1998 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1998 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Bob Toledo, the Bruins compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 8–0 in conference play, winning the Pac-10 title. UCLA earned a berth in the Rose Bowl, where the Bruins lost to Wisconsin. UCLA was ranked No. 8 in both the final AP poll and the final Coaches Poll. The team played home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

1998 UCLA Bruins football
Pac-10 champion
Rose Bowl, L 31–38 vs. Wisconsin
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 8
Record	10–2 (8–0 Pac-10)
Head coach	Bob Toledo (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Al Borges (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Nick Aliotti (1st season)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 8 UCLA $		8	–	0					10	–	2
No. 4 Arizona		7	–	1					12	–	1
Oregon		5	–	3					8	–	4
USC		5	–	3					8	–	5
Washington		4	–	4					6	–	6
Arizona State		4	–	4					5	–	6
California		3	–	5					5	–	6
Oregon State		2	–	6					5	–	6
Stanford		2	–	6					3	–	8
Washington State		0	–	8					3	–	8
$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	12:30 pm	No. 23 Texas*	No. 6	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 49–31	73,070	[1]
September 19	12:30 pm	at Houston*	No. 4	Robertson Stadium Houston, TX	FX	W 42–24	19,540	[2]
October 3	12:30 pm	Washington State	No. 4	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 49–17	67,210	[3]
October 10	7:15 pm	at No. 10 Arizona	No. 3	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FSN	W 52–28	58,738	[4]
October 17	12:30 pm	No. 11 Oregon	No. 2	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (College GameDay)	ABC	W 41–38 OT	75,367	[5]
October 24	12:30 pm	at California	No. 2	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (rivalry)	ABC	W 28–16	55,000	[6]
October 31	3:30 pm	Stanford	No. 2	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FX	W 28–24	64,820	[7]
November 7	3:30 pm	at Oregon State	No. 3	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	FSN	W 41–34	26,017	[8]
November 14	12:30 pm	at Washington	No. 3	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	W 36–24	72,391	[9]
November 21	12:30 pm	USC	No. 3	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)	ABC	W 34–17	88,080	[10]
December 5	11:00 am	at Miami (FL)*	No. 3	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (College GameDay)	ESPN	L 45–49	46,819	[11]
January 1	1:30 pm	vs. No. 9 Wisconsin*	No. 6	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	ABC	L 31–38	93,872	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Rankings

See also: 1998 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	7 (1)	6 (1)	4 (1)	3 (1)	4 (1)	3 (1)	2 (1)	2 (1)	2 (1)	3 (1)	3 (4)	3 (4)	3 (4)	3 (3)	6	8
Coaches Poll	7 (3)	6 (1)	5 (1)	5 (1)	4 (1)	3 (1)	2 (1)	2 (1)	2 (1)	4 (1)	3 (7)	3 (7)	3 (7)	3	5	8
BCS	Not released								1	3	2	2	2	2	5	Not released

Game summaries

Texas

See also: 1998 Texas Longhorns football team

Texas vs. UCLA

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Texas	3	0	7	21	31
• #6 UCLA	21	14	7	7	49

• Date: September 12, 1998
• Location: Rose Bowl
  Pasadena, California
• Game start: 12:30 PM PST
• Game attendance: 73,070
• Television network: ABC

Houston

See also: 1998 Houston Cougars football team

UCLA vs. Houston

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• #4 UCLA	0	21	14	7	42
Houston	6	8	7	3	24

• Date: September 19, 1998
• Location: Robertson Stadium
  Houston, Texas
• Game attendance: 19,540

Washington State

See also: 1998 Washington State Cougars football team

Washington State vs. UCLA

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington State	0	10	0	7	17
• #4 UCLA	21	14	7	7	49

• Date: October 3, 1998
• Location: Rose Bowl
  Pasadena, California
• Game attendance: 67,210

Arizona

See also: 1998 Arizona Wildcats football team

UCLA vs. Arizona

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 UCLA	7	14	10	21	52
#10 Arizona	14	7	7	0	28

• Date: October 10, 1998
• Location: Arizona Stadium
  Tucson, Arizona
• Game attendance: 58,738
• Television network: ABC

Oregon

See also: 1998 Oregon Ducks football team

Oregon vs. UCLA

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
#11 Oregon	7	7	10	14	0	38
• #2 UCLA	14	10	0	14	3	41

• Date: October 17, 1998
• Location: Rose Bowl
  Pasadena, California
• Game attendance: 75,967

Scoring summary

Q1		UCLA	DeShaun Foster 51 yard pass from Cade McNown (Chris Sailer kick)	UCLA 7–0
Q1		UCLA	DeShaun Foster 4 yard run (Chris Sailer kick)	UCLA 14–0
Q1		ORE	Jed Weaver 20 yard pass from Akili Smith (Nathan Villegas kick)	UCLA 14–7
Q2		UCLA	Chris Sailer 25 yard field goal	UCLA 17–7
Q2		UCLA	Danny Farmer 6 yard pass from Cade McNown (Chris Sailer kick)	UCLA 24–7
Q2		ORE	Akili Smith 2 yard run (Nathan Villegas kick)	UCLA 24–14
Q3		ORE	Reuben Droughns 8 yard run (Nathan Villegas kick)	UCLA 24–21
Q3		ORE	Nathan Villegas 27 yard field goal	Tie 24–24
Q4		ORE	Tony Hartley 36 yard pass from Akili Smith (Nathan Villegas kick)	ORE 31–24
Q4		UCLA	Jermaine Lewis 2 yard run (Chris Sailer kick)	Tie 31–31
Q4		UCLA	Danny Farmer 60 yard pass from Cade McNown (Chris Sailer kick)	UCLA 38–31
Q4		ORE	Damon Griffin 2 yard pass from Akili SMith (Nathan Villegas kick)	Tie 38–38
OT		UCLA	Chris Sailer 24 yard field goal	UCLA 41–38

