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)](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/9b9eaaa49b3c03807afc5d4f49edd202f2c892643ad73fcdf349868589a99555.jpg)
2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl: Nearly Pac-12 champs
After UCLA’s 2006 loss to Florida State in the Emerald Bowl, the Bruins headed back to AT&T Park in San Francisco to face Illinois after going 6-6 in the regular season in Rick Neuheisel’s final year at UCLA. Mike Johnson took over for the final two games of the year, both losses.
The Bruins dropped this one 20-14 to Illinois, who also had an interim head coach, Vic Koenning. Despite only going 6-6 in the regular season, UCLA made it to the Pac-12 championship game, the first ever after conference realignment.