American college football season
The 1986 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their 11th year under head coach Terry Donahue , the Bruins compiled an 8–3–1 record (5–2–1 Pac-10), finished in a tie for second place in the Pacific-10 Conference , and were ranked #12 in the final AP Poll . The Bruins went on to defeat BYU in the 1986 Freedom Bowl .[ 1] Oregon State .[ 2]
UCLA's offensive leaders in 1986 were quarterback Matt Stevens with 1,869 passing yards, running back Gaston Green with 1,405 rushing yards, and wide receiver Flipper Anderson with 675 receiving yards.[ 3]
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 6 at No. 1 Oklahoma * No. 4 ABC L 3–3875,684 September 20 at San Diego State * No. 19 W 45–1450,338 [ 4] September 27 Long Beach State * No. 16 Prime W 41–2348,140 October 4 No. 16 Arizona State No. 15 CBS L 9–1651,533 October 11 No. 11 Arizona CBS W 32–2551,279 October 18 at California No. 19 W 36–1059,000 October 25 Washington State No. 17 W 54–1646,189 November 1 at Oregon State No. 15 W 49–023,703 November 8 Stanford No. 12 CBS L 23–2868,857 November 15 at No. 10 Washington No. 19 CBS T 17–1759,916 November 22 No. 10 USC No. 18 Prime W 45–2598,370 vs. BYU * No. 15 Mizlou W 31–1055,422 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Personnel
1986 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K
25
Alfredo Velasco Fr
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
Rankings
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final AP 4 (3) 16 19 16 15 — 19 17 15 12 19 18 15 15 14 Coaches 4 (2) 19 — 15 17 — 19 17 т 15 12 19 — 16 15 14
Game summaries
At Oklahoma
UCLA at Oklahoma
1
2 3 4 Total
Bruins
0
3 0 0
3
• Sooners
3
14 14 7
38
USC
BYU vs. UCLA
1
2 3 4 Total
Cougars
3
0 0 7
10
• Bruins
7
0 17 7
31
References
^ "1986 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015 .^ Chris Foster, For UCLA's Ishmael Adams, a lost helmet equals lost punt return TD , Los Angeles Times , August 31, 2014.
^ "1986 UCLA Bruins Stats" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015 .^ Steve Dolan (September 21, 1986). "SDSU Is Routed by UCLA, 45-14" . The Los Angeles Times (San Diego County ed.). Los Angeles, California. p. III-1. Retrieved January 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
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