The 1986 Freedom Bowl was a college football

College football

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 bowl game

Bowl game

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 played on December 30, 1986. It was the 3rd Freedom Bowl Game

Freedom Bowl

The Freedom Bowl was an annual post-season college football bowl game played at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California, from 1984 to 1994. Beginning with the 1995 season, the Freedom Bowl's WAC tie-ins were merged with that of the Holiday Bowl and the game was dissolved...

. The UCLA Bruins defeated the 31-10. UCLA tailback Gaston Green

Gaston Green

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 was named the Player Of The Game. He ran for a record 266 yards, 2nd only at the time to Curtis Dickey

Curtis Dickey

Curtis Raymond Dickey , was a two-sport athlete at Texas A&M University where he was an outstanding running back in football and excelled in track and field, winning the NCAA championship in the 60 yard dash three times .He also was a professional football player who was selected by the Baltimore...

 who ran for 276 in the . This is still the PAC-10 record for Most Net Rushing Yards in a bowl game,, and fourth highest in NCAA bowl history.

BYU Cougars

The BYU Cougars were the 2nd place team in the WAC

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.

First Quarter

• BYU — Leonard Chitty, 32-yard field goal.
• UCLA — Gaston Green three-yard run. Dave Franey converts.

Third Quarter

• UCLA — Green, one-yard run. Franey converts.
• UCLA — Franey, 49-yard field goal.
• UCLA — Green, 79-yard run. Franey converts.

Fourth Quarter

• UCLA — Karl Dorrell
  Karl Dorrell
  Karl Dorrell is a football coach, currently an assistant coach with the Miami Dolphins of the NFL. He was previously the head coach of the UCLA Bruins, the first African American head football coach in the school's history...
  
  , 13-yard pass from Green. Franey converts.
• BYU — Bruce Hansen three-yard run. Chitty converts.