1998 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1998 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Bob Toledo. It was Toledo's third season as the UCLA head coach. The Bruins finished 10–2 overall and were Pacific-10 Conference champions with an 8–0 record. The Bruins played in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1999, losing to the Wisconsin Badgers.[1] The team was ranked #8 in the final AP Poll and #8 in the final Coaches Poll.

1998 UCLA Bruins football
Pac-10 champion
Rose Bowl, L 31–38 vs. Wisconsin
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 8
1998 record10–2 (8–0 Pac-10)
Head coachBob Toledo (3rd season)
Offensive coordinatorAl Borges (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorNick Aliotti (1st season)
Home stadiumRose Bowl
(Capacity: 98,636)
1998 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 UCLA $  8 –0     10 –2  
No. 4 Arizona  7 –1     12 –1  
Oregon  5 –3     8 –4  
USC  5 –3     8 –5  
Washington  4 –4     6 –6  
Arizona State  4 –4     5 –6  
California  3 –5     5 –6  
Oregon State  2 –6     5 –6  
Stanford  2 –6     3 –8  
Washington State  0 –8     3 –8  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Pre-season
See also: 1998 NCAA Division I-A football rankings § Preseason polls

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1212:30 PMNo. 23 Texas*No. 6
ABCW 49–3173,070[2]
September 1912:30 PMat Houston*No. 4
FXW 42–2419,540[3]
October 312:30 PMWashington StateNo. 4
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
ABCW 49–1767,210[4]
October 107:15 PMat No. 10 ArizonaNo. 3
FSNW 52–2858,738[5]
October 1712:30 PMNo. 11 OregonNo. 2
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA (College GameDay)
ABCW 41–38 OT75,367[6]
October 2412:30 PMat CaliforniaNo. 2
ABCW 28–1655,000[7]
October 313:30 PMStanfordNo. 2
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
FXW 28–2464,820[8]
November 73:30 PMat Oregon StateNo. 3
FSNW 41–3426,017[9]
November 1412:30 PMat WashingtonNo. 3
ABCW 36–2472,391[10]
November 2112:30 PMUSCNo. 3
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)
ABCW 34–1788,080[11]
December 511:00 AMat Miami (FL)*No. 3
ESPNL 45–4946,819[12]
January 11:30 PMvs. No. 9 Wisconsin*No. 6
ABCL 31–3893,872[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Roster
1998 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 11 Drew Bennett So
WR 87 Danny Farmer Jr
T 71 Kris Farris Sr
RB 26 DeShaun Foster Fr
QB 18 Cade McNown Sr
WR 3 Freddie Mitchell Fr
TE 40 Ryan Neufeld Sr
FB 39 Craig Walendy Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 48 Ali Abdul Azziz Jr
CB 20 Damian Allen So
S 7 Marques Anderson Fr
CB 35 Larry Atkins Sr
LB 50 Brendon Ayanbadejo Sr
CB 12 Jason Bell So
DT 99 Kenyon Coleman Sr
FS 27 Tod McBride Sr
LB 47 Ryan Nece Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS 58 Jeff Grau Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1998-09-28

Game summaries

Texas
See also: 1998 Texas Longhorns football team
Texas vs. UCLA
1 234Total
#23 Texas 3 0721 31
• #6 UCLA 21 1477 49

Houston
See also: 1998 Houston Cougars football team
UCLA vs. Houston
1 234Total
• #4 UCLA 0 21147 42
Houston 6 873 24

Washington State
See also: Washington State Cougars football
Washington State vs. UCLA
1 234Total
Washington State 0 1007 17
• #4 UCLA 21 1477 49

Arizona
See also: 1998 Arizona Wildcats football team
UCLA vs. Arizona
1 234Total
• #3 UCLA 7 141021 52
#10 Arizona 14 770 28

Oregon
See also: 1998 Oregon Ducks football team
Oregon vs. UCLA
1 234OTTotal
#11 Oregon 7 710140 38
• #2 UCLA 14 100143 41

[14]

California
See also: 1998 California Golden Bears football team
UCLA vs. California
1 234Total
• #2 UCLA 14 707 28
California 7 270 16

[15]

Stanford
See also: 1998 Stanford Cardinal football team
Stanford vs. UCLA
1 234Total
Stanford 7 7100 24
• #2 UCLA 7 7014 28

Oregon State
See also: 1998 Oregon State Beavers football team
UCLA vs. Oregon State
1 234Total
• #3 UCLA 0 17717 41
Oregon State 0 101410 34
  • Date: November 7, 1998
  • Location: Parker Stadium
    Corvallis, Oregon
  • Game attendance: 26,017

Washington
See also: 1998 Washington Huskies football team
UCLA vs. Washington
1 234Total
• #3 UCLA 13 7610 36
Washington 3 777 24

USC
USC vs. UCLA
(Victory Bell)
1 234Total
USC 3 770 17
• #3 UCLA 14 1307 34
See also: 1998 USC Trojans football team and Victory Bell (USC–UCLA)

Eight straight wins against the Trojans.

Miami (FL)
See also: 1998 Miami Hurricanes football team
UCLA vs. Miami
1 234Total
#3 UCLA 7 10217 45
• Miami 14 7721 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 1995 W 31–8

Wisconsin (Rose Bowl)
Wisconsin vs. UCLA
(Rose Bowl)
1 234Total
• #9 Badgers 7 1777 38
#6 UCLA 7 1473 31
Main article: 1999 Rose Bowl
See also: 1998 Wisconsin Badgers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–2 1994 L 16–21

1999 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Team
Cade McNown112QuarterbackChicago Bears
Kris Farris374TacklePittsburgh Steelers
Larry Atkins384Outside LinebackerKansas City Chiefs

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