1982 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1982 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh year under head coach Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled a 10–1–1 record (5–1–1 Pac-10), finished in first place in the Pacific-10 Conference.

1982 UCLA Bruins football
Rose Bowl champion Pac-10 champion
Rose Bowl, W 24–14 vs. Michigan
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 5
Record	10–1–1 (5–1–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Terry Donahue (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Homer Smith (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Bob Field (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Tom Hayes (1st season)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl
Seasons ← 1981 1983 →

1982 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 UCLA $	5	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
No. 7 Washington	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Arizona State	5	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 15 USC	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Arizona	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
California	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Stanford	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Oregon	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
Oregon State	0	–	7	–	1			1	–	9	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

In the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day, the Bruins defeated Michigan of the Big Ten Conference by ten points and remained at fifth in the final AP Poll.^[1]

UCLA's offensive leaders in 1982 were quarterback Tom Ramsey with 2,986 passing yards, running back Danny Andrews with 482 rushing yards, and wide receiver Cormac Carney with 779 receiving yards.^[2]

Prior to this season, UCLA moved its home games to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena; they had played in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum since 1928, sharing with the USC Trojans.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	Long Beach State*	No. 18	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		W 41–10	45,396	[3]
September 18	at Wisconsin*	No. 14	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 51–26	77,947	[4]
September 25	at No. 20 Michigan*	No. 12	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	CBS	W 31–27	105,413	[5]
October 2	at Colorado*	No. 9	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	KTLA	W 34–6	38,702	[6]
October 9	Arizona	No. 8	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		T 24–24	50,133	[7]
October 16	Washington State	No. 12	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		W 42–17	41,732	[8]
October 23	at California	No. 11	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 47–31	51,600	[9]
October 30	Oregon	No. 11	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		W 40–12	40,808	[10]
November 6	at No. 10 Washington	No. 9	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	CBS	L 7–10	58,558	[11]
November 13	Stanford	No. 12	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		W 38–35	78,452	[12]
November 20	No. 15 USC	No. 11	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)	ABC	W 20–19	95,736	[13]
January 1, 1983	vs. No. 19 Michigan*	No. 5	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	NBC	W 24–14	104,991	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1982 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB Danny Andrews TE Paul Bergmann QB 12 Steve Bono Jr RB Frank Bruno WR 83 Cormac Carney Sr RB 46 Frank Cephous Jr WR Karl Dorrell G 59 Dan Dufour Sr OT 75 Irv Eatman Sr OL Steve Gemza C 69 Joe Goebel Fr TE Harper Howell OT 67 Duval Love So OL Don Mahlstedt RB Terry Morehead RB Kevin Nelson QB 10 Rick Neuheisel Jr QB 9 David Norrie Fr QB 14 Tom Ramsey Sr RB Toa Saipale RB Burness Scott WR 82 Mike Sherrard Fr WR 26 Jo-Jo Townsell Sr RB Bryan Wiley WR 8 Dokie Williams Sr OL Steve Williams G 68 Blake Wingle Sr OL Chris Yelich WR 18 Mike Young So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL Mike Barbee LB 39 Neal Dellocono So DB Mike Durden DL Mark Ferguson LB 57 Rex Gray Jr LB Lee Knowles DB 2 Walter Lang Sr LB Eugene Leoni LB 27 Blanchard Montgomery Sr NG 40 Karl Morgan Sr DB 47 Ron Pitts So DL David Randle S 7 Don Rogers Jr DB 21 Lupe Sanchez Sr DB Tom Sullivan DB 35 Jimmy Turner Sr DE 95 Mark Walen Fr S 2 Herb Welch So LB 41 Doug West Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P Kevin Buenafe K 25 John Lee Fr K Ken Potter	Head coach Terry Donahue Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Long Beach State

• JoJo Townsell 5 Rec, 133 Yds

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At Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 14 UCLA 10 20 7 14 51 Wisconsin 0 6 13 7 26 Date: September 18 Location: Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI Game attendance: 77,947

