1978 UCLA Bruins football team

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1978 UCLA Bruins football
Fiesta Bowl, T 10–10 vs. Arkansas
Conference Pacific-10
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 14
Record8–3–1 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
←  1977
1979  →
1978 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 USC $ 6 –1 –012 –1 –0
No. 14 UCLA 6 –2 –08 –3 –1
Washington 6 –2 –07 –4 –0
Arizona State 4 –3 –09 –3 –0
No. 17 Stanford 4 –3 –08 –4 –0
California 3 –4 –06 –5 –0
Arizona 3 –4 –05 –6 –0
Oregon 2 –5 –02 –9 –0
Oregon State 2 –6 –03 –7 –1
Washington State 1 –7 –03 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Pacific-8 Conference became the Pacific-10 Conference by adding Arizona and Arizona State to the league. This was Terry Donahue's third season as head coach of the Bruins. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 9at No. 11 Washington No. 12
 ABC W 10–755,780
September 16at Tennessee *No. 9
W 13–085,897 [2]
September 23at Kansas *No. 8
L 24–2843,120 [3]
September 30 Minnesota *No. 18
W 17–340,369
October 7No. 17 Stanford No. 16
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 27–2654,106
October 14 Washington State No. 14
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 45–3140,023
October 21at California No. 10
ABCW 45–062,500 [4]
October 27 Arizona No. 10
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 24–1441,077 [5]
November 4 Oregon No. 9
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 23–2137,314
November 11at Oregon State No. 9
L 13–1528,000
November 18No. 5 USC No. 14
L 10–1790,387
December 25vs. No. 8 Arkansas *No. 15
 NBC T 10-1055,227
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics Department, 2014
  2. ↑ "Brown, Bashore lead the Bruins past Vols, 13–0". The Los Angeles Times. September 17, 1978. Retrieved May 8, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "The Yardstick". Los Angeles Times. September 24, 1978. ProQuest   158624072.
  4. ↑ Shepard, Terry (October 22, 1978). "Cal's Passing Sparks UCLA to 45-0 Win". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest   158656793.
  5. ↑ "The Yardstick". Los Angeles Times. October 28, 1978. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  6. ↑ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved June 14, 2017.
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