1979 UCLA Bruins football team

1979 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific-10
1979 record	5–6 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Terry Donahue (4th season)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1979 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 USC $	6	–	0	–	1	11	–	0	–	1
No. 11 Washington	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Arizona	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	1
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
California	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Stanford	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Arizona State *	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
UCLA	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion * – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was Terry Donahue's fourth season as the Bruins' head coach.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	No. 16 Houston*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 16-24	-
September 15	No. 5 Purdue*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 31-21	44,174
September 22	at Wisconsin*	No. 20	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	W 37-12	78,830
September 29	No. 14 Ohio State*	No. 17	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 13-17	47,228
October 6	at Stanford		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 27-24	70,205
October 13	at Washington State		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	L 14-17	32,651
October 20	at California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)	W 28-27	-
October 27	No. 20 Washington		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 14-34	35,757
November 10	Arizona State		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	W 31-28	34,763
November 17	at Oregon		Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 35-0	41,235
November 24	at No. 4 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	L 14-49	88,214
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

↑ 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics Department, 2014
↑ "2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved June 14, 2017.

UCLA Bruins football
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Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games California USC Victory Bell Crosstown Cup
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People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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