1980 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1980 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled a 9–2 record (5–2 Pac-10), finished in second place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and were ranked #13 in the final AP Poll.[1]

1980 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 13
1980 record9–2 (5–2 Pac-10)
Head coachTerry Donahue (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorHomer Smith (3rd season)
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
(Capacity 92,604)
1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 16 Washington $ 6 1 0  9 3 0
No. 13 UCLA 5 2 0  9 2 0
No. 11 USC 4 2 1  8 2 1
Arizona State 5 3 0  7 4 0
Oregon 4 3 1  6 3 2
Stanford 3 4 0  6 5 0
Arizona 3 4 0  5 6 0
Washington State 3 4 0  4 7 0
California 3 5 0  3 8 0
Oregon State 0 8 0  0 11 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

UCLA's offensive leaders in 1980 were quarterback Tom Ramsey with 1,116 passing yards, running back Freeman McNeil with 1,105 rushing yards, and wide receiver Cormac Carney with 591 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13Colorado*W 56-1437,250
September 20at Purdue*W 23-1469,333
September 27Wisconsin*No. 16
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 35-040,018
October 4at No. 2 Ohio State*No. 11ABCW 17-088,084
October 11No. 16 StanfordNo. 5
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 35-2164,175
October 25at CaliforniaNo. 3W 32-953,000
November 1at ArizonaNo. 2L 17-2342,876
November 8OregonNo. 8
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 14-2040,907
November 15at Arizona StateNo. 17W 23-1465,640
November 22No. 12 USCNo. 18
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)
ABCW 20-1783,491
November 30vs. Oregon StateNo. 14
KTLAW 34-380,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1980 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR Michael Brant
RB Frank Bruno
WR 83 Cormac Carney So
OL Gregg Charitiansen
WR 36 Ricky Coffman Jr
WR 18 Willie Curran Jr
TE Ronnie DeBose
G 59 Dan Dufour So
TE 90 James Forge Jr
RB Chester Goynes
RB Daryl Green
G 77 Larry Lee Sr
RB 24 Freeman McNeil Sr
OL 79 Curt Mohl Sr
RB Kevin Nelson
OL Dave Otey
RB 22 Jairo Penaranda Sr
QB 14 Tom Ramsay So
QB 7 Jay Schroeder So
OL 67 Luis Sharpe Jr
OL John Tautolo
WR 26 JoJo Townsell So
WR 30 Dokie Williams So
TE 91 Tim Wrightman Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB Arthur Akers
DL Mike Barbee
DB Mike Durden
CB 5 Kenny Easley Sr
DT 75 Irv Eatman So
DE Joe Gary Jr
LB Larry Hall
DL Karl Morgan
DL Martin Moss
LB Blanchard Montgomery
LB 9 Avon Riley Sr
DB 21 Lupe Sanchez So
LB 44 Scott Stauch Sr
SS 32 Tom Sullivan So
DB 35 Jimmy Turner So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 8 Norm Johnson Jr
P 37 Matt McFarland Sr
K Doug Reeves
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

Colorado

1 234Total
Colorado 0 077 14
UCLA 28 2800 56

[3]

at Ohio State

1 234Total
UCLA 3 0140 17
Ohio State 0 000 0
  • Date: October 4
  • Location: Ohio Stadium

USC

#12 USC Trojans (7–1–1) at #18 UCLA Bruins (7–2)
1 2 34Total
USC 3 0 7717
UCLA 0 7 7620

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: November 22, 1980
  • Game attendance: 83,491
  • Eugene Register-Guard, 1980 Nov 23.

Terry Donahue's first win versus USC

Team players in the NFL

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
Freeman McNeilRunning Back13New York Jets
Kenny EasleyDefensive Back14Seattle Seahawks
Larry LeeGuard5129Detroit Lions
Avon RileyLinebacker9243Houston Oilers
Curt MohlTackle9248Oakland Raiders
Rob DeBoseTight end11286San Francisco 49ers
Jairo PenarandaRunning Back12328Los Angeles Rams

[4]

Awards and honors

  • Kenny Easley, S, All American (consensus), All-Conference Honor
  • Irv Eatman, DT, All-Conference Honor
  • Avon Riley, LB, All-Conference Honor
  • Tim Wrightman, TE, All-Conference Honor
  • Larry Lee, OG, All-Conference Honor
  • Freeman McNeil, TB, All American, All-Conference Honor

References

  1. "1980 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. "1980 UCLA Bruins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  3. "Bruins go on a Buffalo hunt." Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Sept 14.
  4. "1981 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved December 1, 2019.


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