UCLA's offensive leaders in 1981 were quarterback Tom Ramsey with 1,793 passing yards, running back Kevin Nelson with 883 rushing yards, and wide receiver Cormac Carney with 539 receiving yards.[2]
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The 1981 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California Los Angeles during the 1981 NCAA Division I A football season In their sixth year under head coach Terry Donahue the Bruins compiled a 7 4 1 record 5 2 1 Pac 10 finished in a tie for fourth place in the Pacific 10 Conference and lost to Michigan in the 1981 Astro Bluebonnet Bowl 1 1981 UCLA Bruins footballAstro Bluebonnet Bowl L 14 33 vs MichiganConferencePacific 10 ConferenceRecord7 4 1 5 2 1 Pac 10 Head coachTerry Donahue 6th season Offensive coordinatorHomer Smith 4th season Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum Capacity 92 604 Seasons 19801982 1981 Pacific 10 Conference football standingsvte Conf OverallTeam W L T W L TNo 10 Washington 6 2 0 10 2 0No 16 Arizona State 5 2 0 9 2 0No 14 USC 5 2 0 9 3 0Washington State 5 2 1 8 3 1UCLA 5 2 1 7 4 1Arizona 4 4 0 6 5 0Stanford 4 4 0 4 7 0California 2 6 0 2 9 0Oregon 1 6 0 2 9 0Oregon State 0 7 0 1 10 0 Conference championRankings from AP PollUCLA s offensive leaders in 1981 were quarterback Tom Ramsey with 1 793 passing yards running back Kevin Nelson with 883 rushing yards and wide receiver Cormac Carney with 539 receiving yards 2 This was the Bruins final season at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum their home field since 1928 sharing with the USC Trojans UCLA moved to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for the 1982 season Contents 1 Schedule 2 Personnel 3 Season summary 3 1 at USC 4 1982 NFL Draft 5 ReferencesSchedule EditDateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 12at ArizonaNo 12Arizona StadiumTucson AZW 35 1849 311September 19at No 20 Wisconsin No 9Camp Randall StadiumMadison WIW 31 1369 212September 26at Iowa No 6Kinnick StadiumIowa City IAKTLAL 7 2060 004October 3Colorado No 16Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles CAW 27 740 347October 10at StanfordNo 17Stanford StadiumStanford CAL 23 2670 103October 17at No 18 Washington StateMartin StadiumPullman WAABCT 17 1740 000October 24CaliforniaLos Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles CAW 34 641 637October 31at OregonAutzen StadiumEugene ORW 28 1124 272November 7No 16 WashingtonLos Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles CAW 31 041 818November 14No 9 Arizona StateNo 18Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles CAW 34 2447 361November 21at No 10 USCNo 15Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles CA Victory Bell ABCL 21 2289 432December 31vs No 16 Michigan No 19Houston AstrodomeHouston TX Astro Bluebonnet Bowl L 14 3350 107 Non conference gameRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gamePersonnel Edit1981 UCLA Bruins football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassRB 24 Danny Andrews FrQB 12 Steve Bono SoRB 42 Frank Bruno JrWR 83 Cormac Carney JrRB 46 Frank Cephous SoWR 36 Ricky Coffman SrWR 18 Willie Curran SrG 59 Dan Dufour JrTE 90 James Forge SrTE Harper HowellOT 67 Duval Love FrOL 62 Dan Mahistedt SoRB Terry MoreheadRB 3 Kevin Nelson SoQB 10 Rick Neuheisel SoQB 9 David Norrie FrC 51 Dave Otey SrQB 14 Tom Ramsey JrRB Toa SaipaleRB 37 Burness Scott SoOT 67 Luis Sharpe SrWR 26 Jo Jo Townsell JrRB 22 Bryan Wiley FrWR 30 Dokie Williams JrOL 60 Steve Williams SoG 68 Blake Wingle JrTE 91 Tim Wrightman SrOL 66 Chris Yelch SoWR 82 Mike Young Fr Defense Pos Name ClassLB 86 Ron Butler SoLB 39 Neal Dellocono FrDT 53 Joe Gary SrLB 92 Ike Gordon SrDB 2 Walter Lang JrLB 27 Blanchard Montgomery JrDT 40 Karl Morgan JrDL 55 Martin Moss SrLB Gene NewbornLB 99 Brad Plemmons SrS 7 Don Rogers SoDB 21 Lupe Sanchez JrSS 32 Tom Sullivan JrDB 35 Jimmy Turner JrLB 41 Doug West SoLB 87 Glenn Windom Sr Special teams Pos Name ClassP 17 Kevin Buenafe SoK 8 Norm Johnson Sr Head coachTerry DonahueCoordinators assistant coachesLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible Injured RedshirtSeason summary Editat USC Edit See also 1981 USC Trojans football team and Victory Bell UCLA USC 15 UCLA Bruins 7 2 1 at 10 USC Trojans 8 2 1 2 34TotalUCLA 7 11 3021USC 3 9 01022at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles California Date November 21 1981Game attendance 89 432TV announcers ABC Keith Jackson and Frank BroylesEugene Register Guard 1981 Nov 22 Game informationFirst quarter USC Steve Jordan 38 yard field goal USC 3 0 Drive UCLA Kevin Nelson 11 yard run Norm Johnson kick UCLA 7 3 Drive Second quarter USC Steve Jordan 44 yard field goal UCLA 7 6 Drive USC Marcus Allen 7 yard run pass failed USC 12 7 Drive UCLA Ricky Coffman 23 yard pass from Tom Ramsey pass good UCLA 15 12 Drive UCLA Norm Johnson 32 yard field goal UCLA 18 12 Drive Third quarter UCLA Norm Johnson 28 yard field goal UCLA 21 12 Drive Fourth quarter USC Steve Jordan 22 yard field goal UCLA 21 15 Drive USC Marcus Allen 5 yard run Steve Jordan kick 2 14 USC 22 21 Drive Top passersUCLA Tom Ramsey 12 25 154 yards TD 2 INT USC John Mazur 9 22 65 yards INTTop rushersUCLA Kevin Nelson 26 rushes 79 yards TD USC Marcus Allen 40 rushes 219 yards 2 TDTop receiversUCLA Jo Jo Townsell 5 receptions 85 yards USC Jeff Simmons 2 receptions 64 yards Norm Johnson s game winning 46 yard field goal attempt was blocked in the final seconds and UCLA lost its opportunity to play in the Rose Bowl 1982 NFL Draft EditThe following players were drafted into professional football following the season Player Position Round Pick FranchiseLuis Sharpe Tackle 1 16 St Louis CardinalsTim Wrightman Tight End 3 62 Chicago Bears 3 References Edit 1981 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results SR College Football Sports Reference LLC Retrieved December 17 2015 1981 UCLA Bruins Stats SR College Football Sports Reference LLC Retrieved December 17 2015 1982 NFL Draft Listing Pro Football Reference com Archived from the original on 2007 12 21 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1981 UCLA Bruins football team amp oldid 1064702949, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,