1995 UCLA Bruins football team

1995 UCLA Bruins football
Aloha Bowl, L 30–51 vs. Kansas
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1995 record	7–5 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Terry Donahue (20th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bob Toledo (2nd season)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl (Capacity: 102,083)
Seasons

1995 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#12 USC §	6	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
Washington §	6	–	1	–	1			7	–	4	–	1
#18 Oregon	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Stanford	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	1
UCLA	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Arizona	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Arizona State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
California	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
§ – Conference co-champions As Washington and USC tied, Non-Conference record was the tie-breaking rule used to select USC for the Rose Bowl Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was ranked 16th in the pre=season AP Poll. In the final game of the season, the Bruins lost to the 11th-ranked Kansas Jayhawks in the Aloha Bowl, 51–30. UCLA finished in a fifth place tie in the Pacific-10 Conference.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	5:00 PM	No. 12 Miami (FL)*	No. 15	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 31–8	60,091
September 9	4:00 PM	at BYU*	No. 12	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	ABC	W 23–9	60,379
September 16	12:30 PM	No. 20 Oregon	No. 12	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 31–38	42,537
September 23	12:30 PM	at Washington State	No. 16	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ABC	L 15–24	33,711
September 30	7:00 PM	Fresno State*		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	PSN	W 45–21	44,449
October 14	4:00 PM	Arizona		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 17–10	43,798
October 21	12:30 PM	at No. 23 Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ABC	W 42–28	45,075
October 28	12:30 PM	California	No. 24	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		W 33–16	53,614
November 4	3:30 PM	at Arizona State	No. 22	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	PSN	L 33–37	48,126
November 11	12:30 PM	No. 22 Washington		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		L 14–38	50,104
November 18	12:30 PM	at No. 11 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	ABC	W 24–20	91,363
December 25	12:30 PM	vs. No. 11 Kansas*		Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ABC	L 30–51	41,112
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Game summaries

Aloha Bowl

	1	2	3	4	OT
UCLA	0	0	7	23	30
Kansas	7	10	20	14	51

See also: 1995 Aloha Bowl

First quarter scoring: KU—Jim Moore, nine-yard pass from Mark Williams (Jeff McCord converts)

Second quarter scoring: KU—June Henley, 49-yard run. McCord converts; KU—McCord, 27-yard field goal.

Third quarter scoring KU—Henley, two-yard run. McCord kick fails; UCLA—Brad Melsby, eight-yard pass from Cade McNown (Bjorn Merten kick); KU—Isaac Byrd, 77-yard pass from Williams (McCord converts); KU—Andre Carter, 27-yard pass from Williams (McCord converts)

Fourth quarter scoring UCLA—Kevin Jordan, eight-yard pass from McNown (Merten kick); UCLA — Karim Abdul-Jabbar five-yard run (Melsby pass from McNown); KU—Williams, six-yard run (McCord converts); UCLA—Melsby, seven-yard pass from McNown (Abdul-Jabbar run); KU—Eric Vann, 67-yard run (McCord converts)

Running back Karim Abdul-Jabbar was named MVP of the Aloha Bowl.

Roster

1995 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class T 71 Farris, KrisKris Farris 1.0 !Fr RB 20 Hicks, SkipSkip Hicks 3.0 !So WR 4 Jordan, KevinKevin Jordan 7.0 !Sr QB 18 McNown, CadeCade McNown 1.0 !Fr T 79 Ogden, JonathanJonathan Ogden 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 35 Atkins, LarryLarry Atkins 1.0 !Fr LB 50 Ayanbadejo, BrendonBrendon Ayanbadejo 1.0 !Fr LB 23 Edwards, DonnieDonnie Edwards 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Terry Donahue Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Awards and honors

• All-Americans:
• All-Conference First Team: