UCLA finally went to a bowl game last year, but the result was not what they would have liked, as the Bruins fell 37-35 to the undermanned Pittsburgh Panthers, giving up a big lead along the way.
UCLA’s last bowl win was in 2014 under Jim Mora. They actually had back-to-back bowl wins and 10-win seasons those first two years under Mora before regressing. UCLA has never won more than ten games in a season, and they fell just short last year.