt Gowdy and Al DeRogatis worked together. This game vaulted Vermeil into the pro coaching ranks.

The new NBC symbol was released on this day after many years of the snake symbol.

What a nitemare for our bucks.😢

Nitemare game for our bucks

Bad audible by Cornelius Greene in fourth quarter

Midway in the 2nd quarter Ohio State had 10 first downs, UCLA 0. UCLA hadn't crossed midfield yet. So naturally, the Buckeyes were up like 17-0, or 21-0? Nope, a measly 3-0. Failing to take advantage cost them the game.

Maybe the worst loss in osu history..woody has us too uptight i think..

Always great to see Woody Hayes flop.

Wally Henry went on to have a pretty good career with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Osu wears mesh jerseys because its 64 degrees in la on new years. Bogus jerseys

Thank you Ohio State your loss help my team Oklahoma win the 1975 National Championship thank you

Jerseys cost Ohio State the game.

wendell tyler stepped out off bounds on his long scamper, but the official wasn't watching his feet as he sped down the sideline

Cornelius Greene: terrible quarterback and he couldn’t even properly pass the ball. Good grief.

One of our worst losses ever..blew the 75 natty.

Ohio State overrated so many times....lose to iffy UCLA team.

Classic Ohio State choke.