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Oklahoma football: OU has dominated all-time series vs. UCLA

By Christopher Dukes

NORMAN, OK - SEPTEMBER 08: Tight end Grant Calcaterra #80 of the Oklahoma Sooners is hit by defensive back Quentin Lake #37 of the UCLA Bruins at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated the Bruins 49-21. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK - SEPTEMBER 08: Tight end Grant Calcaterra #80 of the Oklahoma Sooners is hit by defensive back Quentin Lake #37 of the UCLA Bruins at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 8, 2018 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated the Bruins 49-21. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /
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Oklahoma football has played UCLA five times, owning a 4-1 all-time advantage over the Bruins including a 3-0 mark in Norman and a 1-1 record in Pasadena, including a 41-24 UCLA the last time the two teams met at the Rose Bowl in 2005.

Each of the four games provides a distinct snapshot of where the Oklahoma football program was at the time. Let’s have a look back at the four previous meetings between the two historic programs.

1986: Oklahoma 38, UCLA 3

It was hyped as one of the biggest games of the year going in. The No. 1 Sooners, fresh off a 1985 National Championship, took on the No. 4 Bruins.

Unfortunately for UCLA the game didn’t live up to the hype.

Oklahoma rushed the ball 75 times for 470 yards in a wishbone clinic and intercepted UCLA quarterbacks a school-record five times in a dominant display of force, leaving no doubt in the minds of spectators.

UCLA head coach Terry Donahue told the Washington Post:

“We were badly embarrassed by a much superior team.”

Some fun facts:

Troy Aikman, a prominent figure in both teams’ history, was a member of the Bruins’ program for the first time during this game. He had transferred to the school after getting injured during the 1985 Sooners’ season and had to sit out one year before taking over for UCLA in 1987.
The UCLA three-man defensive front weighed in between 228-248 pounds, a real sign of how different college football players looked in 1986.
The 1986 Sooners’ non-conference schedule included two top four teams, No. 4 UCLA and No. 2 Miami. The Hurricanes would hand Oklahoma its only loss of the season – 28-16 in the Orange Bowl two weeks later. The Sooners also played Minnesota and Texas in non-league games.
The game marked the first of seven times the Oklahoma defense would hold an opponent without a touchdown in 1986, including five shutouts.

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