1990 UCLA Bruins football team

1990 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific-10
Record	5–6 (4–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Terry Donahue (15th season)
Offensive coordinator	Homer Smith (10th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bob Field (9th season)
Home stadium	Rose Bowl

1990 Pacific-10 Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Washington $	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 20 USC	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	4	–	1
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
California	4	–	3	–	1			7	–	4	–	1
Arizona	5	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
UCLA	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Stanford	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Arizona State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1990 UCLA Bruins football team represented University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1990 college football season. The team was coached by Terry Donahue and finished the season with a 5–6–0 record in 6th place in the conference.^[1] UCLA finished below .500 in consecutive season for the first time since 1963–64.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	12:30 pm	No. 23 Oklahoma*	No. 19	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 14–34	50,068
September 15	3:30 pm	Stanford		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	PSN	W 32–31	45,855
September 22	9:00 am	at No. 7 Michigan*		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	L 15–38	104,992
September 29	8:00 pm	at Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	ESPN	W 30–20	34,190
October 6	12:30 pm	No. 25 Arizona		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	L 21–28	50,156
October 13	7:00 pm	San Diego State*		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	PSN	W 45–31	41,025
October 20	1:00 pm	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		L 31–38	50,000
October 27	3:30 pm	Oregon State		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	PSN	W 26–17	42,427
November 3	1:00 pm	at No. 22 Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR		L 24–28	45,901
November 10	12:30 pm	at No. 2 Washington		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	W 25–22	71,925
November 17	12:30 pm	No. 19 USC		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)	ABC	L 42–45	98,088
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Roster

1990 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR Bryan Adams TE Corwin Anthony TE Randy Austin QB Jim Bonds RB Brian Brown RB Kaleaph Carter QB Wayne Cook Fr TE Rick Daly QB Bert Emanuel OL Rick Fuller OL Aaron Gideon WR Sean LaChapelle QB 8 Tommy Maddox WR 2 Scott Miller WR Michael Moore WR Reggie Moore OL Craig Novitsky WR Paul Richardson RB Kevin Smith OL Scott Spalding OL Derek Stevens RB Maury Toy RB Shawn Willis OL Lance Zeno	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB Arnold Ale LB Stacy Argo DL Mike Chalenski DB Travis Collier DB Matt Darby DB Carlton Gray LB Rocen Keeton DL Brian Kelly DB 26 Dion Lambert LB Brian Lockwood DB Damion Lyons LB James Malone DL Emmanuel Onwutuebe LB 40 Roman Phifer LB Meech Shaw DL Siltupe Tuala S 29 Eric Turner DL Matt Werner DB Michael Williams	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K Brad Daluiso P Courtney Keyler P Darren Schager	Head coach Terry Donahue Coordinators/assistant coaches Homer Smith (OC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Season summary

Oklahoma

Stanford

At Michigan

At Washington State

Arizona

San Diego State

At California

Oregon State

At Oregon

At Washington

USC

#19 USC Trojans (7–2–1) at UCLA Bruins (5–5)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
USC	14	7	3	21	45
UCLA	7	7	7	21	42

at Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California

• Date: November 17
• Game weather: Sunny
• Game attendance: 98,088
• TV: ABC
• ^[2]

Game information

First quarter USC – Stephon Pace 27-yard interception return (pass failed). USC 6–0. UCLA – Tommy Maddox 9-yard run (Brad Daluiso kick). UCLA 7–6. USC – Mazio Royster 7-yard run (pass good). USC 14–7. Second quarter UCLA – Sean LaChapelle 47-yard pass from Tommy Maddox (Brad Daluiso kick). Tie 14–14. USC – Todd Marinovich 1-yard run (Quin Rodriguez kick). USC 21–14. Third quarter USC – Quin Rodriguez 20-yard field goal, 4:19. USC 24–14. Drive: 19 plays, 68 yards. UCLA – Brian Brown 5-yard run (Brad Daluiso kick). USC 24–21. Fourth quarter USC – Jason Oliver 34-yard interception return (Quin Rodriguez kick), 12:02. USC 31–21. UCLA – Scott Miller 29-yard pass from Tommy Maddox (Brad Daluiso kick), 10:46. USC 31–28. UCLA – Scott Miller 38-yard pass from Tommy Maddox (Brad Daluiso kick), 9:17. UCLA 35–31. USC – Johnnie Morton 21-yard pass from Todd Marinovich (Quin Rodriguez kick), 3:09. USC 38–35. Drive: 8 plays, 47 yards. UCLA – Kevin Smith 1-yard run (Brad Daluiso kick), 1:19. UCLA 42–38. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards. USC – Johnnie Morton 23-yard pass from Todd Marinovich (Quin Rodriguez kick), 0:16. USC 45–42. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards. Top passers USC – Todd Marinovich – 16/25, 215 yards, 2 TD, INT UCLA – Tommy Maddox – 26/40, 409 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT Top rushers USC – Mazio Royster – 31 rushes, 157 yards, TD UCLA – Tommy Maddox – 9 rushes, 36 yards, TD Top receivers USC – Gary Wellman – 7 receptions, 99 yards UCLA – Scott Miller – 8 receptions, 175 yards, 2 TD

• 60th meeting
• Maddox 409 yards passing, Miller 175 yards receiving (single game school records)

^[3]

Awards and honors

• All-Americans: Roman Phifer (OLB), Eric Turner (S), Scott Miller (WR, third team)^[4]
• All-Conference First Team: Eric Turner (S), Roman Phifer (OLB)

References

1. 2013 UCLA Football Media Guide, UCLA, 2013
2. "SC wins fight for LA". Google News. Eugene Register-Guard. November 18, 1990. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
3. "SC wins fight for LA". Google News. Eugene Register-Guard. November 18, 1990. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
4. 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics, 2014