1978 UCLA Bruins football team

American college football season

1978 UCLA Bruins football

Fiesta Bowl, T 10–10 vs. Arkansas

Conference| Pacific-10
Ranking
Coaches| No. 12
AP| No. 14
Record| 8–3–1 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach|

* Terry Donahue (3rd season)

Home stadium| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Seasons

<- 1977

1979 ->

1978 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 2 USC $  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 12  | - | 1  | - | 0
No. 14 UCLA | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 1
Washington | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 4  | - | 0
Arizona State | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 3  | - | 0
No. 17 Stanford | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 4  | - | 0
California | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 5  | - | 0
Arizona | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
Oregon | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 9  | - | 0
Oregon State | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 1
Washington State | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1978 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Pacific-8 Conference became the Pacific-10 Conference by adding Arizona and Arizona State to the league. This was Terry Donahue's third season as head coach of the Bruins.[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 9| at No. 11 Washington| No. 12|

* Husky Stadium
* Seattle, WA

| ABC| W 10–7| 55,780|
September 16| at Tennessee*| No. 9|

* Neyland Stadium
* Knoxville, TN

| | W 13–0| 85,897| [2]
September 23| at Kansas*| No. 8|

* Memorial Stadium
* Lawrence, KS

| | L 24–28| 43,120| [3]
September 30| Minnesota*| No. 18|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| | W 17–3| 40,369|
October 7| No. 17 Stanford| No. 16|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| | W 27–26| 54,106|
October 14| Washington State| No. 14|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| | W 45–31| 40,023|
October 21| at California| No. 10|

* California Memorial Stadium
* Berkeley, CA (rivalry)

| ABC| W 45–0| 62,500| [4]
October 27| Arizona| No. 10|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| | W 24–14| 41,077| [5]
November 4| Oregon| No. 9|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA

| | W 23–21| 37,314|
November 11| at Oregon State| No. 9|

* Parker Stadium
* Corvallis, OR

| | L 13–15| 28,000|
November 18| No. 5 USC| No. 14|

* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)

| | L 10–17| 90,387|
December 25| vs. No. 8 Arkansas*| No. 15|

* Sun Devil Stadium
* Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)

| NBC| T 10-10| 55,227|

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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## Awards and honors

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* All-American: Kenny Easley (S, consensus), Jerry Robinson (LB, consensus), Manu Tuiasosopo (DT, second team)

## References

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1. ^ 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics Department, 2014
2. ^ "Brown, Bashore lead the Bruins past Vols, 13–0". The Los Angeles Times. September 17, 1978. Retrieved May 8, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "The Yardstick". Los Angeles Times. September 24, 1978. ProQuest 158624072.
4. ^ Shepard, Terry (October 22, 1978). "Cal's Passing Sparks UCLA to 45-0 Win". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 158656793.
5. ^ "The Yardstick". Los Angeles Times. October 28, 1978. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
6. ^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved June 14, 2017.

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* Moore Field (1919–1928)
* Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1926–1981)
* Rose Bowl (1982–present)

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* USC: Victory Bell

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