List of UCLA Bruins bowl games
Through 2019, the UCLA Bruins have played in 36 bowl games, compiling a record of 16–19–1 (.458).
After California's third straight Rose Bowl loss in 1951, the Pacific Coast Conference disallowed consecutive appearances. The first PCC program adversely affected was UCLA; the undefeated and second-ranked 1954 team was ineligible for the 1955 Rose Bowl; it would have been the second of three consecutive. The rule was dropped by the succeeding AAWU (Big Five) in 1959 (Washington won in 1960 and 1961), but the Big Ten kept it from the late 1940s until the early 1970s.
The Pac-8 (and Big Ten) did not allow multiple bowl teams until the 1975 season, in which the Bruins won the Rose Bowl. In twelve Rose Bowl appearances, UCLA has won five (.417), with three streaks: five losses, five wins, and currently two losses. The last victory was in January 1986 (third in four years), and the most recent appearance was in 1999.
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# | Bowl | Date | Winning team | Score | Losing team | Stadium | Location | Attendance | Head coach | MVP |
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1 | Rose Bowl | January 1, 1943 | Georgia | L 0–9 | UCLA | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 93,000 | Edwin Horrell | Charley Trippi (Georgia) |
2 | Rose Bowl | January 1, 1947 | Illinois | L 14–45 | UCLA | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 93,000 | Bert LaBrucherie | Buddy Young (Illinois) Julius Rykovich (Illinois) |
3 | Rose Bowl | January 1, 1954 | Michigan State | L 20–28 | UCLA | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 100,500 | "Red" Sanders | Billy Wells (MSU) |
4 | Rose Bowl | January 1, 1956 | Michigan State | L 14–17 | UCLA | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 100,809 | "Red" Sanders | Walt Kowalczyk (MSU) |
5 | Rose Bowl | January 1, 1962 | Minnesota | L 3–21 | UCLA | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 98,214 | Bill Barnes | Sandy Stephens (Minnesota) |
6 | Rose Bowl | January 1, 1966 | UCLA | W 14–12 | Michigan State | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 100,087 | Tommy Prothro | Bob Stiles (UCLA) |
7 | Rose Bowl | January 1, 1976 | UCLA | W 23–10 | Ohio State | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 105,464 | Dick Vermeil | John Sciarra (UCLA) |
8 | Liberty Bowl | December 20, 1976 | Alabama | L 6–36 | UCLA | Memphis Memorial Stadium | Memphis, Tennessee | 52,736 | Terry Donahue | Barry Krauss (Alabama) |
9 | Fiesta Bowl | December 25, 1978 | UCLA | T 10–10 | Arkansas | Sun Devil Stadium | Tempe, Arizona | 55,227 | Terry Donahue | James Owens (UCLA) Jimmy Walker (Arkansas) |
10 | Bluebonnet Bowl | December 31, 1981 | Michigan | L 14–33 | UCLA | Houston Astrodome | Houston, Texas | 50,107 | Terry Donahue | Butch Woolfolk (Michigan) |
11 | Rose Bowl | January 1, 1983 | UCLA | W 24–14 | Michigan | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 104,991 | Terry Donahue | Tom Ramsey (UCLA) Don Rogers (UCLA) |
12 | Rose Bowl | January 2, 1984 | UCLA | W 45–9 | Illinois | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 103,217 | Terry Donahue | Rick Neuheisel (UCLA) |
13 | Fiesta Bowl | January 1, 1985 | UCLA | W 39–37 | Miami | Sun Devil Stadium | Tempe, Arizona | 60,310 | Terry Donahue | Gaston Green (UCLA) James Washington (UCLA) |
14 | Rose Bowl | January 1, 1986 | UCLA | W 45–28 | Iowa | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 103,292 | Terry Donahue | Eric Ball (UCLA) |
15 | Freedom Bowl | December 30, 1986 | UCLA | W 31–10 | Brigham Young | Anaheim Stadium | Anaheim, California | 55,422 | Terry Donahue | Gaston Green (UCLA) |
16 | Aloha Bowl | December 25, 1987 | UCLA | W 20–16 | Florida | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu, HI | 24,839 | Terry Donahue | Troy Aikman (UCLA) Emmit Smith (Florida) |
17 | Cotton Bowl | January 2, 1989 | UCLA | W 17–3 | Arkansas | Cotton Bowl | Dallas | 74,304 | Terry Donahue | Troy Aikman (UCLA) LaSalle Harber (Arkansas) |
18 | Sun Bowl | December 31, 1991 | UCLA | W 6–3 | Illinois | Sun Bowl Stadium | El Paso, Texas | 42,281 | Terry Donahue | Arnold Ale (UCLA) |
