1995 UCLA Bruins football team

1995 UCLA Bruins football
1995 UCLA Bruins football
Aloha Bowl, L 30–51 vs. Kansas
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	7–5 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Terry Donahue (20th season);
Offensive coordinator	Bob Toledo (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Field (14th season)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl
	Seasons ← 1994 1996 →

1995 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 USC ^ +	6	–	1	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
Washington +	6	–	1	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
No. 18 Oregon	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Stanford	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
UCLA	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Arizona	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Arizona State	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
California	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Rose Bowl representative per tie-breaking rules based on overall record, due to Washington-USC tie Rankings from AP Poll

The 1995 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was ranked 16th in the pre-season AP Poll. In the final game of the season, the Bruins lost to the 11th-ranked Kansas Jayhawks in the Aloha Bowl, 51–30. UCLA finished in a fifth place tie in the Pacific-10 Conference.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	5:00 pm	No. 12 Miami (FL)*	No. 15	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 31–8	60,091
September 9	4:00 pm	at BYU*	No. 12	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	ABC	W 23–9	60,379
September 16	12:30 pm	No. 20 Oregon	No. 12	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 31–38	42,537
September 23	12:30 pm	at Washington State	No. 16	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ABC	L 15–24	33,711
September 30	7:00 pm	Fresno State*		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	PSN	W 45–21	44,449
October 14	4:00 pm	Arizona		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 17–10	43,798
October 21	12:30 pm	at No. 23 Stanford		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ABC	W 42–28	45,075
October 28	12:30 pm	California	No. 24	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		W 33–16	53,614
November 4	3:30 pm	at Arizona State	No. 22	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	PSN	L 33–37	48,126
November 11	12:30 pm	No. 22 Washington		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		L 14–38	50,104
November 18	12:30 pm	at No. 11 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Victory Bell)	ABC	W 24–20	91,363
December 25	12:30 pm	vs. No. 11 Kansas*		Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl)	ABC	L 30–51	41,112
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Roster

1995 UCLA Bruins football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OT	`71`	Kris Farris	Fr
RB	`20`	Skip Hicks	So
WR	`4`	Kevin Jordan	Sr
QB	`18`	Cade McNown	Fr
OT	`79`	Jonathan Ogden	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`35`	Larry Atkins	Fr
LB	`50`	Brendon Ayanbadejo	Fr
LB	`23`	Donnie Edwards	Sr
DE	`97`	Phillip Ward	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Terry Donahue

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Game summaries

Miami (FL)

#12 Miami Hurricanes at #15 UCLA Bruins

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Miami (FL)	0	0	0	8	8
UCLA	3	0	14	14	31

at Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

Date: September 2, 1995
Game attendance: 60,091
Box score

Game information

First quarter

UCLA - B. Merten 24-yard field goal

Second quarter

No scoring

Third quarter

UCLA - A. McCullough recovered fumble in end zone (B. Merten kick)
UCLA - K. Abdul-Jabbar 9-yard run (B. Merten kick)

Fourth quarter

UCLA - K. Abdul-Jabbar 6-yard run (B. Merten kick)
UM - S. Tucker 10-yard pass from R. Collins (J. German pass conversion)
UCLA - J. Milliner 1-yard run (B. Merten kick)

Aloha Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
UCLA	0	0	7	23	30
Kansas	7	10	20	14	51

First quarter scoring: KU—Jim Moore, nine-yard pass from Mark Williams (Jeff McCord converts)

Second quarter scoring: KU—June Henley, 49-yard run. McCord converts; KU—McCord, 27-yard field goal.

Third quarter scoring KU—Henley, two-yard run. McCord kick fails; UCLA—Brad Melsby, eight-yard pass from Cade McNown (Bjorn Merten kick); KU—Isaac Byrd, 77-yard pass from Williams (McCord converts); KU—Andre Carter, 27-yard pass from Williams (McCord converts)

Fourth quarter scoring UCLA—Kevin Jordan, eight-yard pass from McNown (Merten kick); UCLA – Karim Abdul-Jabbar five-yard run (Melsby pass from McNown); KU—Williams, six-yard run (McCord converts); UCLA—Melsby, seven-yard pass from McNown (Abdul-Jabbar run); KU—Eric Vann, 67-yard run (McCord converts)

Running back Karim Abdul-Jabbar was named MVP of the Aloha Bowl.

Awards and honors

All-Americans: ^[3]
All-Conference First Team:

References

^ 1995 UCLA Bruins Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com
^ 2012 UCLA Football Media Guide, UCLA Athletics Department, August 2012
^ 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics, 2014

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[1] 1995 UCLA Bruins Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com

[2] 2012 UCLA Football Media Guide, UCLA Athletics Department, August 2012

[3] 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics, 2014

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