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1985 UCLA

9–⁠2–⁠1 (6–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Terry Donahue, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1985, game by game: won at No. 8 BYU 27–24; tied at Tennessee 26–26; won vs. San Diego State 34–16; lost at Washington 14–21; won vs. Arizona State 40–17; won at Stanford 34–9; won at Washington State 31–30; won vs. California 34–7; won at Arizona 24–19; won vs. Oregon State 41–0; lost at USC 13–17; won vs. No. 4 Iowa 45–28+41−7Won 27–24 at No. 8 BYU+3No. 8 BYUTied 26–26 at Tennessee0TennesseeWon 34–16 vs. San Diego State+18San Diego StateLost 14–21 at Washington-7WashingtonWon 40–17 vs. Arizona State+23Arizona StateWon 34–9 at Stanford+25StanfordWon 31–30 at Washington State+1Washington StateWon 34–7 vs. California+27CaliforniaWon 24–19 at Arizona+5ArizonaWon 41–0 vs. Oregon State+41Oregon StateLost 13–17 at USC-4USCWon 45–28 vs. No. 4 Iowa+17No. 4 Iowa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7at8BYUW 27–⁠2428%
Sep 14atTennesseeT 26–⁠2650%
Sep 21vsSan Diego StateW 34–⁠1675%
Sep 28atWashingtonL 14–⁠2146%
Oct 5vsArizona StateW 40–⁠1768%
Oct 12atStanfordW 34–⁠972%
Oct 19atWashington StateW 31–⁠3064%
Oct 26vsCaliforniaW 34–⁠784%
Nov 9atArizonaW 24–⁠1952%
Nov 16vsOregon StateW 41–⁠093%
Nov 23atUSCL 13–⁠1768%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs4IowaRose BowlW 45–⁠2844%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Iowa 45–⁠28 in the Rose Bowl; No. 7 in the final AP poll; Pac-10 champions.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 20
  2. Wk 2: 20
  3. Wk 3: 10
  4. Wk 4: 12
  5. Wk 5: 13
  6. Wk 8: 18
  7. Wk 9: 17
  8. Wk 10: 15
  9. Wk 11: 14
  10. Wk 12: 13
  11. Wk 13: 8
  12. Wk 14: 16
  13. Wk 15: 14
  14. Wk 16: 13
  15. Final: 7

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 1985.

Pac-10 champions6–⁠2 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanJohn Lee, K

Record
9–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
6–⁠2 first in Pac-10
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 7
Points
363–⁠214
Coach
Terry Donahue
Elo
1713 +98 this season
SP+ rating
25.5 No. 3 of 106; offense No. 3, defense No. 16
SRS
19.2 No. 8 of 110 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Homer Smith
Defensive coordinators
Bob Field and Tom Hayes

Drafted in 1986

The 1986 draft
Rd 1Mike Sherrard WRDallas Cowboys
Rd 2John Lee KSt. Louis Cardinals
Rd 3Mark Walen DTDallas Cowboys
Rd 4Tommy Taylor LBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 6Robert Cox OTLos Angeles Rams

All-Pac-10

5 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1985 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1985 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UCLA6–⁠29–⁠2–⁠17
Arizona5–⁠28–⁠3–⁠1
Arizona State5–⁠28–⁠4
Washington5–⁠37–⁠5
USC5–⁠36–⁠6
Oregon3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State3–⁠54–⁠7
Stanford3–⁠54–⁠7
Oregon State2–⁠63–⁠8
California2–⁠74–⁠7

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