The 1988 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, placing second in the Pac-10. UCLA was invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic, where the Bruins defeated Arkansas. The team played home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
Senior quarterback Troy Aikman was taken first overall in the 1989 NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys.
Schedule
Rankings
Game summaries
Nebraska
Oregon State
Eugene Register-Guard. 1988 Nov 9. Retrieved 2015-Oct-10.
At Oregon
Eugene Register-Guard. 1988 Nov 6. Retrieved 2015-Oct-02.
USC
Vs. Arkansas (Cotton Bowl)
Roster
Awards and honors Troy Aikman, Davey O'Brien Award
NFL draftees The following players were selected in the 1989 NFL draft.
Troy Aikman Quarterback 1 1 Dallas Cowboys Carnell Lake Defensive back 2 34 Pittsburgh Steelers Eric Ball Running back 2 35 Cincinnati Bengals Darryl Henley Defensive back 2 53 Los Angeles Rams Jim Wahler Defensive tackle 4 94 Phoenix Cardinals Marcus Turner Defensive back 11 283 Kansas City Chiefs Eric Smith Tackle 12 326 New York Giants
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