1979 UCLA Bruins football team

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1979 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific-10
1979 record5–6 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 USC $ 6 – 0 – 1 11 – 0 – 1
No. 11 Washington 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Arizona 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 1
Oregon 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
California 5 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
Stanford 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Arizona State † 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
UCLA 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Washington State 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Oregon State 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • † – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was Terry Donahue's fourth season as the Bruins' head coach.[2]

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Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 8No. 16 Houston*
L 16–2440,008
September 15No. 5 Purdue*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 31–2144,174
September 22at Wisconsin*No. 20
W 37–1278,830
September 29No. 14 Ohio State*No. 17
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 13–1747,228
October 6at Stanford
L 24–2770,205
October 13at Washington State
L 14–1732,651
October 20California
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)
W 28–2740,546
October 27No. 20 Washington
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 14–3435,757
November 10Arizona State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 31–2834,763
November 17at Oregon
W 35–041,235
November 24at No. 4 USC
L 14–4988,214
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[]

1979 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB Rick Bashore Sr
OG 72 Brent Boyd Sr
WR Michael Brant
RB Glen Cannon
OL Greg Christiansen
WR Willie Curran
OL Irv Eatman
RB Anthony Edgar
OG 77 Larry Lee Jr
RB Danny Lei
OL Jim Main
RB 24 Freeman McNeil Jr
RB Blanchard Montgomery
RB Jairo Penaranda
QB Bernard Quarles
QB Tom Ramsey
RB Toa Saipale
OL Luis Sharpe
OL John Tautolo
WR Scott Tiesing
WR Jo-Jo Townsell Fr
WR Dokie Williams
TE Tim Wrightman
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB Arthur Akers
DB Brian Baggott
S 5 Kenny Easley Jr
LB Chris Elias
DL Mark Ferguson
DE Joe Gary So
DB Dave Gomer
LB Larry Hall
DB Phil Hubbard
LB Billy Don Jackson
DL Karl Morgan
DL Martin Moss
LB Brad Plemmons
LB Avon Riley
DB Lupe Sanchez
LB Scott Stauch
DB Tom Sullivan
DL Mark Tuinei
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Peter Boermeester
K 8 Norm Johnson So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Awards and honors[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2017 Media Guide" (PDF). thesundevils.com. ASU Athletics. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  2. ^ 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics Department, 2014
  3. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved June 14, 2017.

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