1979 UCLA Bruins football team

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1979 UCLA Bruins football
Conference Pacific-10
Record56 (34 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
  1978
1980  
1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 USC $ 6 0 111 0 1
No. 11 Washington 5 2 09 3 0
Arizona 4 3 06 5 1
Oregon 4 3 06 5 0
California 5 4 06 6 0
Stanford 3 3 15 5 1
Arizona State3 4 06 6 0
UCLA 3 4 05 6 0
Washington State 2 6 03 8 0
Oregon State 1 7 01 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]

Contents

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. 20W 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 20 California
  • 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 10 Arizona 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
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB Rick BashoreSr
G 72 Brent Boyd Sr
WR Michael Brant
RB Glen Cannon
OL Greg Christiansen
WR Willie Curran
OL Irv Eatman
RB Anthony Edgar
G 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
G 66 John Tautolo Jr
WR Scott Tiesing
WR Jo-Jo Townsell Fr
WR Dokie Williams
TE Tim Wrightman
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
K Peter Boermeester
K 8 Norm Johnson So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Awards and honors

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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.