1991 UCLA Bruins football team

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1991 UCLA Bruins football
John Hancock Bowl champion
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 18
APNo. 19
Record9–3 (6–2 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorHomer Smith (11th season)
Defensive coordinatorBob Field (10th season)
Captains
Home stadiumRose Bowl
(Capacity: 104,091)
Seasons
← 1990
1992 →
1991 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Washington $   8 0     12 0  
No. 8 California   6 2     10 2  
No. 19 UCLA   6 2     9 3  
No. 22 Stanford   6 2     8 4  
Arizona State   4 4     6 5  
Washington State   3 5     4 7  
Arizona   3 5     4 7  
USC   2 6     3 8  
Oregon   1 7     3 8  
Oregon State   1 7     1 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bruins offense scored 323 points while the defense allowed 190 points.[1] The team finished with a 9–3 overall record, and tied for second place in the Pacific-10 Conference with a 6–2 record. Led by head coach Terry Donahue, the Bruins competed in the John Hancock Bowl, now known as the Sun Bowl.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 77:00 pmNo. 25 BYU*No. 23W 27–2361,542
September 149:30 amat No. 11 Tennessee*No. 21TBSL 16–3097,117
September 265:00 pmat San Diego State*ESPNW 37–1237,333
October 512:30 pmNo. 18 CaliforniaNo. 24
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
ABCL 24–2753,859
October 123:30 pmArizona
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
PrimeW 54–1445,944
October 197:00 pmat Oregon StatePrimeW 44–725,734
October 2612:30 pmat Arizona StateABCW 21–1646,872
November 23:30 pmWashington StatedaggerNo. 23
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
PrimeW 44–343,592
November 93:30 pmat StanfordNo. 22PrimeL 10–2755,178
November 1612:30 pmOregon
  • Rose Bowl
  • Pasadena, CA
ABCW 16–740,823
November 2312:30 pmat Southern CaliforniaNo. 25PrimeW 24–2184,623
December 3111:30 amvs. Illinois*No. 22CBSW 6–342,281
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Roster[edit]

1991 UCLA Bruins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB Wayne Cook So
QB 8 Tommy Maddox
WR 2 Scott Miller
WR 88 Sean LaChapelle
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 43 Matt Darby
CB 26 Dion Lambert
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Rankings[edit]

Game summaries[edit]

BYU[edit]

At Tennessee[edit]

Vs. Illinois (John Hancock Bowl)[edit]

Awards and honors[edit]

1991 team players in the NFL[edit]

The following players were claimed in the 1992 NFL Draft.

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Tommy Maddox Quarterback 1 25 Denver Broncos
Dion Lambert Defensive back 4 90 New England Patriots
Maury Toy Running back 5 113 Indianapolis Colts
Matt Darby Defensive back 5 139 Buffalo Bills
James Malone Linebacker 6 148 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Kevin Smith Tight end 7 185 Los Angeles Raiders

[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2010 UCLA Football Media Guide - History" (PDF). UCLA Department of Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 13, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  2. ^ 2014 UCLA Media Guide, UCLA Athletics, 2014
  3. ^ "1992 NFL Draft Listing - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.