1996 UCLA Bruins football team

American college football season

1996 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Arizona State $	8	–	0	11	–	1
No. 16 Washington	7	–	1	9	–	3
Stanford	5	–	3	7	–	5
UCLA	4	–	4	5	–	6
Oregon	3	–	5	6	–	5
California	3	–	5	6	–	6
USC	3	–	5	6	–	6
Arizona	3	–	5	5	–	6
Washington State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Oregon State	1	–	7	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was highlighted by the 25-yard Skip Hicks touchdown run in the second overtime that won the game for the Bruins over the crosstown-rival USC Trojans.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	12:30 pm	at No. 2 Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	CBS	L 20–35	106,297
September 14	7:00 pm	Northeast Louisiana*	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		W 44–0	40,990
September 28	12:30 pm	at No. 7 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	L 9–38	106,011
October 5	3:30 pm	at Oregon	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	FX	W 41–22	45,779
October 12	12:30 pm	No. 4 Arizona State	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 34–42	66,107
October 19	3:30 pm	at No. 25 Washington	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FSN	L 21–41	70,444
October 26	3:30 pm	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	FSN	W 38–29	54,000
November 2	3:30 pm	Stanford	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	FSN	L 20–21	50,498
November 9	12:30 pm	Washington State	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 38–14	40,421
November 16	12:30 pm	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	ABC	L 17–35	47,171
November 23	12:30 pm	USC	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)	ABC	W 48–41	80,644
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Trojans	10	14	7	7	3	0	41
Bruins	0	7	14	17	3	7	48

Six straight wins for the Bruins over the Trojans.

1996 UCLA Bruins football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`87`	Danny Farmer	Fr
OT	`71`	Kris Farris	So
RB	`42`	Skip Hicks	Jr
WR	`81`	Tod McBride	So
WR	`85`	Jim McElroy	Jr
QB	`18`	Cade McNown	So
OT	`69`	Chad Overhauser	Jr
RB	`33`	Ryan Roques	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`35`	Larry Atkins	So
LB	`50`	Brendon Ayanbadejo	So
DE	`98`	Travis Kirschke	Sr
S	`9`	Abdul McCullough	Sr
LB	`97`	Phillip Ward	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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