19 | Rose Bowl | January 1, 1994 | Wisconsin | L 16–21 | UCLA | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 101,237 | Terry Donahue | Brent Moss (Wisconsin) |
20 | Aloha Bowl | December 25, 1995 | Kansas | L 30–51 | UCLA | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu, HI | 41,112 | Terry Donahue | Karim Abdul-Jabbar (UCLA) Mark Williams (Kansas) |
21 | Cotton Bowl | January 1, 1998 | UCLA | W 29–23 | Texas A&M | Cotton Bowl | Dallas | 59,215 | Bob Toledo | Cade McNown (UCLA) Dat Nguyen (Texas A&M) |
22 | Rose Bowl | January 1, 1999 | Wisconsin | L 31–38 | UCLA | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | 93,872 | Bob Toledo | Ron Dayne (Wisconsin) |
23 | Sun Bowl[1] | December 29, 2000 | Wisconsin | L 20–21 | UCLA | Sun Bowl Stadium | El Paso, Texas | 49,093 | Bob Toledo | Freddie Mitchell (UCLA) |
24 | Las Vegas Bowl[2] | December 25, 2002 | UCLA | W 27–13 | New Mexico | Sam Boyd Stadium | Whitney, Nevada | 30,324 | Ed Kezirian | Craig Bragg (UCLA) |
25 | Silicon Valley Bowl[3] | December 30, 2003 | Fresno State | L 9–17 | UCLA | Spartan Stadium | San Jose, California | 20,126 | Karl Dorrell | Garrett McIntyre (FSU) (FSU) |
26 | Las Vegas Bowl[4] | December 23, 2004 | Wyoming | L 21–24 | UCLA | Sam Boyd Stadium | Whitney, Nevada | 29,062 | Karl Dorrell | Corey Bramlet (Wyoming) |
27 | Sun Bowl[5] | December 30, 2005 | UCLA | W 50–38 | Northwestern | Sun Bowl Stadium | El Paso, Texas | 50,426 | Karl Dorrell | Kahlil Bell (UCLA) Chris Markey (UCLA) |
28 | Emerald Bowl[6] | December 27, 2006 | Florida State | L 27–44 | UCLA | AT&T Park | San Francisco | 40,331 | Karl Dorrell | Lorenzo Booker (FSU) Tony Carter (FSU) |
29 | Las Vegas Bowl[7] | December 22, 2007 | Brigham Young | L 16–17 | UCLA | Sam Boyd Stadium | Whitney, Nevada | 40,712 | DeWayne Walker | Austin Collie (BYU) |
30 | EagleBank Bowl[8] | December 29, 2009 | UCLA | W 30–21 | Temple | RFK Stadium | Washington, D.C. | 23,072 | Rick Neuheisel | Akeem Ayers (UCLA) |
31 | Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl | December 31, 2011 | Illinois | L 14–20 | UCLA | AT&T Park | San Francisco | 29,878 | Mike Johnson | Terry Hawthorne (Illinois) Nathan Scheelhaase (Illinois) |
32 | Holiday Bowl | December 27, 2012 | Baylor | L 26–49 | No. 17 UCLA | Qualcomm Stadium | San Diego | 55,507 | Jim L. Mora | Lache Seastrunk (Baylor) Chris McAllister (Baylor) |
33 | Sun Bowl | December 31, 2013 | No. 17 UCLA | W 42–12 | Virginia Tech | Sun Bowl Stadium | El Paso, Texas | 47,912 | Jim L. Mora | Brett Hundley (UCLA) Jordan Zumwalt (UCLA) |
34 | Alamo Bowl | January 2, 2015 | No. 14 UCLA | W 40–35 | No. 11 Kansas State | Alamodome | San Antonio, Texas | 60,517 | Jim L. Mora | Paul Perkins (UCLA) Eric Kendricks (UCLA) Tyler Lockett (Kansas State) |
35 | Foster Farms Bowl | December 26, 2015 | Nebraska | L 29–37 | UCLA | Levi's Stadium | Santa Clara, California | 33,257 | Jim L. Mora | Tommy Armstrong, Jr. (Nebraska) Jaleel Wadood (UCLA) |
36 | Cactus Bowl | December 26, 2017 | Kansas State | L 17–35 | UCLA | Chase Field | Phoenix, Arizona | 32,859 | Jedd Fisch | Alex Delton (Kansas State) Denzel Goolsby (Kansas State) |
Note: UCLA also played in the 1939 Pineapple Bowl, beating Hawaii W 32–7. However, the NCAA does not consider it a Major Bowl, and therefore does not count it towards a team's bowl record as it was a pre-scheduled game.[9]
Game notes[]
1943 Rose Bowl[]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
UCLA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1st quarter scoring: No score
2nd quarter scoring: No score
3rd quarter scoring: No score
4th quarter scoring: Georgia – blocks Bob Waterfield's punt out of bounds for an automatic safety; Georgia – Frank Sinkwich, one-yard run (Leo Costa converts)
1947 Rose Bowl[]
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1954 Rose Bowl[]
- In the fourth quarter, the Bruins recovered another Spartan fumble and scored to make the score 21–20. But the extra point kick failed. Billy Wells of Michigan State returned a punt 62 yards for a touchdown with 4:51 left in the game.
