The 1979 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled an overall record of 5âÂÂ6 with a mark of 3âÂÂ4 in conference play, tying for seventh place in the Pac-10. UCLA played home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.