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 season)
Offensive coordinator	Homer Smith (3rd season)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Capacity 92,604)
Seasons

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.

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.

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 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Colorado

by Quarter 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

Roster

1980 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 24 McNeil, FreemanFreeman McNeil 7.0 !Sr TE 91 Wrightman, TimTim Wrightman	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 5 Easley, KennyKenny Easley 7.0 !Sr DE Gary, JoeJoe Gary 5.0 !Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Terry Donahue Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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

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