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1980 UCLA

9–⁠2 (5–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Terry Donahue, finished No. 13 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1980, game by game: won vs. Colorado 56–14; won at Purdue 23–14; won vs. Wisconsin 35–0; won at No. 2 Ohio State 17–0; won vs. No. 16 Stanford 35–21; won at California 32–9; lost at Arizona 17–23; lost vs. Oregon 14–20; won at Arizona State 23–14; won vs. No. 12 USC 20–17; won vs. Oregon State 34–3+42−6Won 56–14 vs. Colorado+42ColoradoWon 23–14 at Purdue+9PurdueWon 35–0 vs. Wisconsin+35WisconsinWon 17–0 at No. 2 Ohio State+17No. 2 Ohio StateWon 35–21 vs. No. 16 Stanford+14No. 16 StanfordWon 32–9 at California+23CaliforniaLost 17–23 at Arizona-6ArizonaLost 14–20 vs. Oregon-6OregonWon 23–14 at Arizona State+9Arizona StateWon 20–17 vs. No. 12 USC+3No. 12 USCWon 34–3 vs. Oregon State+31Oregon State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsColoradoW 56–⁠1471%
Sep 20atPurdueW 23–⁠1438%
Sep 27vsWisconsinW 35–⁠079%
Oct 4at2Ohio StateW 17–⁠032%
Oct 11vs16StanfordW 35–⁠2166%
Oct 25atCaliforniaW 32–⁠970%
Nov 1atArizonaL 17–⁠2375%
Nov 8vsOregonL 14–⁠2072%
Nov 15atArizona StateW 23–⁠1452%
Nov 22vs12USCW 20–⁠1744%
Nov 30vsOregon StateW 34–⁠393%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Oregon State 34–⁠3; No. 13 in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 19th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 16
  2. Wk 5: 11
  3. Wk 6: 5
  4. Wk 7: 4
  5. Wk 8: 3
  6. Wk 9: 2
  7. Wk 10: 8
  8. Wk 11: 17
  9. Wk 12: 18
  10. Wk 13: 14
  11. Wk 14: 14
  12. Wk 15: 15
  13. Final: 13

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1980.

Consensus All-AmericanKenny Easley, S

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠2 2nd in Pac-10
AP final
No. 13 peak No. 2
Points
306–⁠135
Coach
Terry Donahue
Elo
1676 +120 this season
SP+ rating
20.7 No. 13 of 133; offense No. 19, defense No. 14
SRS
20.9 No. 10 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Homer Smith
Defensive coordinator
Jed Hughes

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 1Freeman McNeil RBNew York Jets
Rd 1Kenny Easley DBSeattle Seahawks
Rd 5Larry Lee OGDetroit Lions

All-Pac-10

6 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Cormac CarneyWRCoaches-2
  • John TautoloOGCoaches-2
  • Lupe SanchezDBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1980 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington6–⁠19–⁠316
UCLA5–⁠29–⁠213
USC4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠111
Arizona State5–⁠37–⁠4
Oregon4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Stanford3–⁠46–⁠5
Arizona3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠7
California3–⁠53–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠80–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.