The 1988 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 13th-year head coach Terry Donahue, the Bruins compiled an overall record of 10âÂÂ2 with a mark of 6âÂÂ2 in conference play, placing second in the Pac-10. UCLA was invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic, where the Bruins defeated Arkansas. The team played home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
Senior quarterback Troy Aikman was taken first overall in the 1989 NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys.
The following players were selected in the 1989 NFL draft.