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

By Josh Yourish

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)
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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17 Oct 1998: Quarterback Cade McNown #18 of the UCLA Bruins Mandatory Credit: Todd Warshaw /Allsport
17 Oct 1998: Quarterback Cade McNown #18 of the UCLA Bruins Mandatory Credit: Todd Warshaw /Allsport /

1999 Rose Bowl: McNown couldn’t do it again

Bob Toledo’s coaching tenure peaked with the 1998 Pac 10 title. The Bruins were a perfect 8-0 in conference play on their way to the Rose Bowl. They had just one loss in the regular season and climbed as high as No. 2 in the AP Poll.

UCLA’s second loss of the year came in the Rose Bowl to Barry Alvarez and the Wisconsin Badgers 38-31. Ron Dayne tied a Rose Bowl record with four rushing touchdowns for the Badgers, and this time Cade McNown couldn’t engineer a comeback win.

McNown was drafted 12th overall in the NFL Draft to the Chicago Bears in the Spring of 1999 and the next year UCLA fell to 4-7 and did not qualify for a bowl.

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