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

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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

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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

1. "1980 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
2. "1980 UCLA Bruins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
3. "Bruins go on a Buffalo hunt." Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Sept 14.
4. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1981.htm