1956 Rose Bowl[]
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1962 Rose Bowl[]
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1966 Rose Bowl[]
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1976 Rose Bowl[]
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1983 Rose Bowl[]
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1984 Rose Bowl[]
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1985 Fiesta Bowl[]
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1986 Rose Bowl[]
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The 72nd Rose Bowl Game played on January 1, 1986. Between The UCLA Bruins upset the Iowa Hawkeyes. The UCLA Bruins upset the Iowa Hawkeyes 45–28. UCLA tailback Eric Ball was named the Player Of The Game. He ran for a Rose Bowl record four touchdowns and was MVP of the game. The game Attendance was 103,292.
Team | 1st Q | 2nd Q | 3rd Q | 4th Q | Total |
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UCLA | 10 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
Iowa | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 28 |
1994 Rose Bowl[]
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#9 Wisconsin | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
#14 UCLA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 |
The weather was 73 degrees and hazy. UCLA receiver J. J. Stokes set Rose Bowl records for receptions (14) and receiving yards (176). Brent Moss gashed the UCLA defense for 158 rushing yards and 2 TDs.
First quarter scoring: UCLA — Bjorn Merten 27-yard field goal; Wisconsin — Brent Moss three-yard run (Rick Schnetzky kick)
Second quarter scoring: Wisconsin — Moss one-yard run (Schnetzky kick)
Third quarter scoring: No Scoring
Fourth quarter scoring: UCLA — Ricky Davis 12-yard run (Merten kick); Wisconsin — Darrell Bevell 21-yard run (Schnetzky kick); UCLA — Mike Nguyen five-yard pass from Wayne Cook (2-point conversion pass failed)
Statistics
Team Stats | Wisconsin | UCLA |
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First Downs | 21 | 31 |
Net Yards Rushing | 250 | 212 |
Net Yards Passing | 96 | 288 |
Total Yards | 346 | 500 |
PC–PA–Int. | 10–20–1 | 28–43–1 |
Punts–Avg. | 6–38.2 | 2–35.0 |
Fumbles–Lost | 2–0 | 5–5 |
Penalties–Yards | 12–89 | 9–95 |
1995 Aloha Bowl[]
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UCLA | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 30 |
Kansas | 7 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 51 |
First quarter scoring: KU—Jim Moore, nine-yard pass from Mark Williams. Jeff McCord converts.
Second quarter scoring: KU—June Henley, 49-yard run. McCord converts; KU—McCord, 27-yard field goal.
Third quarter scoring KU—Henley, two-yard run. McCord kick fails; UCLA—Brad Melsby, eight-yard pass from Cade McNown (Bjorn Merten kick); KU—Isaac Byrd, 77-yard pass from Williams (McCord converts); KU—Andre Carter, 27-yard pass from Williams (McCord converts)
Fourth quarter scoring UCLA—Kevin Jordan, eight-yard pass from McNown (Merten kick); UCLA — Karim Abdul-Jabbar five-yard run (Melsby pass from McNown); KU—Williams, six-yard run (McCord converts); UCLA—Melsby, seven-yard pass from McNown (Abdul-Jabbar run); KU—Eric Vann, 67-yard run (McCord converts)
1998 Cotton Bowl Classic[]
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1999 Rose Bowl[]
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2000 Sun Bowl[]
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2002 Las Vegas Bowl[]
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2003 Silicon Valley Bowl[]
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2004 Las Vegas Bowl[]
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2005 Sun Bowl[]
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2006 Emerald Bowl[]
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On February 8, 2010, Florida State University agreed to accept NCAA sanctions against its athletic programs, and agreed to vacate 12 football victories, including the 2006 Emerald Bowl victory over UCLA. Florida State has stated their intention to return the championship trophy.[21]
2007 Las Vegas Bowl[]
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2009 EagleBank Bowl[]
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2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl[]
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2012 Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl[]
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Baylor (8–5) vs No. 17 UCLA (9–5)
2013 80th Hyundai Sun Bowl[]
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Virginia Tech (8–5,5–3) vs. No. 17 UCLA (10–3,6–3)
2015 22nd Valero Alamo Bowl[]
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#11 Kansas State (9–3,7–2) vs. No. 14 UCLA (9–3,6–3)
2017 Cactus Bowl[]
Kansas State Wildcats (7–5) vs. UCLA Bruins (6–6)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
Bruins | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
2021 Holiday Bowl[]
No. 18 NC State Wolfpack (9–3) vs. UCLA Bruins (8–4)
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No. 18 Wolfpack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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