1980 UCLA Bruins football team

1980 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 13
1980 record	9–2 (5–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Terry Donahue (5th year)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Capacity 92,604)

1980 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#16 Washington $	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#13 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
#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

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 13	Colorado*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 56-14	37,250
September 20	at Purdue*		Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		W 23-14	69,333
September 27	Wisconsin*	No. 16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 35-0	40,018
October 4	at No. 2 Ohio State*	No. 11	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	W 17-0	88,084
October 11	No. 16 Stanford	No. 5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		W 35-21	64,175
October 25	at California	No. 3	California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA		W 32-9	53,000
November 1	at Arizona	No. 2	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ		L 17-23	42,876
November 8	Oregon	No. 8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA		L 14-20	40,907
November 15	at Arizona State	No. 17	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ		W 23-14	65,640
November 22	No. 12 USC	No. 18	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)	ABC	W 20-17	83,491
November 30	vs. Oregon State	No. 14	National Stadium • Tokyo, Japan (Mirage Bowl)	KTLA	W 34-3	80,000
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

Game summaries

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colorado	0	0	7	7	14
• UCLA	28	28	0	0	56

Date: September 13
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
Game attendance: 37,250

Scoring summary

Q1	UCLA	Ramsey 6 yard run (Johnson kick)	UCLA 7–0

Q1	UCLA	Townsell 15 yard pass from Ramsey (Johnson kick)	UCLA 14–0

Q1	UCLA	Ramsey 1 yard run (Johnson kick)	UCLA 21–0

Q1	UCLA	Penaranda 19 yard run (Johnson kick)	UCLA 28–0

Q2	UCLA	Schroeder 12 yard run (Reeves kick)	UCLA 35–0

Q2	UCLA	Penaranda 1 yard run (Potter kick)	UCLA 42–0

Q2	UCLA	D. Green 8 yard run (Reeves kick)	UCLA 49–0

Q2	UCLA	Nelson 2 yard run (Reeves kick)	UCLA 56–0

Q3	COL	Hawkins 9 yard run (Field kick)	UCLA 56–7

Q4	COL	Olander 25 yard pass from C. Davis (Field kick)	UCLA 56–14

^[3]

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

^[4]

Awards and honors

Kenny Easley, S, All American (consensus), All-Conference Honor
Irv Eatman, DT, All-Conference Honor
Avon Riley, LB, All-Conference Honor
Tim Wrightman, TE, All-Conference Honor
Larry Lee, OG, All-Conference Honor
Freeman McNeil, TB, All American, All-Conference Honor

References

↑ "1980 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
↑ "1980 UCLA Bruins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
↑ "Bruins go on a Buffalo hunt." Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Sept 14.
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1981.htm

UCLA Bruins football

Venues	Moore Field (1919–1927) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1928–1981) Rose Bowl (1982–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games California USC (Victory Bell)

Culture & lore	Joe Bruin "Sons of Westwood" "Mighty Bruins" Marching band 1967 "Game of the Century"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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