Schedule Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 5 San Diego State * No. 3 PPV W 47–1454,287 September 12 at No. 2 Nebraska * No. 3 ESPN L 33–4276,313 September 19 Fresno State * No. 13 W 17–049,264 September 26 Arizona No. 13 W 34–2455,823 October 3 at Stanford No. 11 ABC W 49–057,500 October 17 No. 16 Oregon No. 9 PPV W 41–1053,320 October 24 California No. 8 ABC W 42–1851,107 October 31 at Arizona State No. 7 ABC W 31–2370,754 November 7 at Oregon State No. 7 W 52–1720,104 November 14 Washington No. 5 ABC W 47–1470,332 November 21 at USC No. 5 ABC L 13–1792,516 December 25 vs. Florida * No. 10 ABC W 20–1624,839 [3] *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Roster 1987 UCLA Bruins football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 25 Alfredo Velasco So
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
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 3 (1) 3 (1) 13 13 11 11 9 8 7 7 5 5 11 10 10 9 Coaches 4 3 (1) 15 т 13 11 11 9 8 7 7 5 5 10 11 10 11
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Game summaries
San Diego State San Diego State at No. 3 UCLA 1 2 3 4 Total Aztecs 0 7 0 7 14 • No. 3 Bruins 14 17 10 6 47
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at No. 2 Nebraska No. 3 UCLA at No. 2 Nebraska 1 2 3 4 Total No. 3 Bruins 7 3 7 16 33 • No. 2 Cornhuskers 0 14 14 14 42
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Fresno State San Diego State at No. 13 UCLA 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 • No. 13 Bruins 7 3 7 0 17
Scoring summary 1 UCLA Gaston Green 33-yard run (Alfredo Velasco kick) UCLA 7–0 2 UCLA Alfredo Velasco 41-yard field goal UCLA 10–0 3 UCLA Flipper Anderson 26-yard pass from Troy Aikman (Alfredo Velasco kick) UCLA 17–0
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Arizona [8]
at Stanford [9]
No. 16 Oregon No. 16 Oregon at No. 9 UCLA 1 2 3 4 Total No. 16 Ducks 0 7 3 0 10 • No. 9 Bruins 7 10 7 17 41
Scoring summary 1 UCLA Brown 1-yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick) UCLA 7–0 2 ORE Loville 1-yard run (Dennis kick) Tied 7–7 UCLA Anderson 2-yard pass from Aikman (Velasco kick) UCLA 14–7 UCLA Velasco 35-yard field goal UCLA 17–7 3 UCLA Austin 34-yard run (Velasco kick) UCLA 24–7 ORE Dennis 32-yard field goal UCLA 24–10 4 UCLA Velasco 26-yard field goal UCLA 27–10 UCLA Green 1-yard run (Velasco kick) UCLA 34–10 UCLA M. Turner 65-yard interception return (Velasco kick) UCLA 41–10
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California [11]
at Arizona State [12]
at Oregon State UCLA had 618 yards of total offense, evenly split with 315 yards passing and 303 yards rushing. Flipper Anderson caught 7 passes for 154 yards and 2 touchdowns in the blowout win over the Beavers.[13]
Washington Washington at No. 3 UCLA 1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 0 14 0 0 14 • No. 5 Bruins 13 3 17 14 47
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at USC No. 5 UCLA at USC 1 2 3 4 Total No. 5 Bruins 7 3 3 0 13 • Trojans 0 0 3 14 17
Scoring summary 1 UCLA Gaston Green 6-yard run (Alfredo Velasco kick)UCLA 7–0 2 UCLA Alfredo Velasco 32-yard field goal UCLA 10–0 2 UCLA Alfredo Velasco 38-yard field goal UCLA 13–0 3 USC Quin Rodriguez 26-yard field goal UCLA 13–3 4 14:09 USC Randy Tanner 6-yard pass from Rodney Peete (Quin Rodriguez kick) UCLA 13–10 4 7:59 USC Erik Affholter 33-yard pass from Rodney Peete (Quin Rodriguez kick)USC 17–13
USC clinched a berth in the Rose Bowl with the win.[15]
vs. Florida (Aloha Bowl) No. 10 UCLA vs. Florida 1 2 3 4 Total • No. 10 Bruins 3 7 7 3 20 Gators 7 3 0 6 16
Scoring summary 1 UCLA Alfredo Velasco 34-yard field goal UCLA 3–0 UF Stacey Simmons 7-yard pass from Kerwin Bell (Robert McGinty kick)UF 7–3 2 UF Robert McGinty 32-yard field goal UF 10–3 UCLA Brian Brown 1-yard run (Alfredo Velasco kick) Tied 10–10 3 UCLA Danny Thompson 5-yard pass from Troy Aikman (Alfredo Velasco kick) UCLA 17–10 4 UCLA Alfredo Velasco 32-yard field goal UCLA 20–10 UF Anthony Williams 14-yard pass from Kerwin Bell (kick blocked) UCLA 20–16
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1988 NFL Draft The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
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