1979 UCLA Bruins football team

	1979 Pacific-10 football standings
	† – Conference champion ; Rankings from AP Poll

UCLA Bruins football
	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
	Seasons ← 1978 1980 →

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]

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Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	No. 16 Houston*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 16–24	40,008
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 24–27	70,205
October 13	at Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	L 14–17	32,651
October 20	California		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)	W 28–27	40,546
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 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1979 UCLA Bruins football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
G	`72`	Boyd, BrentBrent Boyd
RB	`24`	McNeil, FreemanFreeman McNeil	5.0 !Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`5`	Easley, KennyKenny Easley	5.0 !Jr
DE		Gary, JoeJoe Gary	3.0 !So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1979 Pacific-10 football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 USC †	6	–	0	–	1	11	–	0	–	1
#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 Rankings from AP Poll