UCLA football bowl history: Every bowl game the Bruins have played in

Terry Donahue, Head Coach for the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA Bruins talks to his quarterback #19 John Barnes during the NCAA Pac-10 college football game against the University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears on 31st October 1992 at the California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California, United States. The Bears won the game 48 - 12. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr /Allsport/Getty Images) /

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The Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California Los Angeles County. (Photo by AMA/Corbis via Getty Images) /

1983 Rose Bowl: Revenge against Michigan

After a big loss in the Bluebonnet Bowl the season before, UCLA met Michigan again the next year, only this time it was in Pasadena in the 69th edition of the Rose Bowl. The Bruins took down the Wolverines 24-14, avenging the loss from the season prior.

The Bruins were familiar with the Rose Bowl by this time, not just from their previous seven trips in program history, but also because 1982 was the first season that UCLA used the Rose Bowl as its home stadium. Terry Donahue’s team went undefeated in the stadium that year.

UCLA got strong play from its quarterback Tom Ramsey and it didn’t hurt the Bruins cause when Bo Schembechler’s team lost its quarterback. Steve Smith’s shoulder was injured on a big hit from Don Rogers and that allowed UCLA to pull away in the second half. Ramsey and Rogers were named the Players of the Game.

UCLA finished the year at No. 5 in the country with a 10-1-1 record.

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