American college football season
The 1983 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season . In their eighth year under head coach Terry Donahue , the Bruins compiled a 7–4–1 record (6–1–1 Pac-10), finished in first place in the Pacific-10 Conference , and were ranked #17 in the final AP Poll . The Bruins went on to defeat Illinois in the 1984 Rose Bowl . The Bruins began the season 0–3–1 before winning seven of their final eight games of the season.
UCLA's offensive leaders in 1983 were quarterback Rick Neuheisel with 2,245 passing yards, running back Kevin Nelson with 898 rushing yards, and wide receiver Mike Sherrard with 709 receiving yards. Neuheisel was selected as the 1984 Rose Bowl Most Valuable Player.
Schedule
Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 3 at No. 15 Georgia * No. 20 ABC L 8–19 82,122 September 17 Arizona State CBS T 26–26 47,093 September 24 at No. 1 Nebraska * L 10–42 76,510 October 1 BYU *Metro L 35–37 50,044 October 8 at Stanford W 39–21 55,804 October 15 at Washington State W 24–14 30,000 October 22 California W 20–16 58,062 October 29 No. 11 Washington ABC W 27–24 60,094 November 5 at Oregon W 24–13 24,511 November 12 at Arizona CBS L 24–27 42,640 November 19 at USC W 27–17 83,763 January 2, 1984 vs. No. 4 Illinois * NBC W 45–9 103,217 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Game summaries
USC
1
2 3 4 Total
• UCLA
3
3 7 14
27
USC
0
10 0 7
17
Scoring summary Q1 UCLA Lee 25 yard field goal UCLA 3–0 Q2 UCLA Lee 20 yard field goal UCLA 6–0 Q2 USC Spencer 1 yard run (Jordan kick) USC 7–6 Q2 USC Jordan 30 yard field goal USC 10–6 Q3 UCLA Dorrell 7 yard pass from Neuhiesel (Lee kick) UCLA 13–10 Q4 UCLA Nelson 12 yard run (Lee kick) UCLA 20–10 Q4 UCLA Wiley 17 yard run (Lee kick) UCLA 27–10 Q4 USC Spencer 7 yard run (Jordan kick) UCLA 27–17
1984 NFL Draft
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
References
"1983 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015."1983 UCLA Bruins Stats" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015."Interception seals Georgia victory, 19–8" . The Los Angeles Times . September 4, 1983. Retrieved November 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com ."1984 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com" . Pro-Football-Reference.com the original on December 21, 2007.
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