1990 UCLA Bruins football team

American college football season

1990 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific-10
Record5–6 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Terry Donahue (15th season)
Offensive coordinatorHomer Smith (10th season)
Defensive coordinatorBob Field (9th season)
Home stadiumRose Bowl
Seasons
← 1989
1991 →
1990 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Washington $ 7 1 0 10 2 0
No. 20 USC 5 2 1 8 4 1
Oregon 4 3 0 8 4 0
California 4 3 1 7 4 1
Arizona 5 4 0 7 5 0
UCLA 4 4 0 5 6 0
Stanford 4 4 0 5 6 0
Arizona State 2 5 0 4 7 0
Washington State 2 6 0 3 8 0
Oregon State 1 6 0 1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 UCLA Bruins football team represented University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1990 college football season. The team was coached by Terry Donahue and finished the season with a 5–6–0 record in 6th place in the conference.[1] UCLA finished below .500 in consecutive season for the first time since 196364.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 812:30 pmNo. 23 Oklahoma*No. 19
ABCL 14–3450,068
September 153:30 pmStanford
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
PSNW 32–3145,855
September 229:00 amat No. 7 Michigan*ABCL 15–38104,992
September 298:00 pmat Washington StateESPNW 30–2034,190
October 612:30 pmNo. 25 Arizona
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
ABCL 21–2850,156
October 137:00 pmSan Diego State*
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
PSNW 45–3141,025
October 201:00 pmat CaliforniaL 31–3850,000
October 273:30 pmOregon State
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
PSNW 26–1742,427
November 31:00 pmat No. 22 OregonL 24–2845,901
November 1012:30 pmat No. 2 WashingtonABCW 25–2271,925
November 1712:30 pmNo. 19 USC
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)
ABCL 42–4598,088
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Roster

1990 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR Bryan Adams
TE Corwin Anthony
TE Randy Austin
QB Jim Bonds
RB Brian Brown
RB Kaleaph Carter
QB Wayne Cook Fr
TE Rick Daly
QB Bert Emanuel
OL Rick Fuller
OL Aaron Gideon
WR Sean LaChapelle
QB 8 Tommy Maddox
WR 2 Scott Miller
WR Michael Moore
WR Reggie Moore
OL Craig Novitsky
WR Paul Richardson
RB Kevin Smith
OL Scott Spalding
OL Derek Stevens
RB Maury Toy
RB Shawn Willis
OL Lance Zeno
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB Arnold Ale
LB Stacy Argo
DL Mike Chalenski
DB Travis Collier
DB Matt Darby
DB Carlton Gray
LB Rocen Keeton
DL Brian Kelly
DB 26 Dion Lambert
LB Brian Lockwood
DB Damion Lyons
LB James Malone
DL Emmanuel Onwutuebe
LB 40 Roman Phifer
LB Meech Shaw
DL Siltupe Tuala
S 29 Eric Turner
DL Matt Werner
DB Michael Williams
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K Brad Daluiso
P Courtney Keyler
P Darren Schager
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Homer Smith (OC)

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

Season summary

Oklahoma

Stanford

At Michigan

At Washington State

Arizona

San Diego State

At California

Oregon State

At Oregon

At Washington

USC

#19 USC Trojans (7–2–1) at UCLA Bruins (5–5)
Period 1 2 34Total
USC 14 7 32145
UCLA 7 7 72142

at Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

  • Date: November 17
  • Game weather: Sunny
  • Game attendance: 98,088
  • TV: ABC
  • [2]
Game information
First quarter
  • USC – Stephon Pace 27-yard interception return (pass failed). USC 6–0.
  • UCLA – Tommy Maddox 9-yard run (Brad Daluiso kick). UCLA 7–6.
  • USC – Mazio Royster 7-yard run (pass good). USC 14–7.
Second quarter
  • UCLA – Sean LaChapelle 47-yard pass from Tommy Maddox (Brad Daluiso kick). Tie 14–14.
  • USC – Todd Marinovich 1-yard run (Quin Rodriguez kick). USC 21–14.
Third quarter
  • USC – Quin Rodriguez 20-yard field goal, 4:19. USC 24–14. Drive: 19 plays, 68 yards.
  • UCLA – Brian Brown 5-yard run (Brad Daluiso kick). USC 24–21.
Fourth quarter
  • USC – Jason Oliver 34-yard interception return (Quin Rodriguez kick), 12:02. USC 31–21.
  • UCLA – Scott Miller 29-yard pass from Tommy Maddox (Brad Daluiso kick), 10:46. USC 31–28.
  • UCLA – Scott Miller 38-yard pass from Tommy Maddox (Brad Daluiso kick), 9:17. UCLA 35–31.
  • USC – Johnnie Morton 21-yard pass from Todd Marinovich (Quin Rodriguez kick), 3:09. USC 38–35. Drive: 8 plays, 47 yards.
  • UCLA – Kevin Smith 1-yard run (Brad Daluiso kick), 1:19. UCLA 42–38. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards.
  • USC – Johnnie Morton 23-yard pass from Todd Marinovich (Quin Rodriguez kick), 0:16. USC 45–42. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards.
Top passers
Top rushers
  • USC – Mazio Royster – 31 rushes, 157 yards, TD
  • UCLA – Tommy Maddox – 9 rushes, 36 yards, TD
Top receivers
  • USC – Gary Wellman – 7 receptions, 99 yards
  • UCLA – Scott Miller – 8 receptions, 175 yards, 2 TD

  • 60th meeting
  • Maddox 409 yards passing, Miller 175 yards receiving (single game school records)

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Awards and honors

  • All-Americans: Roman Phifer (OLB), Eric Turner (S), Scott Miller (WR, third team)[4]
  • All-Conference First Team: Eric Turner (S), Roman Phifer (OLB)

References

  1. ^ 2013 UCLA Football Media Guide, UCLA, 2013
  2. ^ "SC wins fight for LA". Google News. Eugene Register-Guard. November 18, 1990. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "SC wins fight for LA". Google News. Eugene Register-Guard. November 18, 1990. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  4. ^ 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics, 2014
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