1980 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 13
Record9–2 (5–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorHomer Smith (3rd season)
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 Washington $ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 13 UCLA 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 11 USC 4 – 2 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
Arizona State 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Oregon 4 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 2
Stanford 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Arizona 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Washington State 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
California 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Oregon State 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled a 9–2 record (5–2 Pac-10), finished in second place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and were ranked #13 in the final AP Poll.[1]

UCLA's offensive leaders in 1980 were quarterback Tom Ramsey with 1,116 passing yards, running back Freeman McNeil with 1,105 rushing yards, and wide receiver Cormac Carney with 591 receiving yards.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 13Colorado*
W 56–1437,250
September 20at Purdue*
W 23–1469,333
September 27Wisconsin*No. 16
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 35–040,018
October 4at No. 2 Ohio State*No. 11
ABCW 17–088,084
October 11No. 16 StanfordNo. 5
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
W 35–2164,175
October 25at CaliforniaNo. 3
W 32–953,000
November 1at ArizonaNo. 2
L 17–2342,876
November 8OregonNo. 8
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
L 14–2040,907
November 15at Arizona StateNo. 17
W 23–1465,640
November 22No. 12 USCNo. 18
ABCW 20–1783,491
November 30vs. Oregon StateNo. 14
KTLAW 34–380,000[3]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1980 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 15 Michael Brant Sr
RB 42 Frank Bruno So
WR 83 Cormac Carney So
OL 70 Gregg Charitiansen Sr
WR 36 Ricky Coffman Jr
WR 18 Willie Curran Jr
TE 85 Ronnie DeBose Sr
G 59 Dan Dufour So
TE 90 James Forge Jr
RB Chester Goynes
RB Daryl Green
G 77 Larry Lee Sr
RB 24 Freeman McNeil Sr
OT 79 Curt Mohl Sr
RB 3 Kevin Nelson
C 51 Dave Otey Jr
RB 22 Jairo Penaranda Sr
QB 14 Tom Ramsey So
QB 7 Jay Schroeder So
OL 67 Luis Sharpe Jr
G 66 John Tautolo Sr
WR 26 JoJo Townsell So
WR 30 Dokie Williams So
TE 91 Tim Wrightman Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 39 Arthur Akers Sr
DL Mike Barbee
DB 29 Mike Durden So
CB 5 Kenny Easley Sr
DT 75 Irv Eatman So
LB 98 Chris Elias Sr
DE Joe Gary Jr
LB 41 Larry Hall So
DL 40 Karl Morgan So
DL Martin Moss
LB 27 Blanchard Montgomery So
LB 99 Brad Plummerons Jr
LB 9 Avon Riley Sr
DB 21 Lupe Sanchez So
LB 44 Scott Stauch Sr
SS 32 Tom Sullivan So
DB 35 Jimmy Turner So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 8 Norm Johnson Jr
P 37 Matt McFarland Sr
K Doug Reeves
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

Colorado

1 234Total
Colorado 0 077 14
• UCLA 28 2800 56
Scoring summary
Q1UCLARamsey 6 yard run (Johnson kick)UCLA 7–0
Q1UCLATownsell 15 yard pass from Ramsey (Johnson kick)UCLA 14–0
Q1UCLARamsey 1 yard run (Johnson kick)UCLA 21–0
Q1UCLAPenaranda 19 yard run (Johnson kick)UCLA 28–0
Q2UCLASchroeder 12 yard run (Reeves kick)UCLA 35–0
Q2UCLAPenaranda 1 yard run (Potter kick)UCLA 42–0
Q2UCLAD. Green 8 yard run (Reeves kick)UCLA 49–0
Q2UCLANelson 2 yard run (Reeves kick)UCLA 56–0
Q3COLHawkins 9 yard run (Field kick)UCLA 56–7
Q4COLOlander 25 yard pass from C. Davis (Field kick)UCLA 56–14

See also: 1980 Colorado Buffaloes football team

[4]

At Ohio State

1 234Total
• UCLA 3 0140 17
Ohio State 0 000 0
  • Date: October 4
  • Location: Ohio Stadium

See also: 1980 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

USC

See also: 1980 USC Trojans football team and The Victory Bell (UCLA–USC)
#12 USC Trojans (7–1–1) at #18 UCLA Bruins (7–2)
Period 1 2 34Total
USC 3 0 7717
UCLA 0 7 7620

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: November 22, 1980
  • Game attendance: 83,491
  • Eugene Register-Guard, 1980 Nov 23.
Game information

Terry Donahue's first win versus USC

Team players in the NFL

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

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Freeman McNeil Running back 1 3 New York Jets
Kenny Easley Defensive back 1 4 Seattle Seahawks
Larry Lee Guard 5 129 Detroit Lions
Avon Riley Linebacker 9 243 Houston Oilers
Curt Mohl Tackle 9 248 Oakland Raiders
Rob DeBose Tight end 11 286 San Francisco 49ers
Jairo Penaranda Running back 12 328 Los Angeles Rams

[5]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "1980 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "1980 UCLA Bruins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  3. ^ "Beavers lose in Japan, finish 0–11 for season". Albany Democrat-Herald. December 1, 1980. Retrieved January 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Bruins go on a Buffalo hunt." Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Sept 14.
  5. ^ "1981 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved December 1, 2019.


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