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American college football season
1987 Pacific-10 Conference
Coaches No. 11 AP No. 9 Record 10–2 (7–1 Pac-10) Head coach Offensive coordinator Steve Axman (1st season)Co-defensive coordinator Bob Field (6th season) Co-defensive coordinator Tom Hayes (6th season)Home stadium Rose Bowl Seasons
The 1987 UCLA Bruins football team was an
UCLA's offensive leaders in 1987 were quarterback Troy Aikman with 2,527 passing yards, running back Gaston Green with 1,098 rushing yards, and wide receiver Flipper Anderson with 903 receiving yards.[2]
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 5 San Diego State * No. 3 PPV W 47–1454,287
September 12 at No. 2 Nebraska * No. 3 ESPN L 33–4276,313
September 19 Fresno State * No. 13 W 17–049,264
September 26 Arizona No. 13 W 34–2455,823
October 3 at Stanford No. 11 ABC W 49–057,500
October 17 No. 16 Oregon No. 9 PPV W 41–1053,320
October 24 California No. 8 ABC W 42–1851,107
October 31 at Arizona State No. 7 ABC W 31–2370,754
November 7 at Oregon State No. 7 W 52–1720,104
November 14 Washington No. 5 ABC W 47–1470,332
November 21 at USC No. 5 ABC L 13–1792,516
December 25 vs. Florida * No. 10 ABC W 20–1624,839 [3]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Roster
1987 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
25
Alfredo Velasco
So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP
3 (1) 3 (1) 13 13 11 11 9 8 7 7 5 5 11 10 10 9 Coaches 4 3 (1) 15 т 13 11 11 9 8 7 7 5 5 10 11 10 11
[4]
Game summaries
San Diego State
San Diego State at No. 3 UCLA
1
2 3 4 Total
Aztecs
0
7 0 7
14
• No. 3 Bruins
14
17 10 6
47
[5]
at No. 2 Nebraska
No. 3 UCLA at No. 2 Nebraska
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Bruins
7
3 7 16
33
• No. 2 Cornhuskers
0
14 14 14
42
Date: September 12Location: Game attendance: 76,313
[6]
Fresno State
San Diego State at No. 13 UCLA
1
2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs
0
0 0 0
0
• No. 13 Bruins
7
3 7 0
17
Scoring summary 1 UCLA Gaston Green 33-yard run (Alfredo Velasco kick) UCLA 7–0
2 UCLA Alfredo Velasco 41-yard field goal UCLA 10–0
3 UCLA Flipper Anderson 26-yard pass from Troy Aikman (Alfredo Velasco kick) UCLA 17–0
[7]
Arizona
[8]
at Stanford
[9]
No. 16 Oregon
No. 16 Oregon at No. 9 UCLA
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Ducks
0
7 3 0
10
• No. 9 Bruins
7
10 7 17
41
Scoring summary 1 UCLA Brown 1-yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick) UCLA 7–0
2 ORE Loville 1-yard run (Dennis kick) Tied 7–7
UCLA Anderson 2-yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick) UCLA 14–7
UCLA Velasco 35-yard field goal UCLA 17–7
3 UCLA Austin 34-yard run (Velasco kick) UCLA 24–7
ORE Dennis 32-yard field goal UCLA 24–10
4 UCLA Velasco 26-yard field goal UCLA 27–10
UCLA Green 1-yard run (Velasco kick) UCLA 34–10
UCLA M. Turner 65-yard interception return (Velasco kick) UCLA 41–10
[10]
California
[11]
at Arizona State
[12]
at Oregon State
UCLA had 618 yards of total offense, evenly split with 315 yards passing and 303 yards rushing. Flipper Anderson caught 7 passes for 154 yards and 2 touchdowns in the blowout win over the Beavers.[13]
Washington
Washington at No. 3 UCLA
1
2 3 4 Total
Huskies
0
14 0 0
14
• No. 5 Bruins
13
3 17 14
47
[14]
at USC
No. 5 UCLA at USC
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 5 Bruins
7
3 3 0
13
• Trojans
0
0 3 14
17
Date: November 21Location: Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 92,516Television network: ABC
Scoring summary 1 UCLA Gaston Green 6-yard run (Alfredo Velasco kick)UCLA 7–0
2 UCLA Alfredo Velasco 32-yard field goal UCLA 10–0
2 UCLA Alfredo Velasco 38-yard field goal UCLA 13–0
3 USC Quin Rodriguez 26-yard field goal UCLA 13–3
4 14:09 USC Randy Tanner 6-yard pass from Rodney Peete (Quin Rodriguez kick) UCLA 13–10
4 7:59 USC Erik Affholter 33-yard pass from Rodney Peete (Quin Rodriguez kick)USC 17–13
USC clinched a berth in the Rose Bowl with the win.[15]
vs. Florida (Aloha Bowl)
No. 10 UCLA vs. Florida
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 10 Bruins
3
7 7 3
20
Gators
7
3 0 6
16
Date: December 25Location:
Scoring summary 1 UCLA Alfredo Velasco 34-yard field goal UCLA 3–0
UF Stacey Simmons 7-yard pass from Kerwin Bell (Robert McGinty kick)UF 7–3
2 UF Robert McGinty 32-yard field goal UF 10–3
UCLA Brian Brown 1-yard run (Alfredo Velasco kick) Tied 10–10
3 UCLA Danny Thompson 5-yard pass from Troy Aikman (Alfredo Velasco kick) UCLA 17–10
4 UCLA Alfredo Velasco 32-yard field goal UCLA 20–10
UF Anthony Williams 14-yard pass from Kerwin Bell (kick blocked) UCLA 20–16
[16]
1988 NFL Draft
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
[17]
References
^ "1987 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015 .
^ "1987 UCLA Bruins Stats" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015 .
Newspapers.com
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^ "UCLA 1987 AP Football Rankings" . collegepollarchive.com . Retrieved October 15, 2023 .
The Los Angeles Times
. September 6, 1987. Retrieved October 15, 2023 .
The Los Angeles Times
. September 13, 1987. Retrieved October 15, 2023 .
The Los Angeles Times
. September 20, 1987. Retrieved October 15, 2023 .
^ "UCLA 34, Arizona 24" . Santa Cruz Sentinel . September 27, 1987. Retrieved October 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
The Los Angeles Times
. October 4, 1987. Retrieved October 15, 2023 .
The Los Angeles Times
. October 18, 1987. Retrieved October 15, 2023 .
The Los Angeles Times
. October 25, 1987. Retrieved October 15, 2023 .
The Los Angeles Times
. November 1, 1987. Retrieved October 15, 2023 .
The Los Angeles Times
. November 8, 1987. Retrieved October 15, 2023 .
The Los Angeles Times
. November 15, 1987. Retrieved October 15, 2023 .
The Los Angeles Times
. November 22, 1987. Retrieved October 15, 2023 .
The Los Angeles Times
. December 26, 1987. Retrieved October 15, 2023 .
^ "1988 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com" . Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
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