1988 UCLA Bruins football team

1988 UCLA Bruins football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 6
AP No. 6
1988 record 10–2 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach Terry Donahue (13th season)
Offensive coordinator Steve Axman (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Bob Field (7th season)
Home stadium Rose Bowl
(Capacity: 104,091)
1988 Pacific-10 football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 7 USC $ 8 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 6 UCLA 6 –2 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 16 Washington State 5 –3 –0  9 –3 –0
Arizona 5 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Arizona State 3 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Washington 3 –5 –0  6 –5 –0
Oregon 3 –5 –0  6 –6 –0
Oregon State 2 –5 –1  4 –6 –1
Stanford 1 –5 –2  3 –6 –2
California 1 –5 –1  5 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1988 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by 13th-year head coach Terry Donahue and played its home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. They were members of the Pacific-10 Conference.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 3 San Diego State* No. 5 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA W 59–6   46,487
September 10 No. 2 Nebraska* No. 5 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA W 41–28   84,086
September 17 Long Beach State* No. 2 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA W 56–3   42,464
October 1 at No. 16 Washington No. 2 Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA W 24–17   71,224
October 8 Oregon State No. 2 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA W 38–21   46,550
October 15 at California No. 2 California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA W 38–21   58,000
October 22 at Arizona No. 1 Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ W 24–3   49,922
October 29 Washington State No. 1 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA L 30–34   51,970
November 5 at Oregon No. 6 Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR W 16–6   42,509
November 12 Stanforddagger No. 6 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA W 27–17   70,552
November 19 No. 2 USC No. 6 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell) L 22–31   100,741
January 2 vs. No. 8 Arkansas* No. 9 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) W 17–3   74,304
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP 5 (2) 5 (2) 5 (2) 2 (3) 2 (3) 2 (3) 2 (3) 2 (1) 1 (33) 1 (35) 6 6 6 9 8 9 6 
Coaches 9 (2) 9 (2) 5 2 (13) 2 (5) 2 (7) 2 (6) 2 (5) 1 (37) 1 (41) 6 6 6 9 9 9 6

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Season summary

Nebraska

1 234Total
#2 Nebraska 0 1378 28
• #5 UCLA 28 1030 41

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Oregon State

1 234Total
Oregon St 0 1407 21
• #2 UCLA 14 7314 38
  • Date: October 8
  • Location: Rose Bowl
  • Game attendance: 46,550

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Oregon

1 234Total
• #6 UCLA 3 076 16
Oregon 0 303 6

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Roster

1988 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 8 Troy Aikman Sr
TE 81 Charles Arbuckle Jr
RB 21 Eric Ball Sr
WR 4 Reggie Moore So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB Carnell Lake Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Awards and honors

NFL draftees

The following players were selected in the 1989 NFL Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Troy AikmanQuarterback11Dallas Cowboys
Carnell LakeDefensive back234Pittsburgh Steelers
Eric BallRunning back235Cincinnati Bengals
Darryl HenleyDefensive back253Los Angeles Rams
Jim WahlerDefensive tackle494Phoenix Cardinals
Marcus TurnerDefensive Back11283Kansas City Chiefs
Eric SmithTackle12326New York Giants

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References

  1. ↑ "1988 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ "UCLA 1988 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Aikman Passes UCLA Past Nebraska 41-28". NewsOK. September 11, 1988. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  4. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1988 Nov 9. Retrieved 2015-Oct-10.
  5. ↑ Eugene Register-Guard. 1988 Nov 6. Retrieved 2015-Oct-02.
  6. ↑ "1989 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 20, 2014.


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