1978 UCLA Bruins football team

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1978
Pacific-10
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 14
Record8–3–1 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
1978 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

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

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 9at No. 11
ABC
W 10–755,780
September 16at Tennessee*No. 9W 13–085,897[2]
September 23at Kansas*No. 8L 24–2843,120[3]
September 30Minnesota*No. 18W 17–340,369
October 7No. 17 StanfordNo. 16
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 27–2654,106
October 14Washington StateNo. 14
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 45–3140,023
October 21at CaliforniaNo. 10ABCW 45–062,500[4]
October 27ArizonaNo. 10
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 24–1441,077[5]
November 4OregonNo. 9
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 23–2137,314
November 11at Oregon StateNo. 9L 13–1528,000
November 18No. 5 USCNo. 14
L 10–1790,387
December 25vs. No. 8
Sun Devil Stadium
  • Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)
  • NBCT 10-1055,227
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    [6]

    Awards and honors

    References

    1. ^ 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics Department, 2014
    2. Newspapers.com
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    3. ProQuest 158624072
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    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.