The 2023 season's largest margin: UCLA 59, North Carolina Central 7. A 52-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Winning Chapter
UCLA's 2023 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Dante MooreQB1,610 passing yards
- Ethan GarbersQB1,136 passing yards
- Carson SteeleRB846 rushing yards
- TJ HardenRB827 rushing yards
- Collin SchleeQB425 rushing yards
- Logan LoyaWR655 receiving yards
- J.Michael SturdivantWR597 receiving yards
- Moliki MatavaoTE283 receiving yards
- Darius MuasauLB75 tackles
- Kain MedranoLB56 tackles
- Oluwafemi OladejoLB53 tackles
- Laiatu LatuDL12 sacks
- Gabriel MurphyDL9 sacks
- Grayson MurphyDL5.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: UCLA 7, California 33. A 26-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: UCLA beat Boise State 35-22 in the postseason.
"Eight Clap"
2023 is a middle chapter for UCLA — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.