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

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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1990: Oklahoma 34, UCLA 14

The Sooners were a different team four years later when they made the trip to Pasadena in 1990. Oklahoma was serving an NCAA probation and barred from postseason play, but the results were pretty similar on the field.

No. 17 Oklahoma pushed around No. 19 UCLA on a balmy 100-degree Los Angeles day. Steve Collins introduced a more pass-friendly Oklahoma offense that still held to it is option principals as the Sooners silenced the Bruins’ home crowd.

Fun facts:

The Sooners’ non-conference schedule was again loaded in 1990 as Oklahoma played both UCLA and No. 13 Pitt along with Tulsa and Texas.
Oklahoma would rise as high as No. 4 in the polls before dropping three straight to Texas (14-13), Iowa State (33-31) and eventual National Champion Colorado (32-22). The No. 4 ranking was the highest Oklahoma would climb in the polls for the next 10 years.
Current Oklahoma assistant coach Cale Gundy made his first collegiate appearance in this game. Gundy would go on to seize the starting job later in the season, the first of four years as the Sooners’ starting quarterback.
Oklahoma finished No. 17 in the AP poll in 1990, one of only three seasons the Sooners were ranked in the entire decade.

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