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1983 UCLA

7–⁠4–⁠1 (6–⁠1–⁠1 Pac-10), coached by Terry Donahue, finished No. 17 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1983, game by game: lost at No. 15 Georgia 8–19; tied vs. Arizona State 26–26; lost at No. 1 Nebraska 10–42; lost vs. BYU 35–37; won at Stanford 39–21; won at Washington State 24–14; won vs. California 20–16; won vs. No. 11 Washington 27–24; won at Oregon 24–13; lost at Arizona 24–27; won at USC 27–17; won vs. No. 4 Illinois 45–9+36−32Lost 8–19 at No. 15 Georgia-11No. 15 GeorgiaTied 26–26 vs. Arizona State0Arizona StateLost 10–42 at No. 1 Nebraska-32No. 1 NebraskaLost 35–37 vs. BYU-2BYUWon 39–21 at Stanford+18StanfordWon 24–14 at Washington State+10Washington StateWon 20–16 vs. California+4CaliforniaWon 27–24 vs. No. 11 Washington+3No. 11 WashingtonWon 24–13 at Oregon+11OregonLost 24–27 at Arizona-3ArizonaWon 27–17 at USC+10USCWon 45–9 vs. No. 4 Illinois+36No. 4 Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3at15GeorgiaL 8–⁠1938%
Sep 17vsArizona StateT 26–⁠2656%
Sep 24at1NebraskaL 10–⁠4225%
Oct 1vsBYUL 35–⁠3753%
Oct 8atStanfordW 39–⁠2165%
Oct 15atWashington StateW 24–⁠1467%
Oct 22vsCaliforniaW 20–⁠1673%
Oct 29vs11WashingtonW 27–⁠2456%
Nov 5atOregonW 24–⁠1375%
Nov 12atArizonaL 24–⁠2760%
Nov 19atUSCW 27–⁠1755%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs4IllinoisRose BowlW 45–⁠945%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Illinois 45–⁠9 in the Rose Bowl; No. 17 in the final AP poll; Pac-10 champions.

In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20
  2. Final: 17

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 1983.

Pac-10 champions6–⁠1–⁠1 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanDon Rogers, DB

Record
7–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠1–⁠1 first in Pac-10
AP final
No. 17 peak No. 17
Points
309–⁠265
Coach
Terry Donahue
Elo
1711 +62 this season
SP+ rating
20.8 No. 9 of 108; offense No. 7, defense No. 18
SRS
13.0 No. 17 of 112 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Homer Smith
Defensive coordinators
Bob Field and Tom Hayes

Drafted in 1984

The 1984 draft
Rd 1Don Rogers DBCleveland Browns
Rd 3Jay Schroeder QBWashington Redskins

All-Pac-10

7 first team, 1 second team

First team

  • Kevin NelsonRBCoaches-1
  • Mike SherrardWRCoaches-1
  • Paul BergmannTECoaches-1
  • Duval LoveOTCoaches-1
  • Neal DelloconoLBCoaches-1
  • Don RogersDBCoaches-1
  • Lupe SanchezDBCoaches-1

Second team

  • Doug WestLBCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1983 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1983 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠4–⁠117
Washington5–⁠28–⁠4
Washington State5–⁠37–⁠4
USC4–⁠34–⁠6–⁠1
Arizona4–⁠3–⁠17–⁠3–⁠1
Arizona State3–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon3–⁠3–⁠14–⁠6–⁠1
California3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Stanford1–⁠71–⁠10

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