American college football season
1988 UCLA Bruins football Conference Pacific-10 Conference Coaches No. 6 AP No. 6 1988 record 10–2 (6–2 Pac-10) Head coach Offensive coordinator Steve Axman (2nd season)Co-defensive coordinator Bob Field (7th season) Co-defensive coordinator Tom Hayes (7th season)Home stadium Rose Bowl (Capacity: 104,091)Seasons
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 .
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Rank Site Result Attendance September 3 San Diego State * No. 5 W 59–646,487
September 10 No. 2 Nebraska * No. 5 W 41–2884,086
September 17 Long Beach State * No. 2 W 56–342,464
October 1 at No. 16 Washington No. 2 W 24–1771,224
October 8 Oregon State No. 2 W 38–2146,550
October 15 at California No. 2 W 38–2158,000
October 22 at Arizona No. 1 W 24–349,922
October 29 Washington State No. 1 L 30–3451,970
November 5 at Oregon No. 6 W 16–642,509
November 12 Stanford No. 6 W 27–1770,552
November 19 No. 2 USC No. 6 L 22–31100,741
January 2 vs. No. 8 Arkansas * No. 9 W 17–374,304
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
[1]
Roster [ ]
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
Season summary [ ]
Nebraska [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
#2 Nebraska
0
13 7 8
28
• #5 UCLA
28
10 3 0
41
Scoring summary 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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Oregon State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Oregon St
0
14 0 7
21
• #2 UCLA
14
7 3 14
38
Date: October 8Location: Rose Bowl Game attendance: 46,550
Scoring summary 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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at Oregon [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• #6 UCLA
3
0 7 6
16
Oregon
0
3 0 3
6
Scoring summary 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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USC [ ]
vs. Arkansas (Cotton Bowl) [ ]
[5] [6]
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Final
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
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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Awards and honors [ ]
NFL draftees [ ]
The following players were selected in the 1989 NFL Draft .[8]
References [ ]
^ "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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