1978 UCLA Bruins football team

1978 UCLA Bruins football
1978 UCLA Bruins football
Fiesta Bowl, T 10–10 vs. Arkansas
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 14
Record	8–3–1 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Terry Donahue (3rd season);
Defensive coordinator	Jed Hughes (2nd season)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

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]

CoachesNo. 12

APNo. 14

Record8–3–1 (6–2 Pac-10)

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1978 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	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

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	at No. 11 Washington	No. 12	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	W 10–7	55,780	^[2]
September 16	at Tennessee*	No. 9	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 13–0	85,897	^[3]
September 23	at Kansas*	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 24–28	43,120	^[4]^[5]
September 30	Minnesota*	No. 18	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 17–3	40,369	^[6]
October 7	No. 17 Stanford	No. 16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 27–26	54,106	^[7]
October 14	Washington State	No. 14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 45–31	40,023	^[8]
October 21	at California	No. 10	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	ABC	W 45–0	62,500	^[9]^[10]
October 27	Arizona	No. 10	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 24–14	41,077	^[11]^[12]
November 4	Oregon	No. 9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA		W 23–21	37,314	^[13]
November 11	at Oregon State	No. 9	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR		L 13–15	28,000	^[14]
November 18	No. 5 USC	No. 14	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)		L 10–17	90,387	^[15]
December 25	vs. No. 8 Arkansas*	No. 15	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	NBC	T 10-10	55,202	^[16]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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