1998 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1998 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Bob Toledo. It was Toledo's third season as the UCLA head coach. The Bruins finished 10–2 overall and were Pacific-10 Conference champions with an 8–0 record. The Bruins played in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1999, losing to the Wisconsin Badgers.[1] The team was ranked #8 in the final AP Poll and #8 in the final Coaches Poll.

1998 UCLA Bruins football
Pac-10 champion
Rose Bowl, L 31–38 vs. Wisconsin
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 8
Record10–2 (8–0 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAl Borges (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorNick Aliotti (1st season)
Home stadiumRose Bowl
(Capacity: 98,636)
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 8 UCLA $ 80  102 
No. 4 Arizona 71  121 
Oregon 53  84 
USC 53  85 
Washington 44  66 
Arizona State 44  56 
California 35  56 
Oregon State 26  56 
Stanford 26  38 
Washington State 08  38 
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Pre-season

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 1212:30 pmNo. 23 Texas*No. 6ABCW 49–3173,070[2]
September 1912:30 pmat Houston*No. 4FXW 42–2419,540[3]
October 312:30 pmWashington StateNo. 4
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
ABCW 49–1767,210[4]
October 107:15 pmat No. 10 ArizonaNo. 3FSNW 52–2858,738[5]
October 1712:30 pmNo. 11 OregonNo. 2
ABCW 41–38 OT75,367[6]
October 2412:30 pmat CaliforniaNo. 2ABCW 28–1655,000[7]
October 313:30 pmStanfordNo. 2
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
FXW 28–2464,820[8]
November 73:30 pmat Oregon StateNo. 3FSNW 41–3426,017[9]
November 1412:30 pmat WashingtonNo. 3ABCW 36–2472,391[10]
November 2112:30 pmUSCNo. 3
ABCW 34–1788,080[11]
December 511:00 amat Miami (FL)*No. 3
ESPNL 45–4946,819[12]
January 11:30 pmvs. No. 9 Wisconsin*No. 6
ABCL 31–3893,872[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP7 (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)68
Coaches Poll7 (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)358
BCSNot released1322225Not released

Roster

1998 UCLA Bruins football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB11Drew BennettSo
WR87Danny FarmerJr
OT71Kris FarrisSr
RB26DeShaun FosterFr
QB18Cade McNownSr
WR3Freddie MitchellFr
TE40Ryan NeufeldSr
FB39Craig WalendySr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB48Ali Abdul AzzizJr
CB20Damian AllenSo
S7Marques AndersonFr
CB35Larry AtkinsSr
LB50Brendon AyanbadejoSr
CB12Jason BellSo
DT99Kenyon ColemanSr
FS27Tod McBrideSr
LB47Ryan NeceFr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS58Jeff GrauFr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 1998-09-28

Game summaries

Texas

Texas vs. UCLA
1234Total
#23 Texas3072131
#6 UCLA21147749

Houston

UCLA vs. Houston
1234Total
#4 UCLA02114742
Houston687324

Washington State

Washington State vs. UCLA
1234Total
Washington State0100717
#4 UCLA21147749

Arizona

UCLA vs. Arizona
1234Total
#3 UCLA714102152
#10 Arizona1477028

Oregon

Oregon vs. UCLA
1234OTTotal
#11 Oregon771014038
#2 UCLA1410014341

[14]

California

UCLA vs. California
1234Total
#2 UCLA1470728
California727016

[15]

Stanford

Stanford vs. UCLA
1234Total
Stanford7710024
#2 UCLA7701428

Oregon State

UCLA vs. Oregon State
1234Total
#3 UCLA01771741
Oregon State010141034

Washington

UCLA vs. Washington
1234Total
#3 UCLA13761036
Washington377724

USC

USC vs. UCLA
(Victory Bell)
1234Total
USC377017
#3 UCLA14130734

Eight straight wins against the Trojans.

Miami (FL)

UCLA vs. Miami
1234Total
#3 UCLA71021745
Miami14772149

Wisconsin (Rose Bowl)

Wisconsin vs. UCLA
(Rose Bowl)
1234Total
#9 Badgers7177738
#6 UCLA7147331

1999 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Team
Cade McNown112QuarterbackChicago Bears
Kris Farris374TacklePittsburgh Steelers
Larry Atkins384Outside LinebackerKansas City Chiefs

References