1988 UCLA Bruins football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
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
1988 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 USC $ 8 –0 –010 –2 –0
No. 6 UCLA 6 –2 –010 –2 –0
No. 16 Washington State 5 –3 –09 –3 –0
Arizona 5 –3 –07 –4 –0
Arizona State 3 –4 –06 –5 –0
Washington 3 –5 –06 –5 –0
Oregon 3 –5 –06 –6 –0
Oregon State 2 –5 –14 –6 –1
Stanford 1 –5 –23 –6 –2
California 1 –5 –15 –5 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Schedule

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

[1]

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 Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary

Nebraska

1 234Total
#2 Nebraska 0 1378 28
• #5 UCLA 28 1030 41
Scoring summary
Q112:39UCLAArbuckle 57-yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick)UCLA 7–0
Q18:22UCLAWills 50-yard run (Velasco kick)UCLA 14–0
Q15:05UCLAArbuckle 3-yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick)UCLA 21–0
Q11:00UCLAHenly 75-yard punt return (Velasco kick)UCLA 28–0
Q2NebMark Blazek 75-yard interception return (kick)UCLA 28–7
Q2UCLAKeating 11-yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick)UCLA 35–7
Q2UCLAVelasco 42-yard field goalUCLA 38–7
Q21:21NebGregory 8-yard pass from S. Taylor (PAT failed)UCLA 38–13
Q3UCLAVelasco 34-yard field goalUCLA 41–13
Q3NebS. Taylor 1-yard run (kick)UCLA 41–20
Q4NebMillikan 1-yard pass from S. Taylor (S. Taylor run)UCLA 41–28

[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
Scoring summary
Q1UCLAAnthony 7 yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick)UCLA 7–0
Q1UCLAKeating 21 yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick)UCLA 14–0
Q2UCLABall 12 yard run (Velasco kick)UCLA 21–0
Q2ORSTChaffney 69 yard pass from Wilhelm (Bussonich kick)UCLA 21–7
Q2ORSTThomas 52 yard pass from Wilhelm (Bussonich kick)UCLA 21–14
Q3UCLAVelasco 37 yard field goalUCLA 24–14
Q4UCLAR. Moore 6 yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick)UCLA 31–14
Q4ORSTThomas 12 yard pass from Wilhelm (Bussonich kick)UCLA 31–21
Q4UCLAAnthony 1 yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick)UCLA 38–21

[3]

At Oregon

1 234Total
• #6 UCLA 3 076 16
Oregon 0 303 6
Scoring summary
Q13:45UCLAVelasco 53 yard field goalUCLA 3–0
Q20:09OREDennis 23 yard field goalTie 3–3
Q33:41UCLAKeating 11 yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick)UCLA 10–3
Q414:15OREDennis 43 yard field goalUCLA 10–6
Q413:22UCLABrown 68 yard run (pass failed)UCLA 16–6

[4]

USC

Vs. Arkansas (Cotton Bowl)

[5][6]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
( ) = First place votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP5 (2)5 (2)5 (2)2 (3)2 (3)2 (3)2 (3)2 (1)1 (33)1 (35)6669896
Coaches9 (2)9 (2)52 (13)2 (5)2 (7)2 (6)2 (5)1 (37)1 (41)6669996

[7]

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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