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1988 UCLA Bruins football team

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1988 UCLA Bruins football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
Record10–2 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSteve Axman (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorBob Field (7th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorTom Hayes (7th season)
Home stadiumRose Bowl
Seasons
← 1987
1989 →
1988 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 USC $ 8 0 0 10 2 0
No. 6 UCLA 6 2 0 10 2 0
No. 16 Washington State 5 3 0 9 3 0
Arizona 5 3 0 7 4 0
Arizona State 3 4 0 6 5 0
Washington 3 5 0 6 5 0
Oregon 3 5 0 6 6 0
Oregon State 2 5 1 4 6 1
Stanford 1 5 2 3 6 2
California 1 5 1 5 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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. Senior QB Troy Aikman was taken #1 overall in the 1989 NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 3San Diego State*No. 5W 59–646,487
September 10No. 2 Nebraska*No. 5
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
W 41–2884,086
September 17Long Beach State*No. 2
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
W 56–342,464
October 1at No. 16 WashingtonNo. 2W 24–1771,224
October 8Oregon StateNo. 2
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
W 38–2146,550
October 15at CaliforniaNo. 2W 38–2158,000
October 22at ArizonaNo. 1W 24–349,922
October 29Washington StateNo. 1
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
L 30–3451,970
November 5at OregonNo. 6W 16–642,509
November 12StanforddaggerNo. 6
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
W 27–1770,552
November 19No. 2 USCNo. 6
L 22–31100,741
January 2vs. No. 8 Arkansas*No. 9W 17–374,304
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

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1988 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 8 Troy Aikman Sr
TE 81 Charles Arbuckle Jr
RB 21 Eric Ball Sr
C 68 Frank Cornish Jr
RB 22 Mel Farr Jr. Sr
WR 9 Mike Farr Jr
WR 4 Reggie Moore So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 7 Chance Johnson
CB 2 Darryl Henley Sr
DB 31 Carnell Lake Sr
DB 23 Jeff O'Flannagan Jr
DB 23 Marcus Turner Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 25 Alfredo Velasco Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Season summary

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Nebraska

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1 234Total
#2 Nebraska 0 1378 28
#5 UCLA 28 1030 41

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Oregon State

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1 234Total
Oregon St 0 1407 21
#2 UCLA 14 7314 38
  • Date: October 8
  • Location: Rose Bowl
  • Game attendance: 46,550

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At Oregon

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1 234Total
#6 UCLA 3 076 16
Oregon 0 303 6

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USC

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Vs. Arkansas (Cotton Bowl)

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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP5 (2)5 (2)5 (2)2 (3)2 (3)2 (3)2 (3)2 (1)1 (33)1 (35)6669896
Coaches9 (2)9 (2)52 (13)2 (5)2 (7)2 (6)2 (5)1 (37)1 (41)6669996

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Awards and honors

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NFL draftees

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The following players were selected in the 1989 NFL draft.[8]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Troy Aikman Quarterback 1 1 Dallas Cowboys
Carnell Lake Defensive back 2 34 Pittsburgh Steelers
Eric Ball Running back 2 35 Cincinnati Bengals
Darryl Henley Defensive back 2 53 Los Angeles Rams
Jim Wahler Defensive tackle 4 94 Phoenix Cardinals
Marcus Turner Defensive back 11 283 Kansas City Chiefs
Eric Smith Tackle 12 326 New York Giants

References

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  1. ^ "1988 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
  2. ^ "Aikman Passes UCLA Past Nebraska 41-28". NewsOK. September 11, 1988. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  3. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1988 Nov 9. Retrieved 2015-Oct-10.
  4. ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1988 Nov 6. Retrieved 2015-Oct-02.
  5. ^ "UCLA Hogs Cotton Bowl Spotlight by Shutting Down Arkansas, 17-3". Los Angeles Times. January 3, 1989. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  6. ^ "The UCLA Bruins won a record seventh straight bowl game". UPI. January 2, 1989. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  7. ^ "UCLA 1988 AP Football Rankings". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  8. ^ "1989 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 23, 2019.