1993 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1993 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Terry Donahue. It was Donahue's 18th season as the UCLA head coach. The Bruins finished 8–4 overall, and were Pacific-10 Conference co-champions with a 6–2 record. The Bruins were invited to play in the Rose Bowl against Wisconsin on January 1, 1994. The team was ranked #18 in the final AP Poll and #17 in the final Coaches Poll.

1993 UCLA Bruins football
Pac-10 co-champion
Rose Bowl, L 16–21 vs. Wisconsin
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 18
Record	8–4 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach	Terry Donahue (18th season)
Offensive coordinator	Homer Smith (13th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Field (12th season)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl (Capacity: 102,083)
Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

1993 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Arizona +	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 18 UCLA +	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
USC +	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	5	–	0
Washington	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
No. 25 California	4	–	4	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
Arizona State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Washington State	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Oregon	2	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Stanford	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Oregon State	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:00 pm	California		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		L 25–27	53,634
September 18	12:30 pm	No. 8 Nebraska*		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 13–14	50,299
September 25	12:30 pm	at No. 17 Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ABC	W 28–25	53,700
September 30	5:00 pm	at San Diego State*		Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	ESPN	W 52–13	44,669
October 9	7:00 pm	No. 19 BYU*	No. 25	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	CBS	W 68–14	50,713
October 16	12:30 pm	No. 12 Washington	No. 22	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 39–25	40,830
October 23	3:30 pm	at Oregon State	No. 19	Parker Stadium Corvallis, OR	Prime	W 20–17	30,108
October 30	7:30 pm	No. 7 Arizona	No. 15	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ESPN	W 37–17	65,656
November 6	12:30 pm	at Washington State	No. 12	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ABC	W 40–27	34,987
November 13	3:30 pm	Arizona State	No. 10	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	Prime	L 3–9	40,346
November 20	12:30 pm	at No. 22 USC	No. 16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	ABC	W 27–21	93,458
January 1	1:30 pm	vs. No. 9 Wisconsin*	No. 14	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	ABC	L 16–21	101,237
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Wisconsin (Rose Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Wisconsin	7	7	0	7	21
#14 UCLA	3	0	0	13	16

Main article: 1994 Rose Bowl

See also: 1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The weather was 73 degrees and hazy. UCLA receiver J. J. Stokes set Rose Bowl records for receptions (14) and receiving yards (176). Brent Moss gashed the UCLA defense for 158 rushing yards and 2 TDs.

First quarter scoring: UCLA – Bjorn Merten 27-yard field goal; Wisconsin – Brent Moss three-yard run (Rick Schnetzky kick)

Second quarter scoring: Wisconsin – Moss one-yard run (Schnetzky kick)

Third quarter scoring: No Scoring

Fourth quarter scoring: UCLA – Ricky Davis 12-yard run (Merten kick); Wisconsin – Darrell Bevell 21-yard run (Schnetzky kick); UCLA – Mike Nguyen five-yard pass from Wayne Cook (2-point conversion pass failed)

Roster

1993 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 14 Brent Brennan Jr QB 15 Wayne Cook Jr C 58 Mike Flanagan So RB 20 Skip Hicks Fr WR 4 Kevin Jordan So OT 79 Jonathan Ogden So G 68 Vaughn Parker Sr WR 18 J. J. Stokes Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 23 Donnie Edwards So CB 21 Carl Greenwood Jr DT 93 Travis Kirschke Fr LB 95 Jamir Miller Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Terry Donahue Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Statistics

Team Stats	Wisconsin	UCLA
First Downs	21	31
Net Yards Rushing	250	212
Net Yards Passing	96	288
Total Yards	346	500
PC–PA–Int.	10–20–1	28–43–1
Punts–Avg.	6–38.2	2–35.0
Fumbles–Lost	2–0	5–5
Penalties–Yards	12–89	9–95

Awards and honors

• All-Americans: Marvin Goodwin (S), Bjorn Merten (PK, consensus), Jamir Miller (OLB, consensus), Craig Novitsky (OG), Vaughn Parker (OT), J.J. Stokes (WR, consensus)^[1]
• All-Conference First Team: Marvin Goodwin (SS), Bjorn Merten (PK), Jamir Miller (OLB), Craig Novitsky (OG), Vaughn Parker (OT), Darren Schager (P), J.J. Stokes (WR)

References

1. 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics, 2014