1995 UCLA Bruins football team

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]

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^[1] (20th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bob Toledo (2nd 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

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)

See also: 1995 Miami Hurricanes football team

#12 Miami Hurricanes at #15 UCLA Bruins

Period	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

See also: 1995 Aloha Bowl

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

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