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UCLA Football Team History


UCLA Bruins
University of California at Los Angeles
 Los Angeles, CA
Founded: 1919
Stadium: Rose Bowl
Capacity: 91,136
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Terry Donahue
Conference: Pac 10-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1919  <-- 1979 <- 1980 -> 1981 --> 2024
1980 Season Highlights
 Terry Donahue enters his 5th season as Head Coach at UCLA.
 
1980 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 13  vs. Colorado  56   14   W       
 Sat., Sep. 20  @ Purdue  23   14   W       
 Sat., Sep. 27  vs. Wisconsin  35   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 4  @ Ohio State  17   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 11  vs. Stanford  35   21   W       
 Sat., Oct. 25  @ California  32   9   W       
 Sat., Nov. 1  @ Arizona  17   23   L       
 Sat., Nov. 8  vs. Oregon  14   20   L       
 Sat., Nov. 15  @ Arizona State  23   14   W       
 Sat., Nov. 22  vs. Southern California  20   17   W       
 Sun., Nov. 30  vs. Oregon State  34   3   W    @ Tokyo, Japan   
 
1980 Season Totals
  Record9-2
  Points Scored306
  Scoring Average27.8
  Points Allowed135
  Defense Average12.3
  Opponents Record58-62
  Conference Record5-2
  Home Record5-1
  Away Record4-1
1980 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
13 9-2-0 AP
14 9-2-0 Coaches
14 9-2-0 UPI
  
1980 Pac 10- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Washington 9-3333198Lost  6-236-1198119  Don James
UCLA 9-2306135 5-2175107  Terry Donahue
Arizona State 7-4311216 5-3224156  Darryl D. Rogers
Southern California 8-2-1265134 4-2-117894  John Robinson
Oregon 6-3-2263193 4-3-1189170  Rich Brooks
Stanford 6-5312275 3-4214196  Paul Wiggin
Arizona 5-6215275 3-4131202  Larry Smith
Washington State 4-7287271 3-4185163  Jim Walden
California 3-8194328 3-5149223  Roger Theder
Oregon State 0-11108386 0-877290  Joe Avezzano

1980 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1980 All Pac 10 Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


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