The1982 UCLA Bruins football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of California, Los Angeles during the1982 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh year under head coachTerry Donahue, the Bruins compiled a 10–1–1 record (5–1–1 Pac-10), finished in first place in thePacific-10 Conference.

In theRose Bowl on New Year's Day, the Bruins defeatedMichigan of theBig Ten Conference by ten points and remained at fifth in thefinal AP Poll.^[1]

UCLA's offensive leaders in 1982 were quarterbackTom Ramsey with 2,986 passing yards, running back Danny Andrews with 482 rushing yards, and wide receiverCormac Carney with 779 receiving yards.^[2]

Prior to this season, UCLA moved its home games to theRose Bowl inPasadena; they had played in theLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum since1928, sharing with theUSC Trojans.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	1:30 p.m.	Long Beach State*	No. 18	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		W 41–10	45,396	[3]
September 18		atWisconsin*	No. 14	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 51–26	77,947	[4]
September 25		at No. 20Michigan*	No. 12	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	CBS	W 31–27	105,413	[5]
October 2		atColorado*	No. 9	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	KTLA	W 34–6	38,702	[6]
October 9		Arizona	No. 8	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		T 24–24	50,133	[7]
October 16		Washington State	No. 12	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		W 42–17	41,732	[8]
October 23	1:06 p.m.	atCalifornia	No. 11	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA		W 47–31	51,600	[9]
October 30		Oregon	No. 11	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		W 40–12	40,808	[10]
November 6		at No. 10Washington	No. 9	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	CBS	L 7–10	58,558	[11]
November 13		Stanford	No. 12	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA		W 38–35	78,452	[12]
November 20		No. 15USC	No. 11	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Victory Bell)	ABC	W 20–19	95,736	[13]
January 1, 1983		vs. No. 19Michigan*	No. 5	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	NBC	W 24–14	104,991	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game All times are inPacific time

• JoJo Townsell 5 Rec, 133 Yds

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Tom Ramsey completed 17 of 24 passes for 260 yards and rushed 17 times for 56 yards in the game.^[16]

Down 21–0 in the second quarter, Tom Ramsey mounted a 28-pointcomeback in the second and third quarters to defeat the 20th ranked Michigan team before a capacity crowd of 105,413 fans in Michigan Stadium.

• Cormac Carney 6 Rec, 103 Yds^[17]

• Tom Ramsey 345 pass yards^[18]

• Tom Ramsey 322 pass yards
• Cormac Carney 4 Rec, 132 Yds^[19]

• Tom Ramsey 314 pass yards
• Danny Andrews 21 rushes, 148 yards
• Cormac Carney 6 receptions, 137 yards^[20]

NoseguardKarl Morgan rushed in to tackle down USC quarterbackScott Tinsley, preventing him from scoring a two-pont conversion after Tinsley had thrown a pass to bring the Trojans back within a point. LinebackerNeal Dellocono was the most valuable player of the game.^[21]

With the win (and Washington's loss), UCLA clinched a Rose Bowl berth.

UCLA took a 10–0 lead in the second quarter. A hard hit by UCLA defensive backDon Rogers separated Michigan quarterbackSteve Smith's shoulder and knocked him out of the game. Backup David Hall got the Wolverines on the board, making the halftime score 10–7. In the third quarter, Tom Ramsey completed seven straight passes and led UCLA on a drive that was capped by Danny Andrews' nine-yard touchdown run to make the score 17–7. In the fourth quarter, UCLA got an interception inside the Michigan 20-yard line and scored again for a 24–7 lead. Michigan scored late to close the score to 24–14.^[22][23]

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

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• 1982 Pacific-10 Conference football season
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