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RIP Terry Donahue - Papa John - 07-05-2021

Terry Donahue passed away on Sunday at the age of 77:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31762662/terry-donahue-winningest-ucla-pac-12-football-coach-dies-77

Here are TD's records at UCLA versus Stanford:
1965-66 (player): 2-0
1971-1975 (OL coach): 3-1-1
1976-1995 (head coach): 12-8

As a head coach, TD won three Rose Bowls in the mid-80s, part of a stretch in which UCLA won 7 bowl games in consecutive years. Despite that notable success, UCLA football teams started to falter in the late 80s and early 90s, and Bruin fans clamored for a coaching change. They got that in 1996 and, generally speaking, the program hasn't come close to matching its success under Donahue.

Although I respect the heck out of Terry Donahue the human being, my least favorite memory of him is the 1987 game at Stanford Stadium.

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RE: RIP Terry Donahue - BostonCard - 07-05-2021

As ever, overzealous fan bases should be careful what they wish for.  UCLA hasn’t won a conference championship since 1998.

The guys since Donahue…

Bob Toledo 49–32
Karl Dorrell 35–27
Rick Neuheisel 21–29
Jim L. Mora 46–30
Chip Kelly 7–18

BC

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RE: RIP Terry Donahue - Embo - 07-07-2021

(07-05-2021, 03:43 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  UCLA hasn’t won a conference championship since 1998.

Sorry to rip off this 23 year old scab, but UCLA (yes, ranked #1 at the time) would not have had that outright conference title had Jeff Allen tucked the ball away at the 1 ...

Still hurts.

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RE: RIP Terry Donahue - BobK - 07-07-2021

Wow thanks so much for the memory ugh

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