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California

See also: 1998 California Golden Bears football team

UCLA vs. California

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• #2 UCLA	14	7	0	7	28
California	7	2	7	0	16

• Date: October 24, 1998
• Location: California Memorial Stadium
  Berkeley, California
• Game attendance: 55,000

Scoring summary

Q1	12:52	CAL	Muhammad 2 yard run (Brache kick)	CAL 7–0
Q1	6:36	UCLA	Poli-Dixon 17 yard pass from McNown (Sailer kick)	Tie 7–7
Q1	3:26	UCLA	Poli-Dixon 35 yard pass from McNown (Sailer kick)	UCLA 14–7
Q2	11:45	CAL	Safety, Sanyika tackled Price in end zone	UCLA 14–9
Q2	3:22	UCLA	Lewis 13 yard run (Sailer kick)	UCLA 21–9
Q3	:36	CAL	Young 2 yard pass from Vedder (Brache kick)	UCLA 21–16
Q4	13:53	UCLA	Dubravac 30 yard pass from Lewis (Sailer kick)	UCLA 28–16

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Stanford

See also: 1998 Stanford Cardinal football team

Stanford vs. UCLA

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Stanford	7	7	10	0	24
• #2 UCLA	7	7	0	14	28

• Date: October 31, 1998
• Location: Rose Bowl
  Pasadena, California
• Game attendance: 64,820

Oregon State

See also: 1998 Oregon State Beavers football team

UCLA vs. Oregon State

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 UCLA	0	17	7	17	41
Oregon State	0	10	14	10	34

• Date: November 7, 1998
• Location: Parker Stadium
  Corvallis, Oregon
• Game attendance: 26,017

Washington

See also: 1998 Washington Huskies football team

UCLA vs. Washington

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 UCLA	13	7	6	10	36
Washington	3	7	7	7	24

• Date: November 14, 1998
• Location: Husky Stadium
  Seattle
• Game attendance: 72,391

USC

USC vs. UCLA
(Victory Bell)

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
USC	3	7	7	0	17
• #3 UCLA	14	13	0	7	34

• Date: November 21, 1998
• Location: Rose Bowl
  Pasadena, California
• Game attendance: 88,080

See also: 1998 USC Trojans football team and Victory Bell (UCLA–USC)

Eight straight wins against the Trojans.

Miami (FL)

See also: 1998 Miami Hurricanes football team

UCLA vs. Miami

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 UCLA	7	10	21	7	45
• Miami	14	7	7	21	49

• Date: December 5, 1998
• Location: Orange Bowl
  Miami
• Game attendance: 46,819

Wisconsin (Rose Bowl)

Wisconsin vs. UCLA
(Rose Bowl)

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• #9 Badgers	7	17	7	7	38
#6 UCLA	7	14	7	3	31

• Date: January 1, 1999
• Location: Rose Bowl
  Pasadena, California
• Game start: 12:30 PST
• Game attendance: 93,872
• Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C), Sunny
• TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson and Bob Griese

Scoring summary

1		WIS	Ron Dayne 54-yard run (Matt Davenport kick)	WIS 7–0
1		UCLA	Jermaine Lewis 38-yard pass from Cade McNown (Chris Sailer kick)	Tied 7–7
2		WIS	Dayne 7-yard run (Davenport kick)	WIS 14–7
2		UCLA	Durell Price 61-yard pass from Freddie Mitchell (Sailer kick)	Tied 14–14
2		UCLA	Danny Farmer 41-yard pass from McNown (Sailer kick)	UCLA 21–14
2		WIS	Dayne 10-yard run (Davenport kick)	Tied 21–21
2		WIS	Davenport 40-yard field goal	Tied 24–21
3		WIS	Dayne 22-yard run (Davenport kick)	WIS 31–21
3		UCLA	Lewis 10-yard run (Sailer kick)	WIS 31–28
4		WIS	Jamar Fletcher 46-yard interception return (Davenport kick)	WIS 38–28
4		UCLA	UCLA – Sailer 30-yard field goal	WIS 38–31

Main article: 1999 Rose Bowl

See also: 1998 Wisconsin Badgers football team

Roster

1998 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 11 Drew Bennett So WR 87 Danny Farmer Jr OT 71 Kris Farris Sr RB 26 DeShaun Foster Fr QB 18 Cade McNown Sr WR 3 Freddie Mitchell Fr TE 40 Ryan Neufeld Sr FB 39 Craig Walendy Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 48 Ali Abdul Azziz Jr CB 20 Damian Allen So S 7 Marques Anderson Fr CB 35 Larry Atkins Sr LB 50 Brendon Ayanbadejo Sr CB 12 Jason Bell So DT 99 Kenyon Coleman Sr FS 27 Tod McBride Sr LB 47 Ryan Nece Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 58 Jeff Grau Fr	Head coach Bob Toledo Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 1998-09-28

1999 NFL draft

The following players were selected in the 1999 NFL draft.

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL team
Cade McNown	1	12	Quarterback	Chicago Bears
Kris Farris	3	74	Tackle	Pittsburgh Steelers
Larry Atkins	3	84	Outside Linebacker	Kansas City Chiefs