1986 UCLA Bruins football team

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] On November 1, 1986, UCLA's defense scored three touchdowns against Oregon State.[2]

1986 UCLA Bruins football
Freedom Bowl, W 31–10 vs. BYU
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 14
1986 record	8–3–1 (5–2–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Terry Donahue (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Homer Smith (9th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Bob Field (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Tom Hayes (5th season)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl (Capacity 104,091)

1986 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Arizona State $	5	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
No. 14 UCLA	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
No. 18 Washington	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
No. 11 Arizona	5	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Stanford	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
USC	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Oregon	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
California	2	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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
September 6	at No. 1 Oklahoma*	No. 4	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ABC	L 3–38	75,684
September 20	at San Diego State*	No. 19	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA		W 45–14	50,338
September 27	Long Beach State*	No. 16	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	Prime	W 41–23	48,140
October 4	No. 16 Arizona State	No. 15	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	CBS	L 9–16	51,533
October 11	No. 11 Arizona		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	CBS	W 32–25	51,279
October 18	at California	No. 19	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 36–10	59,000
October 25	Washington State	No. 17	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		W 54–16	46,189
November 1	at Oregon State	No. 15	Civic Stadium Portland, OR		W 49–0	23,703
November 8	Stanford	No. 12	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	CBS	L 23–28	68,857
November 15	at No. 10 Washington	No. 19	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	CBS	T 17–17	59,916
November 22	No. 10 USC	No. 18	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	Prime	W 45–25	98,370
December 30	vs. BYU*	No. 15	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, CA (Freedom Bowl)	Mizlou	W 31–10	55,422
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1986 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 83 Willie Anderson Jr TE 81 Charles Arbuckle Fr RB 21 Eric Ball So WR 8 Karl Dorrell Sr FB 22 Mel Farr Jr WR 9 Mike Farr Fr RB 44 Gaston Green Jr RB 45 Marcus Greenwood Sr QB 11 Matt Stevens Sr TE 81 Derek Tennell Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 2 Darryl Henley So DB 31 Carnell Lake So DB 37 Chuckie Miller Sr LB 41 Ken Norton Jr. Jr NG 40 Terry Tumey Jr DB 23 Marcus Turner So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 25 Alfredo Velasco Fr	Head coach Terry Donahue Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Rankings

Further information: 1986 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. 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	Final
AP	4 (3)	16	19	16	15	NR	19	17	15	12	19	18	15	15	14
Coaches	4 (2)	19	NR	15	17	NR	19	17 т	15	12	19	NR	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 Date: September 6 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Game attendance: 75,684 Television network: ABC

See also: 1986 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

USC

See also: 1986 USC Trojans football team

vs. BYU (Freedom Bowl)

BYU vs. UCLA

1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 3 0 0 7 10 • Bruins 7 0 17 7 31 Date: December 30 Location: Anaheim Stadium Game attendance: 51,422 TV announcers: Howard David and Jack Snow

Main article: 1986 Freedom Bowl

See also: 1986 BYU Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	1985	W 27–24

References

1. "1986 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
2. Chris Foster, For UCLA's Ishmael Adams, a lost helmet equals lost punt return TD, Los Angeles Times, August 31, 2014.
3. "1986 UCLA Bruins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.