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The 1982 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh year under head coach Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled a 10–1–1 record (5–1–1 Pac-10), finished in first place in the Pacific-10 Conference.

CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
Record10–1–1 (5–1–1 Pac-10)
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1982 UCLA Bruins football
Pac-10 champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 24–14 vs. Michigan
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 5
Record10–1–1 (5–1–1 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorHomer Smith (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinators
Home stadiumRose Bowl
Seasons
 1981
1983 
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1982 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 UCLA $5111011
No. 7 Washington6201020
No. 6 Arizona State5201020
No. 15 USC520830
Arizona431641
California440740
Stanford350560
Washington State241371
Oregon260281
Oregon State071191
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
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In the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, the Bruins defeated Michigan of the Big Ten Conference by ten points and remained at fifth in the final AP Poll.[1]

UCLA's offensive leaders in 1982 were quarterback Tom Ramsey with 2,986 passing yards, running back Danny Andrews with 482 rushing yards, and wide receiver Cormac Carney with 779 receiving yards.[2]

Prior to this season, UCLA moved its home games to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena; they had played in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum since 1928, sharing with the USC Trojans.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 111:30 p.m.Long Beach State*No. 18W 41–1045,396[3]
September 18at Wisconsin*No. 14W 51–2677,947[4]
September 25at No. 20 Michigan*No. 12CBSW 31–27105,413[5]
October 2at Colorado*No. 9KTLAW 34–638,702[6]
October 9ArizonaNo. 8
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
T 24–2450,133[7]
October 16Washington StateNo. 12
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
W 42–1741,732[8]
October 231:06 p.m.at CaliforniaNo. 11W 47–3151,600[9]
October 30OregonNo. 11
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
W 40–1240,808[10]
November 6at No. 10 WashingtonNo. 9CBSL 7–1058,558[11]
November 13StanforddaggerNo. 12
W 38–3578,452[12]
November 20No. 15 USCNo. 11
ABCW 20–1995,736[13]
January 1, 1983vs. No. 19 Michigan*No. 5
NBCW 24–14104,991[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time
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Game summaries

Long Beach State

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At Wisconsin

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Team 1 234Total
No. 14 UCLA 10 20714 51
Wisconsin 0 6137 26
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Tom Ramsey completed 17 of 24 passes for 260 yards and rushed 17 times for 56 yards in the game.[16]

At Michigan

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Team 1 234Total
No. 12 UCLA 0 14143 31
No. 20 Michigan 7 1730 27
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Down 21–0 in the second quarter, Tom Ramsey mounted a 28-point comeback in the second and third quarters to defeat the 20th ranked Michigan team before a capacity crowd of 105,413 fans in Michigan Stadium.

Colorado

  • Cormac Carney 6 Rec, 103 Yds[17]

Arizona

California

Stanford

  • Tom Ramsey 314 pass yards
  • Danny Andrews 21 rushes, 148 yards
  • Cormac Carney 6 receptions, 137 yards [20]

USC

#15 USC Trojans at #11 UCLA Bruins
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Quarter 1 2 34Total
USC 3 7 0919
UCLA 14 3 3020
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at Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

  • Date: November 20, 1982
  • Game attendance: 95,736
  • Gainesville Sun, 1982 Nov 21.
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Noseguard Karl Morgan rushed in to tackle down USC quarterback Scott Tinsley, preventing him from scoring a two-pont conversion after Tinsley had thrown a pass to bring the Trojans back within a point. Linebacker Neal Dellocono was the most valuable player of the game.[21]

With the win (and Washington's loss), UCLA clinched a Rose Bowl berth.

Vs. Michigan (Rose Bowl)

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1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Michigan 0 7 0 7 14
#5 UCLA 7 3 7 7 24
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UCLA took a 10–0 lead in the second quarter. A hard hit by UCLA defensive back Don Rogers separated Michigan quarterback Steve Smith's shoulder and knocked him out of the game. Backup David Hall got the Wolverines on the board, making the halftime score 10–7. In the third quarter, Tom Ramsey completed seven straight passes and led UCLA on a drive that was capped by Danny Andrews' nine-yard touchdown run to make the score 17–7. In the fourth quarter, UCLA got an interception inside the Michigan 20-yard line and scored again for a 24–7 lead. Michigan scored late to close the score to 24–14.[22][23]

Personnel

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1982 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB Danny Andrews
TE Paul Bergmann
QB 12 Steve Bono Jr
RB Frank Bruno
WR 83 Cormac Carney Sr
RB 46 Frank Cephous Jr
WR Karl Dorrell
G 59 Dan Dufour Sr
OT 75 Irv Eatman Sr
OL Steve Gemza
C 69 Joe Goebel Fr
TE Harper Howell
OT 67 Duval Love So
OL Don Mahlstedt
RB Terry Morehead
RB Kevin Nelson
QB 10 Rick Neuheisel Jr
QB 9 David Norrie Fr
QB 14 Tom Ramsey Sr
RB Toa Saipale
RB Burness Scott
WR 82 Mike Sherrard Fr
WR 26 Jo-Jo Townsell Sr
RB Bryan Wiley
WR 8 Dokie Williams Sr
OL Steve Williams
G 68 Blake Wingle Sr
OL Chris Yelich
WR 18 Mike Young So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL Mike Barbee
LB 39 Neal Dellocono So
DB Mike Durden
DL Mark Ferguson
LB 57 Rex Gray Jr
LB Lee Knowles
DB 2 Walter Lang Sr
LB Eugene Leoni
LB 27 Blanchard Montgomery Sr
NG 40 Karl Morgan Sr
DB 47 Ron Pitts So
DL David Randle
S 7 Don Rogers Jr
DB 21 Lupe Sanchez Sr
DB Tom Sullivan
DB 35 Jimmy Turner Sr
DE 95 Mark Walen Fr
S 2 Herb Welch So
LB 41 Doug West Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P Kevin Buenafe
K 25 John Lee Fr
K Ken Potter
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
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1983 NFL draft

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

More information Player, Position ...
Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Blanchard MontgomeryLinebacker359San Francisco 49ers
Jo-Jo TownsellWide receiver378New York Jets
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