1985 UCLA Bruins football team

1985 UCLA Bruins football
Pac-10 champion
Rose Bowl, W 45–28 vs. Iowa
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 7
1985 record	9–2–1 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Terry Donahue (10th year)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl (Capacity 104,091)

1985 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#7 UCLA $	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
Arizona	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Washington	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
USC	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Oregon	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
California	2	–	7	–	0	4	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1985 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their tenth year under head coach Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled a 9–2–1 record (6–2 Pac-10), finished in first place in the Pacific-10 Conference, and were ranked #7 in the final AP Poll. The Bruins went on to defeat Iowa in the 1986 Rose Bowl.^[1] Running back Eric Ball was selected as the most valuable player in the 1986 Rose Bowl.

UCLA's offensive leaders in 1985 were quarterback David Norrie with 1,819 passing yards, running back Gaston Green with 712 rushing yards, and wide receiver Karl Dorrell with 565 receiving yards.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	at No. 8 BYU*	No. 20	Cougar Stadium • Provo, UT	ESPN	W 27-24	65,455
September 14	at Tennessee*	No. 10	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	ABC	T 26-26	94,370
September 21	San Diego State*	No. 12	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA		W 34-16	54,625
September 28	at Washington	No. 13	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA	CBS	L 14-21	60,801
October 5	Arizona State		Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	CBS	W 40-17	50,494
October 12	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA		W 34-9	63,000
October 19	at Washington State	No. 18	Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	KNBC	W 31-30	32,302
October 26	California	No. 17	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA	TBS	W 34-7	61,530
November 9	at Arizona	No. 14	Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ		W 24-19	57,779
November 16	Oregon State	No. 13	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA		W 41-0	45,102
November 23	at USC	No. 8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Battle for the Victory Bell)		L 13-17	90,064
January 1	vs. No. 4 Iowa*	No. 13	Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	NBC	W 45-28	103,292
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

1986 NFL Draft

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

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Mike Sherrard	Wide Receiver	1	18	Dallas Cowboys
John Lee	Kicker	2	32	St. Louis Cardinals
Mark Walen	Defensive Tackle	3	74	Dallas Cowboys
Tommy Taylor	Linebacker	4	97	San Diego Chargers
Robert Jenkins	Tackle	6	144	Los Angeles Rams
Steve Jarecki	Linebacker	8	195	Los Angeles Rams

^[3]

References

↑ "1985 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
↑ "1985 UCLA Bruins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1986.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

Pac-12 Conference football champions

Pacific Coast	Washington (1916) Washington State (1917) California (1918) Oregon & Washington (1919) California (1920) California (1921) California (1922) California (1923) Stanford (1924) Washington (1925) Stanford (1926) Idaho, Stanford, & USC (1927) USC (1928) USC (1929) Washington State (1930) USC (1931) USC (1932) Oregon & Stanford (1933) Stanford (1934) California, Stanford, & UCLA (1935) Washington (1936) California (1937) California & USC (1938) USC (1939) Stanford (1940) Oregon State (1941) UCLA (1942) USC (1943) USC (1944) USC (1945) UCLA (1946) USC (1947) California & Oregon (1948) California (1949) California (1950) Stanford (1951) USC (1952) UCLA (1953) UCLA (1954) UCLA (1955) Oregon State (1956) Oregon & Oregon State (1957) California (1958)

AAWU	UCLA, USC, & Washington (1959) Washington (1960) UCLA (1961) USC (1962) Washington (1963) Oregon State & USC (1964) UCLA (1965) USC (1966) USC (1967)

Pacific-8	USC (1968) USC (1969) Stanford (1970) Stanford (1971) USC (1972) USC (1973) USC (1974) California & UCLA (1975) USC (1976) Washington (1977)

Pacific-10	USC (1978) USC (1979) Washington (1980) Washington (1981) UCLA (1982) UCLA (1983) USC (1984) UCLA (1985) Arizona State (1986) USC & UCLA (1987) USC (1988) USC (1989) Washington (1990) Washington (1991) Washington & Stanford (1992) Arizona, UCLA, & USC (1993) Oregon (1994) USC & Washington (1995) Arizona State (1996) UCLA & Washington State (1997) UCLA (1998) Stanford (1999) Oregon, Oregon State, & Washington (2000) Oregon (2001) USC & Washington State (2002) USC (2003) USC (2004) vacated USC (2005) vacated California & USC (2006) Arizona State & USC (2007) USC (2008) Oregon (2009) Oregon (2010)

Pac-12	Oregon (2011) Stanford (2012) Stanford (2013) Oregon (2014) Stanford (2015) Washington (2016)

National championships in bold

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