1988 UCLA Bruins football team

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.

1988 UCLA Bruins football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
1988 record10–2 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSteve Axman (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorBob Field (7th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorTom Hayes (7th season)
Home stadiumRose Bowl
(Capacity: 104,091)
1988 Pacific-10 Conference 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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 3San Diego State*No. 5W 59–646,487
September 10No. 2 Nebraska*No. 5
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
W 41–2884,086
September 17Long Beach State*No. 2
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
W 56–342,464
October 1at No. 16 WashingtonNo. 2W 24–1771,224
October 8Oregon StateNo. 2
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
W 38–2146,550
October 15at CaliforniaNo. 2W 38–2158,000
October 22at ArizonaNo. 1W 24–349,922
October 29Washington StateNo. 1
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
L 30–3451,970
November 5at OregonNo. 6W 16–642,509
November 12StanfordNo. 6
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
W 27–1770,552
November 19No. 2 USCNo. 6
L 22–31100,741
January 2vs. No. 8 Arkansas*No. 9W 17–374,304
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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
C 68 Frank Cornish Jr
RB 22 Mel Farr Jr. Sr
WR 9 Mike Farr Jr
WR 4 Reggie Moore So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 7 Chance Johnson
CB 2 Darryl Henley Sr
DB 31 Carnell Lake Sr
DB 23 Jeff O'Flannagan Jr
DB 23 Marcus Turner Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 25 Alfredo Velasco Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Season summary

Nebraska

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

[2]

Oregon State

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

[3]

at Oregon

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

[4]

USC

vs. Arkansas (Cotton Bowl)

[5][6]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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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Awards and honors

NFL draftees

The following players were selected in the 1989 NFL Draft.[8]

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

References

  1. "1988 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  2. "Aikman Passes UCLA Past Nebraska 41-28". NewsOK. September 11, 1988. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  3. Eugene Register-Guard. 1988 Nov 9. Retrieved 2015-Oct-10.
  4. Eugene Register-Guard. 1988 Nov 6. Retrieved 2015-Oct-02.
  5. "UCLA Hogs Cotton Bowl Spotlight by Shutting Down Arkansas, 17-3". Los Angeles Times. January 3, 1989. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  6. "The UCLA Bruins won a record seventh straight bowl game". UPI. January 2, 1989. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  7. "UCLA 1988 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  8. "1989 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 23, 2019.


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