Scoring summary Q1 UCLA Ramsey 1 yard run (Potter kick) UCLA 7–0 Q1 UCLA Potter 27 yard field goal UCLA 10–0 Q2 UCLA Bergmann 3 yard pass from Ramsey (Potter kick) UCLA 17–0 Q2 UCLA Nelson 5 yard run (Potter kick) UCLA 24–0 Q2 WIS Wright 1 yard run (run failed) UCLA 24–6 Q2 UCLA Ramsey 1 yard run (kick failed) UCLA 30–6 Q3 UCLA Cephaus 12 yard run (Potter kick) UCLA 37–6 Q3 WIS Stracko 19 yard pass from Wright (Doran kick) UCLA 37–13 Q3 WIS Williams 1 yard run (run failed) UCLA 37–19 Q4 UCLA Howell 1 yard pass from Ramsey (Potter kick) UCLA 44–19 Q4 UCLA Sherrod 20 yard pass from Neuheisel (Potter kick) UCLA 51–19 Q4 WIS Stracko 16 yard pass from Wright (Doran kick) UCLA 51–26

Tom Ramsey completed 17 of 24 passes for 260 yards and rushed 17 times for 56 yards in the game.^[16]

At Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total • No. 12 UCLA 0 14 14 3 31 No. 20 Michigan 7 17 3 0 27 Date: September 2 Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan Game attendance: 105,413

Down 21–0 in the second quarter, Tom Ramsey mounted a 28-point comeback in the second and third quarters to defeat the 20th ranked Michigan team before a capacity crowd of 105,413 fans in Michigan Stadium.

Colorado

• Cormac Carney 6 Rec, 103 Yds^[17]

Arizona

• Tom Ramsey 345 pass yards^[18]

California

• Tom Ramsey 322 pass yards
• Cormac Carney 4 Rec, 132 Yds ^[19]

Stanford

• Tom Ramsey 314 pass yards
• Danny Andrews 21 rushes, 148 yards
• Cormac Carney 6 receptions, 137 yards ^[20]

USC

See also: 1982 USC Trojans football team and Victory Bell (UCLA–USC)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
USC	3	7	0	9	19
UCLA	14	3	3	0	20

Game information

First quarter UCLA – Howell 9-yard pass from Tom Ramsey (John Lee kick). UCLA 7–0. Drive: USC – Steve Jordan 44-yard field goal. UCLA 7–3. Drive: UCLA – Danny Andrews 23-yard run (John Lee kick). UCLA 14–3. Drive: Second quarter UCLA – John Lee 45-yard field goal. UCLA 17–3. Drive: USC – Todd Spencer 3-yard run (Steve Jordan kick). UCLA 17–10. Drive: Third quarter UCLA – John Lee 42-yard field goal. UCLA 20–10. Drive: Fourth quarter USC – Steve Jordan 21-yard field goal. UCLA 20–13. Drive: USC – Mark Boyer 1-yard pass from Scott Tinsley (run failed), 0:00. UCLA 20–19. Drive: Top passers USC – Scott Tinsley – 14/23, 137 yards, TD, INT UCLA – Tom Ramsey – 11/24, 135 yards Top rushers USC – Anthony Gibson – 30 rushes, 97 yards UCLA – Danny Andrews – 15 rushes, 78 yards, TD Top receivers USC – Jeff Simmons – 4 receptions, 46 yards UCLA – Kevin Nelson – 2 receptions, 33 yards

#15 USC Trojans at #11 UCLA Bruins

at Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

• Date: November 20, 1982
• Game attendance: 95,736
• Gainesville Sun, 1982 Nov 21.

Noseguard Karl Morgan rushed in to tackle down USC quarterback Scott Tinsley, preventing him from scoring a two-pont conversion after Tinsley had thrown a pass to bring the Trojans back within a point. Linebacker Neal Dellocono was the most valuable player of the game.^[21]

With the win (and Washington's loss), UCLA clinched a Rose Bowl berth.

Vs. Michigan (Rose Bowl)

Main article: 1983 Rose Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Michigan	0	7	0	7	14
#5 UCLA	7	3	7	7	24

UCLA took a 10–0 lead in the second quarter. A hard hit by UCLA defensive back Don Rogers separated Michigan quarterback Steve Smith's shoulder and knocked him out of the game. Backup David Hall got the Wolverines on the board, making the halftime score 10–7. In the third quarter, Tom Ramsey completed seven straight passes and led UCLA on a drive that was capped by Danny Andrews' nine-yard touchdown run to make the score 17–7. In the fourth quarter, UCLA got an interception inside the Michigan 20-yard line and scored again for a 24–7 lead. Michigan scored late to close the score to 24–14.^[22][23]

1983 NFL Draft

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

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Blanchard Montgomery	Linebacker	3	59	San Francisco 49ers
Jo-Jo Townsell	Wide receiver	3	78	New York Jets

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