1979 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1979 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was Terry Donahue's fourth season as the Bruins' head coach.[2]

1979 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific-10
1979 record5–6 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 USC $ 6 –0 –1  11 –0 –1
No. 11 Washington 5 –2 –0  9 –3 –0
Arizona 4 –3 –0  6 –5 –1
Oregon 4 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
California 5 –4 –0  6 –6 –0
Stanford 3 –3 –1  5 –5 –1
Arizona State † 3 –4 –0  6 –6 –0
UCLA 3 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Washington State 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Oregon State 1 –7 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

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Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 8No. 16 Houston*
L 16–2440,008
September 15No. 5 Purdue*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 31–2144,174
September 22at Wisconsin*No. 20
W 37–1278,830
September 29No. 14 Ohio State*No. 17
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 13–1747,228
October 6at Stanford
L 24–2770,205
October 13at Washington State
L 14–1732,651
October 20California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
W 28–2740,546
October 27No. 20 Washington
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 14–3435,757
November 10Arizona State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 31–2834,763
November 17at Oregon
W 35–041,235
November 24at No. 4 USC
L 14–4988,214
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[3]

Roster
1979 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
G 72 Brent Boyd Sr
G 77 Larry Lee Jr
RB 24 Freeman McNeil Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 5 Kenny Easley Jr
DE Joe Gary So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 8 Norm Johnson So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Awards and honors

References
  1. "2017 Media Guide" (PDF). thesundevils.com. ASU Athletics. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  2. 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics Department, 2014
  3. "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved June 14, 2017.
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