University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
UCLA Postgame Notes And Quotes
October 10, 1999 | Football
UCLA Football vs. Oregon
October 9, 1999 - Rose Bowl
Final Score: UCLA 34, Oregon 29
Post-Game Notes
1) UCLA has now won its last 13 regular season home
games.
2) UCLA now leads the overall series with Oregon 37-17 and has won the last four meetings between the two schools.
3) UCLA head coach Bob Toledo increases his coaching record to 28-13. He is now 16-3 at the Rose Bowl during the regular season. Under Toledo, UCLA is 24-5 when it scores at least 30 points.
4) Danny Farmer's 11-yard touchdown reception late in the second period gave him 142 career receptions, moving him into a tie for third on UCLA's all-time list with Sean LaChapelle. He passed LaChapelle in the third quarter and finished the game with seven catches in the game, 146 career.
5) Farmer totaled a career-high 196 yards receiving on the night, the second-best receiving game in UCLA history (behind J.J. Stokes, 263 yards in 1992 vs. USC). Farmer now has 11 career 100+-yard games.
6) Farmer now has 19 career touchdown receptions, one away from second place on the UCLA all-time list, held by Jojo Townsell.
7) Quarterback Cory Paus became the 12th UCLA quarterback in history to pass for 300 yards in a game, totaling a career-high 332 yards, 17th-most on the all-time list.
8) UCLA kicker Chris Griffith converted a career-best 47-yard field goal in the second quarter then bested that effort with a 48-yarder later in the period.
9) Freshman punter Nate Fikse kicked a career-long 69-yard punt in the fourth quarter.
Post-game Quotes
UCLA head coach Bob Toledo:
"First of all, I want to thank the crowd - the kids
appreciated the fan support. I'm very proud of the way
the defense played - they created a lot of turnovers.
They were challenged, and they met the challenge."
"I thought our kicking game, with the exception of the blocked field goals, was good. Danny Farmer played a phenomenal game. He's back, he's healthy and he looked good."
"It was hard to get to the Oregon quarterback, they protected him well."
"The big thing with Cory is he got hurt in the Fresno State game, and that set him back a bit. Like I've said before, he reminds me of a young Cade McNown. He has a lot of fight - I thought Cory played outstanding. He made some nice plays tonight."
"We created a lot of our own agony, but we pulled it out."
UCLA Quarterback Cory Paus:
"I thought I played all right. I need to take back the
two interceptions and missing the corner in the red
zone. If I had done that, it would have been a good
game."
"I've got to play flawless football, basically. With this offense, that's what you have to do."
Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti:
"I'm very proud of the kids. I told them in the fourth
quarter that this could be the greatest comeback in
the history of the school. We just needed to believe
in it, and we did. We came up short on the scoreboard
but nowhere else."
"Turnovers are an amazing thing in this game, we've said it many, many times. They're a big change momentum-wise."
"Our quarterback tonight did not play as well as he's capable of. He's still somewhat of a rookie out there, but that's not an excuse. A.J. (Feeley) will be the first to tell you that he expects more out of himself, and so do I."
(About the UCLA defensive line): "They're a talented group up front. They were able to tee off without a running back for a while. We were not opposing much of a running threat."
