1979 UCLA Bruins football team

1979 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific-10
Record	5–6 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Terry Donahue (4th season)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 USC $	6	–	0	–	1	11	–	0	–	1
No. 11 Washington	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Arizona	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	1
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
California	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Stanford	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Arizona State †	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
UCLA	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion † – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was Terry Donahue's fourth season as the Bruins' head coach.^[2]

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	No. 16 Houston*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 16–24	40,008
September 15	No. 5 Purdue*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 31–21	44,174
September 22	at Wisconsin*	No. 20	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	W 37–12	78,830
September 29	No. 14 Ohio State*	No. 17	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 13–17	47,228
October 6	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 24–27	70,205
October 13	at Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	L 14–17	32,651
October 20	California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)	W 28–27	40,546
October 27	No. 20 Washington		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 14–34	35,757
November 10	Arizona State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 31–28	34,763
November 17	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	W 35–0	41,235
November 24	at No. 4 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	L 14–49	88,214
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1979 UCLA Bruins football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB		Rick Bashore	Sr
G	`72`	Brent Boyd	Sr
WR		Michael Brant
RB		Glen Cannon
OL		Greg Christiansen
WR		Willie Curran
OL		Irv Eatman
RB		Anthony Edgar
G	`77`	Larry Lee	Jr
RB		Danny Lei
OL		Jim Main
RB	`24`	Freeman McNeil	Jr
RB		Blanchard Montgomery
RB		Jairo Penaranda
QB		Bernard Quarles
QB		Tom Ramsey
RB		Toa Saipale
OL		Luis Sharpe
G	`66`	John Tautolo	Jr
WR		Scott Tiesing
WR		Jo-Jo Townsell	Fr
WR		Dokie Williams
TE		Tim Wrightman

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB		Arthur Akers
DB		Brian Baggott
S	`5`	Kenny Easley	Jr
LB		Chris Elias
DL		Mark Ferguson
DE		Joe Gary	So
DB		Dave Gomer
LB		Larry Hall
DB		Phil Hubbard
LB		Billy Don Jackson
DL		Karl Morgan
DL		Martin Moss
LB		Brad Plemmons
LB		Avon Riley
DB		Lupe Sanchez
LB		Scott Stauch
DB		Tom Sullivan
DL		Mark Tuinei

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K		Peter Boermeester
K	`8`	Norm Johnson	So

^ "2017 Media Guide" (PDF). thesundevils.com. ASU Athletics. p. 127. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
^ 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics Department, 2014
^ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved June 14, 2017.

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