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1993 UCLA

8–⁠4 (6–⁠2 Pac-10), coached by Terry Donahue, finished No. 18 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1993, game by game: lost vs. California 25–27; lost vs. No. 8 Nebraska 13–14; won at No. 17 Stanford 28–25; won at San Diego State 52–13; won vs. No. 19 BYU 68–14; won vs. No. 12 Washington 39–25; won at Oregon State 20–17; won vs. No. 7 Arizona 37–17; won at Washington State 40–27; lost vs. Arizona State 3–9; won at No. 22 USC 27–21; lost vs. No. 9 Wisconsin 16–21+54−6Lost 25–27 vs. California-2CaliforniaLost 13–14 vs. No. 8 Nebraska-1No. 8 NebraskaWon 28–25 at No. 17 Stanford+3No. 17 StanfordWon 52–13 at San Diego State+39San Diego StateWon 68–14 vs. No. 19 BYU+54No. 19 BYUWon 39–25 vs. No. 12 Washington+14No. 12 WashingtonWon 20–17 at Oregon State+3Oregon StateWon 37–17 vs. No. 7 Arizona+20No. 7 ArizonaWon 40–27 at Washington State+13Washington StateLost 3–9 vs. Arizona State-6Arizona StateWon 27–21 at No. 22 USC+6No. 22 USCLost 16–21 vs. No. 9 Wisconsin-5No. 9 Wisconsin
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4vsCaliforniaL 25–⁠2759%
Sep 18vs8NebraskaL 13–⁠1436%
Sep 25at17StanfordW 28–⁠2524%
Sep 30atSan Diego StateW 52–⁠1339%
Oct 9vs19BYUW 68–⁠1447%
Oct 16vs12WashingtonW 39–⁠2549%
Oct 23atOregon StateW 20–⁠1773%
Oct 30vs7ArizonaW 37–⁠1757%
Nov 6atWashington StateW 40–⁠2759%
Nov 13vsArizona StateL 3–⁠975%
Nov 20at22USCW 27–⁠2142%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs9WisconsinRose BowlL 16–⁠2157%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wisconsin 21–⁠16 in the Rose Bowl; No. 18 in the final AP poll; Pac-10 champions.

In program history: The 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 7: 25
  2. Wk 8: 22
  3. Wk 9: 19
  4. Wk 10: 15
  5. Wk 11: 12
  6. Wk 12: 10
  7. Wk 13: 16
  8. Wk 14: 15
  9. Wk 15: 14
  10. Wk 16: 14
  11. Final: 18

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 1993.

Pac-10 champions6–⁠2 in the conference, shared with Arizona and USC

Led the nationBryan Reeves: receiving touchdowns (17 TD)

3 consensus All-AmericansJ.J. Stokes, WR; Jamir Miller, LB; Bjorn Merten, K

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠2 shared first in Pac-10
AP final
No. 18 peak No. 10
Points
368–⁠230
Coach
Terry Donahue
Elo
1663 +147 this season
SP+ rating
24.9 No. 7 of 105; offense No. 11, defense No. 13
SRS
20.7 No. 8 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Homer Smith
Defensive coordinator
Bob Field

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 1Jamir Miller LBArizona Cardinals
Rd 2Bruce Walker DTPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 2Vaughn Parker OGSan Diego Chargers
Rd 5Craig Novitsky OGNew Orleans Saints
Rd 5Marvin Goodwin DBPhiladelphia Eagles

All-Pac-10

7 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona6–⁠210–⁠210
UCLA6–⁠28–⁠418
USC6–⁠28–⁠5
Washington5–⁠37–⁠4
California4–⁠49–⁠425
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State3–⁠55–⁠6
Oregon2–⁠65–⁠6
Stanford2–⁠64–⁠7
Oregon State2–⁠64–⁠7

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