1998 UCLA Bruins football team

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1998 UCLA Bruins football
UCLA Bruins logo.svg
Pac-10 champion
Rose Bowl, L 31–38 vs. Wisconsin
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 8
Record10–2 (8–0 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Al Borges (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti (1st season)
Home stadium Rose Bowl
(Capacity: 98,636)
Seasons
  1997
1999  
1998 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 8 UCLA $  8 0   10 2  
No. 4 Arizona  7 1   12 1  
Oregon  5 3   8 4  
USC  5 3   8 5  
Washington  4 4   6 6  
Arizona State  4 4   5 6  
California  3 5   5 6  
Oregon State  2 6   5 6  
Stanford  2 6   3 8  
Washington State  0 8   3 8  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Bob Toledo. It was Toledo's third season as the UCLA head coach. The Bruins finished 10–2 overall and were Pacific-10 Conference champions with an 8–0 record. The Bruins played in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1999, losing to the Wisconsin Badgers. [1] The team was ranked #8 in the final AP Poll and #8 in the final Coaches Poll.

Contents

Pre-season

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 1212:30 pmNo. 23 Texas *No. 6 ABC W 49–3173,070 [2]
September 1912:30 pmat Houston *No. 4 FX W 42–2419,540 [3]
October 312:30 pm Washington State No. 4
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
ABCW 49–1767,210 [4]
October 107:15 pmat No. 10 Arizona No. 3 FSN W 52–2858,738 [5]
October 1712:30 pmNo. 11 Oregon No. 2
ABCW 41–38 OT75,367 [6]
October 2412:30 pmat California No. 2ABCW 28–1655,000 [7]
October 313:30 pm Stanford No. 2
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
FXW 28–2464,820 [8]
November 73:30 pmat Oregon State No. 3FSNW 41–3426,017 [9]
November 1412:30 pmat Washington No. 3ABCW 36–2472,391 [10]
November 2112:30 pm USC No. 3
ABCW 34–1788,080 [11]
December 511:00 amat Miami (FL) *No. 3
ESPN L 45–49 46,819 [12]
January 11:30 pmvs. No. 9 Wisconsin *No. 6
ABCL 31–3893,872 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP 7 (1)6 (1)4 (1)3 (1)4 (1)3 (1)2 (1)2 (1)2 (1)3 (1)3 (4)3 (4)3 (4)3 (3)68
Coaches Poll 7 (3)6 (1)5 (1)5 (1)4 (1)3 (1)2 (1)2 (1)2 (1)4 (1)3 (7)3 (7)3 (7)358
BCS Not released1322225Not released

Roster

1998 UCLA Bruins football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 11 Drew Bennett So
WR 87 Danny Farmer Jr
OT 71 Kris Farris Sr
RB 26 DeShaun Foster Fr
QB 18 Cade McNown Sr
WR 3 Freddie Mitchell Fr
TE 40 Ryan Neufeld Sr
FB 39 Craig Walendy Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 48Ali Abdul AzzizJr
CB 20Damian AllenSo
S 7 Marques Anderson Fr
CB 35 Larry Atkins Sr
LB 50 Brendon Ayanbadejo Sr
CB 12 Jason Bell So
DT 99 Kenyon Coleman Sr
FS 27 Tod McBride Sr
LB 47 Ryan Nece Fr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS 58 Jeff Grau Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster
Last update: 1998-09-28

Game summaries

Texas

Texas vs. UCLA
1234Total
#23 Texas3072131
#6 UCLA21147749

Houston

UCLA vs. Houston
1234Total
#4 UCLA02114742
Houston687324

Washington State

Washington State vs. UCLA
1234Total
Washington State0100717
#4 UCLA21147749

Arizona

UCLA vs. Arizona
1234Total
#3 UCLA714102152
#10 Arizona1477028

Oregon

Oregon vs. UCLA
1234OTTotal
#11 Oregon771014038
#2 UCLA1410014341

[14]

California

UCLA vs. California
1234Total
#2 UCLA1470728
California727016

[15]

Stanford

Stanford vs. UCLA
1234Total
Stanford7710024
#2 UCLA7701428

Oregon State

UCLA vs. Oregon State
1234Total
#3 UCLA01771741
Oregon State010141034

Washington

UCLA vs. Washington
1234Total
#3 UCLA13761036
Washington377724

USC

USC vs. UCLA
(Victory Bell)
1234Total
USC377017
#3 UCLA14130734

Eight straight wins against the Trojans.

Miami (FL)

UCLA vs. Miami
1234Total
#3 UCLA71021745
Miami14772149

Wisconsin (Rose Bowl)

Wisconsin vs. UCLA
(Rose Bowl)
1234Total
#9 Badgers7177738
#6 UCLA7147331

1999 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 1999 NFL draft.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Team
Cade McNown 112Quarterback Chicago Bears
Kris Farris 374Tackle Pittsburgh Steelers
Larry Atkins 384Outside Linebacker Kansas City Chiefs

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