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BYU football video: Former Cougar Leon White calls program's first win over UCLA in 1983 a 'big boost' for BYU

PASADENA, Calif. — There’s something unique about being the original.

First kiss. First car. First speeding ticket. First love.

BYU’s first win over UCLA — at the Rose Bowl no less — certainly fits into that mold.

Steve Young and company had their moment in the sun, as BYU beat UCLA 37-35 in the Cougars’ first-ever trip to the Rose Bowl on Oct. 1, 1983, the first game between the two schools.

"It showed that BYU could play with the big teams," former BYU linebacker Leon White said of that 1983 contest, before the No.