American college football season
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. Senior QB Troy Aikman was taken #1 overall in the 1989 NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | San Diego State* | No. 5 | | W 59–6 | 46,487 |
September 10 | No. 2 Nebraska* | No. 5 | | W 41–28 | 84,086 |
September 17 | Long Beach State* | No. 2 | | W 56–3 | 42,464 |
October 1 | at No. 16 Washington | No. 2 | | W 24–17 | 71,224 |
October 8 | Oregon State | No. 2 | | W 38–21 | 46,550 |
October 15 | at California | No. 2 | | W 38–21 | 58,000 |
October 22 | at Arizona | No. 1 | | W 24–3 | 49,922 |
October 29 | Washington State | No. 1 | | L 30–34 | 51,970 |
November 5 | at Oregon | No. 6 | | W 16–6 | 42,509 |
November 12 | Stanford![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 6 | | W 27–17 | 70,552 |
November 19 | No. 2 USC | No. 6 | | L 22–31 | 100,741 |
January 2 | vs. No. 8 Arkansas* | No. 9 | | W 17–3 | 74,304 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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1988 UCLA Bruins football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | 25 | Alfredo Velasco | Jr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured Redshirt |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | #2 Nebraska | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 | • #5 UCLA | 28 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 41 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| Q1 | 12:39 | UCLA | Arbuckle 57-yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick) | UCLA 7–0 | | Q1 | 8:22 | UCLA | Wills 50-yard run (Velasco kick) | UCLA 14–0 | | Q1 | 5:05 | UCLA | Arbuckle 3-yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick) | UCLA 21–0 | | Q1 | 1:00 | UCLA | Henly 75-yard punt return (Velasco kick) | UCLA 28–0 | | Q2 | | Neb | Mark Blazek 75-yard interception return (kick) | UCLA 28–7 | | Q2 | | UCLA | Keating 11-yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick) | UCLA 35–7 | | Q2 | | UCLA | Velasco 42-yard field goal | UCLA 38–7 | | Q2 | 1:21 | Neb | Gregory 8-yard pass from S. Taylor (PAT failed) | UCLA 38–13 | | Q3 | | UCLA | Velasco 34-yard field goal | UCLA 41–13 | | Q3 | | Neb | S. Taylor 1-yard run (kick) | UCLA 41–20 | | Q4 | | Neb | Millikan 1-yard pass from S. Taylor (S. Taylor run) | UCLA 41–28 | |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | Oregon St | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 | • #2 UCLA | 14 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 38 | - Date: October 8
- Location: Rose Bowl
- Game attendance: 46,550
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Scoring summary |
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| Q1 | | UCLA | Anthony 7 yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick) | UCLA 7–0 | | Q1 | | UCLA | Keating 21 yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick) | UCLA 14–0 | | Q2 | | UCLA | Ball 12 yard run (Velasco kick) | UCLA 21–0 | | Q2 | | ORST | Chaffney 69 yard pass from Wilhelm (Bussonich kick) | UCLA 21–7 | | Q2 | | ORST | Thomas 52 yard pass from Wilhelm (Bussonich kick) | UCLA 21–14 | | Q3 | | UCLA | Velasco 37 yard field goal | UCLA 24–14 | | Q4 | | UCLA | R. Moore 6 yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick) | UCLA 31–14 | | Q4 | | ORST | Thomas 12 yard pass from Wilhelm (Bussonich kick) | UCLA 31–21 | | Q4 | | UCLA | Anthony 1 yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick) | UCLA 38–21 | |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | • #6 UCLA | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 | Oregon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
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Scoring summary |
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| Q1 | 3:45 | UCLA | Velasco 53 yard field goal | UCLA 3–0 | | Q2 | 0:09 | ORE | Dennis 23 yard field goal | Tie 3–3 | | Q3 | 3:41 | UCLA | Keating 11 yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick) | UCLA 10–3 | | Q4 | 14:15 | ORE | Dennis 43 yard field goal | UCLA 10–6 | | Q4 | 13:22 | UCLA | Brown 68 yard run (pass failed) | UCLA 16–6 | |
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Vs. Arkansas (Cotton Bowl)
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
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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 |
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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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The following players were selected in the 1989 NFL draft.[8]
- ^ "1988 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ^ "Aikman Passes UCLA Past Nebraska 41-28". NewsOK. September 11, 1988. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
- ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1988 Nov 9. Retrieved 2015-Oct-10.
- ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1988 Nov 6. Retrieved 2015-Oct-02.
- ^ "UCLA Hogs Cotton Bowl Spotlight by Shutting Down Arkansas, 17-3". Los Angeles Times. January 3, 1989. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ "The UCLA Bruins won a record seventh straight bowl game". UPI. January 2, 1989. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ "UCLA 1988 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
- ^ "1989 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
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