1986 UCLA Bruins football team

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1986 UCLA Bruins football
Freedom Bowl, W 31–10 vs. BYU
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 14
Record8–3–1 (5–2–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorHomer Smith (9th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorBob Field (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorTom Hayes (5th season)
Home stadiumRose Bowl
Seasons
← 1985
1987 →
1986 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Arizona State $ 5 1 1 10 1 1
No. 14 UCLA 5 2 1 8 3 1
No. 18 Washington 5 2 1 8 3 1
No. 11 Arizona 5 3 0 9 3 0
Stanford 5 3 0 8 4 0
USC 5 3 0 7 5 0
Oregon 3 5 0 5 6 0
Washington State 2 6 1 3 7 1
California 2 7 0 2 9 0
Oregon State 1 6 0 3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their 11th year under head coach Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled an 8–3–1 record (5–2–1 Pac-10), finished in a tie for second place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and were ranked #12 in the final AP Poll. The Bruins went on to defeat BYU in the 1986 Freedom Bowl.[1] On November 1, 1986, UCLA's defense scored three touchdowns against Oregon State.[2]

UCLA's offensive leaders in 1986 were quarterback Matt Stevens with 1,869 passing yards, running back Gaston Green with 1,405 rushing yards, and wide receiver Flipper Anderson with 675 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 6at No. 1 Oklahoma*No. 4ABCL 3–3875,684
September 20at San Diego State*No. 19W 45–1450,338[4]
September 27Long Beach State*No. 16PrimeW 41–2348,140
October 4No. 16 Arizona StateNo. 15
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
CBSL 9–1651,533
October 11No. 11 Arizona
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
CBSW 32–2551,279
October 18at CaliforniaNo. 19W 36–1059,000
October 25Washington StateNo. 17
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
W 54–1646,189
November 1at Oregon StateNo. 15W 49–023,703
November 8StanforddaggerNo. 12
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
CBSL 23–2868,857
November 15at No. 10 WashingtonNo. 19CBST 17–1759,916
November 22No. 10 USCNo. 18
PrimeW 45–2598,370
December 30vs. BYU*No. 15MizlouW 31–1055,422
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1986 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 83 Willie Anderson Jr
TE 81 Charles Arbuckle Fr
RB 21 Eric Ball So
WR 8 Karl Dorrell Sr
FB 22 Mel Farr Jr
WR 9 Mike Farr Fr
RB 44 Gaston Green Jr
RB 45 Marcus Greenwood Sr
QB 11 Matt Stevens Sr
TE 81 Derek Tennell Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
CB 2 Darryl Henley So
DB 31 Carnell Lake So
DB 37 Chuckie Miller Sr
LB 41 Ken Norton Jr. Jr
NG 40 Terry Tumey Jr
DB 23 Marcus Turner So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 25 Alfredo Velasco Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213Final
AP4 (3)16191615191715121918151514
Coaches4 (2)1915171917 т151219161514

Game summaries

At Oklahoma

UCLA at Oklahoma
1 234Total
Bruins 0 300 3
Sooners 3 14147 38

USC

Vs. BYU (Freedom Bowl)

BYU vs. UCLA
1 234Total
Cougars 3 007 10
Bruins 7 0177 31

References

  1. ^ "1986 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Chris Foster, For UCLA's Ishmael Adams, a lost helmet equals lost punt return TD, Los Angeles Times, August 31, 2014.
  3. ^ "1986 UCLA Bruins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  4. ^ Steve Dolan (September 21, 1986). "SDSU Is Routed by UCLA, 45-14". The Los Angeles Times (San Diego County ed.). Los Angeles, California. p. III-1. Retrieved January 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon