American college football season
The 1998 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season . They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Bob Toledo . It was Toledo's third season as the UCLA head coach. The Bruins finished 10–2 overall and were Pacific-10 Conference champions with an 8–0 record. The Bruins played in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1999, losing to the Wisconsin Badgers .[1] AP Poll and #8 in the final Coaches Poll .
Pre-season Schedule Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 12 12:30 pm No. 23 Texas * No. 6 ABC W 49–3173,070 [2] September 19 12:30 pm at Houston * No. 4 FX W 42–2419,540 [3] October 3 12:30 pm Washington State No. 4 ABC W 49–1767,210 [4] October 10 7:15 pm at No. 10 Arizona No. 3 FSN W 52–2858,738 [5] October 17 12:30 pm No. 11 Oregon No. 2 ABC W 41–38 OT 75,367 [6] October 24 12:30 pm at California No. 2 ABC W 28–1655,000 [7] October 31 3:30 pm Stanford No. 2 FX W 28–2464,820 [8] November 7 3:30 pm at Oregon State No. 3 FSN W 41–3426,017 [9] November 14 12:30 pm at Washington No. 3 ABC W 36–2472,391 [10] November 21 12:30 pm USC No. 3 ABC W 34–1788,080 [11] December 5 11:00 am at Miami (FL) * No. 3 ESPN L 45–49 46,819 [12] January 1 1:30 pm vs. No. 9 Wisconsin * No. 6 ABC L 31–3893,872 [13] *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Rankings Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final AP 7 (1) 6 (1) 4 (1) 3 (1) 4 (1) 3 (1) 2 (1) 2 (1) 2 (1) 3 (1) 3 (4) 3 (4) 3 (4) 3 (3) 6 8 Coaches Poll 7 (3) 6 (1) 5 (1) 5 (1) 4 (1) 3 (1) 2 (1) 2 (1) 2 (1) 4 (1) 3 (7) 3 (7) 3 (7) 3 5 8 BCS Not released 1 3 2 2 2 2 5 Not released
Roster
1998 UCLA Bruins football team roster
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Game summaries Texas
Texas vs. UCLA
1
2 3 4 Total
#23 Texas
3
0 7 21
31
• #6 UCLA
21
14 7 7
49
Houston
UCLA vs. Houston
1
2 3 4 Total
• #4 UCLA
0
21 14 7
42
Houston
6
8 7 3
24
Washington State
Washington State vs. UCLA
1
2 3 4 Total
Washington State
0
10 0 7
17
• #4 UCLA
21
14 7 7
49
Arizona
UCLA vs. Arizona
1
2 3 4 Total
• #3 UCLA
7
14 10 21
52
#10 Arizona
14
7 7 0
28
Oregon
Oregon vs. UCLA
1
2 3 4 OT Total
#11 Oregon
7
7 10 14 0
38
• #2 UCLA
14
10 0 14 3
41
Scoring summary Q1 UCLA DeShaun Foster 51 yard pass from Cade McNown (Chris Sailer kick)UCLA 7–0 Q1 UCLA DeShaun Foster 4 yard run (Chris Sailer kick) UCLA 14–0 Q1 ORE Jed Weaver 20 yard pass from Akili Smith (Nathan Villegas kick)UCLA 14–7 Q2 UCLA Chris Sailer 25 yard field goal UCLA 17–7 Q2 UCLA Danny Farmer 6 yard pass from Cade McNown (Chris Sailer kick)UCLA 24–7 Q2 ORE Akili Smith 2 yard run (Nathan Villegas kick) UCLA 24–14 Q3 ORE Reuben Droughns 8 yard run (Nathan Villegas kick)UCLA 24–21 Q3 ORE Nathan Villegas 27 yard field goal Tie 24–24 Q4 ORE Tony Hartley 36 yard pass from Akili Smith (Nathan Villegas kick) ORE 31–24 Q4 UCLA Jermaine Lewis 2 yard run (Chris Sailer kick) Tie 31–31 Q4 UCLA Danny Farmer 60 yard pass from Cade McNown (Chris Sailer kick) UCLA 38–31 Q4 ORE Damon Griffin 2 yard pass from Akili SMith (Nathan Villegas kick)Tie 38–38 OT UCLA Chris Sailer 24 yard field goal UCLA 41–38
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California 
