The 1996 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Bob Toledo, the Bruins compiled an overall record of 5âÂÂ6 with a mark of 4âÂÂ4 in conference play, placing fourth in the Pac-10. UCLA played home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
The season was highlighted by the 25-yard Skip Hicks touchdown run in the second overtime that won the game for the Bruins over the crosstown-rival USC Trojans.
UCLA scored 17 unanswered points in the final seven minutes, including two touchdowns in the final three minutes, to force overtime. After each team kicked a field goal in the first overtime period, the Bruins' Skip Hicks ran for a touchdown on the first play of the second period, and stopped USC to secure a sixth consecutive win for the Bruins over the Trojans.