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1995 UCLA

7–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Terry Donahue.

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1995, game by game: won vs. No. 12 Miami 31–8; won at BYU 23–9; lost vs. No. 20 Oregon 31–38; lost at Washington State 15–24; won vs. Fresno State 45–21; won vs. Arizona 17–10; won at No. 23 Stanford 42–28; won vs. California 33–16; lost at Arizona State 33–37; lost vs. No. 22 Washington 14–38; won at No. 11 USC 24–20; lost vs. No. 11 Kansas 30–51+24−24Won 31–8 vs. No. 12 Miami+23No. 12 MiamiWon 23–9 at BYU+14BYULost 31–38 vs. No. 20 Oregon-7No. 20 OregonLost 15–24 at Washington State-9Washington StateWon 45–21 vs. Fresno State+24Fresno StateWon 17–10 vs. Arizona+7ArizonaWon 42–28 at No. 23 Stanford+14No. 23 StanfordWon 33–16 vs. California+17CaliforniaLost 33–37 at Arizona State-4Arizona StateLost 14–38 vs. No. 22 Washington-24No. 22 WashingtonWon 24–20 at No. 11 USC+4No. 11 USCLost 30–51 vs. No. 11 Kansas-21No. 11 Kansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vs12MiamiW 31–⁠838%
Sep 9atBYUW 23–⁠949%
Sep 16vs20OregonL 31–⁠3857%
Sep 23atWashington StateL 15–⁠2447%
Sep 30vsFresno StateW 45–⁠2164%
Oct 14vsArizonaW 17–⁠1059%
Oct 21at23StanfordW 42–⁠2849%
Oct 28vsCaliforniaW 33–⁠1680%
Nov 4atArizona StateL 33–⁠3758%
Nov 11vs22WashingtonL 14–⁠3860%
Nov 18at11USCW 24–⁠2029%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvs11KansasAloha BowlL 30–⁠5148%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas 51–⁠30 in the Aloha Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 16
  2. Wk 2: 15
  3. Wk 3: 12
  4. Wk 4: 12
  5. Wk 5: 16
  6. Wk 10: 24
  7. Wk 11: 22

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 1995.

Outland TrophyJonathan Ogden, OT

Consensus All-AmericanJonathan Ogden, OT

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
338–⁠300
Coach
Terry Donahue
Elo
1578 +37 this season
SP+ rating
11.9 No. 29 of 107; offense No. 18, defense No. 54
SRS
7.0 No. 31 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Toledo
Defensive coordinator
Bob Field

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 1Jonathan Ogden OTBaltimore Ravens
Rd 3Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar RBMiami Dolphins
Rd 3Mike Flanagan CGreen Bay Packers
Rd 4Donnie Edwards LBKansas City Chiefs

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Paul GuidryRSCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠1–⁠19–⁠2–⁠112
Washington6–⁠1–⁠17–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon6–⁠29–⁠318
Stanford5–⁠37–⁠4–⁠1
UCLA4–⁠47–⁠5
Arizona4–⁠46–⁠5
Arizona State4–⁠46–⁠5
Washington State2–⁠63–⁠8
California2–⁠63–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠81–⁠10

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