1995 UCLA Bruins football team
The 1995 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was ranked 16th in the pre=season AP Poll. In the final game of the season, the Bruins lost to the 11th-ranked Kansas Jayhawks in the Aloha Bowl, 51–30. UCLA finished in a fifth place tie in the Pacific-10 Conference.[2]
| 1995 UCLA Bruins football | |
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Aloha Bowl, L 30–51 vs. Kansas | |
| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| 1995 record | 7–5 (4–4 Pac-10) |
| Head coach | Terry Donahue[1] (20th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Bob Toledo (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Rose Bowl (Capacity: 102,083) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 USC ^ + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Oregon | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 0 | – | 8 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 5:00 PM | No. 12 Miami (FL)* | No. 15 | ABC | W 31–8 | 60,091 | |
| September 9 | 4:00 PM | at BYU* | No. 12 |
| ABC | W 23–9 | 60,379 |
| September 16 | 12:30 PM | No. 20 Oregon | No. 12 |
| ABC | L 31–38 | 42,537 |
| September 23 | 12:30 PM | at Washington State | No. 16 | ABC | L 15–24 | 33,711 | |
| September 30 | 7:00 PM | Fresno State* |
| PSN | W 45–21 | 44,449 | |
| October 14 | 4:00 PM | Arizona |
| ABC | W 17–10 | 43,798 | |
| October 21 | 12:30 PM | at No. 23 Stanford | ABC | W 42–28 | 45,075 | ||
| October 28 | 12:30 PM | California | No. 24 |
| W 33–16 | 53,614 | |
| November 4 | 3:30 PM | at Arizona State | No. 22 | PSN | L 33–37 | 48,126 | |
| November 11 | 12:30 PM | No. 22 Washington |
| L 14–38 | 50,104 | ||
| November 18 | 12:30 PM | at No. 11 USC |
| ABC | W 24–20 | 91,363 | |
| December 25 | 12:30 PM | vs. No. 11 Kansas* | ABC | L 30–51 | 41,112 | ||
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Roster
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Special teams
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Game summaries
Aloha Bowl
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| UCLA | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 30 |
| Kansas | 7 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 51 |
First quarter scoring: KU—Jim Moore, nine-yard pass from Mark Williams (Jeff McCord converts)
Second quarter scoring: KU—June Henley, 49-yard run. McCord converts; KU—McCord, 27-yard field goal.
Third quarter scoring KU—Henley, two-yard run. McCord kick fails; UCLA—Brad Melsby, eight-yard pass from Cade McNown (Bjorn Merten kick); KU—Isaac Byrd, 77-yard pass from Williams (McCord converts); KU—Andre Carter, 27-yard pass from Williams (McCord converts)
Fourth quarter scoring UCLA—Kevin Jordan, eight-yard pass from McNown (Merten kick); UCLA — Karim Abdul-Jabbar five-yard run (Melsby pass from McNown); KU—Williams, six-yard run (McCord converts); UCLA—Melsby, seven-yard pass from McNown (Abdul-Jabbar run); KU—Eric Vann, 67-yard run (McCord converts)
Running back Karim Abdul-Jabbar was named MVP of the Aloha Bowl.
Awards and honors
- All-Americans: [3]
- All-Conference First Team:
References
- 1995 UCLA Bruins Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com
- 2012 UCLA Football Media Guide, UCLA Athletics Department, August 2012
- 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics, 2014