1979 UCLA Bruins football team

1979 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJed Hughes (3rd season)
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1979 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 USC $ 6 0 111 0 1
No. 11 Washington 5 2 09 3 0
Arizona 4 3 06 5 1
Oregon 4 3 06 5 0
California 5 4 06 6 0
Stanford 3 3 15 5 1
Arizona State * 3 4 06 6 0
UCLA 3 4 05 6 0
Washington State 2 6 03 8 0
Oregon State 1 7 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • * – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, tying for seventh place in the Pac-10. UCLA played home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.