Saturday, November 26
Berkeley, Calif.
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UCLA travels to Berkeley to face Cal on Saturday on ESPN2.
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UCLA Heads to Bay Area to Face Cal
November 21, 2016 | Football
LOS ANGELES – The UCLA (4-7, 2-6) football team will conclude the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 26 at California (4-7, 2-6). The game will kick off at 4 p.m. PT and be televised by ESPN2 with Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore and Quint Kessenich calling the action. The Bruin IMG Radio Network (Josh Lewin, Matt Stevens, Wayne Cook) will radio broadcast the contest on am570 or am1150. The contest will also be aired over Sirius/XM (internet 975), uclabruins.com and tunein.com, and the TuneIn App.
VERSUS CAL - UCLA leads the series with Cal by a 53-32-1 count. The winning team has scored at least 30 points in each of the last 12 meetings. The Bruins have won the last three encounters against Cal overall, but only once in Berkeley since a 28-16 win in 1998. That win came on the most recent trip up north in the 2014 season when the Bruins emerged on top in a 36-34 decision. The 2014 win is the lone Bruin victory in the Bay Area in its last 11 games played in NorCal (2015 lost bowl to Nebraska, 2015 lost @Stanford, 2014 won @Cal, 2013 lost @Stanford, 2012 lost @Stanford in P12 Championship game, lost @Cal in 2012, lost @Stanford in 2011, lost to Illinois in bowl in 2011, lost @Cal in 2010, lost @Stanford in 2009, lost @Cal in 2008).
In that 2014 win at Cal, Marcus Rios intercepted a Jared Goff pass on the two-yard line with 51 seconds left to seal the victory. Brett Hundley threw for 330 yards and two scores, while adding another tally with a touchdown run, which helped UCLA end a seven-game losing skid at Cal. Three Bruin turnovers in the contest led to three short Golden Bear touchdown drives. Cal took a 34-33 lead with less than seven minutes left only to see UCLA answer with a 55-yard, eight play drive which produced the winning margin on a 26-yard Ka'imi Fairbairn field goal with 3:04 to play.
Last season, UCLA spotted Cal a field goal and then ripped off 23 straight points en route to a 26-10 halftime edge and a 40-24 win on a Thursday night in the Rose Bowl. The Bruins racked up 573 yards of offense (174 r, 399 p). Cal countered with 426 yards of offense (131r, 295 p). Josh Rosen threw for three scores while completing a then-school record 34 completions. The Bruin defense sacked Goff five times.
In the 2013 contest played in the Rose Bowl, UCLA shot out to a 17-0 lead. Cal closed to 24-10 at the half, but the Bruins defense blanked the Golden Bears during the second half in a 37-10 victory. Hundley, who recorded 13 straight completions during one stretch of the game, passed for a career-high 410 yards and three touchdowns.
QUICK NOTES - DE Takkarist McKinley ranks 2nd in the nation in tackles for loss/g (1.8) and 5th in the nation in sacks/g (1.00) ... His total of 5.0 tackles for loss v. Utah (tied for 4th-most by NCAA player this season) was most by a Bruin since Damien Holmes had same number at Colorado in 2012. Donnie Edwards is the only Bruin with more than 5.0 TFLs in game. Edwards had a school record 6.0 TFLs at Arizona in 1994 and 5.5 vs. SMU in 1994 (records date to 1985) ... McKinley is also T3rd in P12 and 18th in NCAA in fumbles forced with three.
**LBs Jayon Brown (105) and Kenny Young (81) lead the team in tackles...Brown ranks 1st in P12, 16th in NCAA in tackles/game (9.5) and 7th in the nation, 1st in P12 in solo tackles/g (6.1)...Young is T4th in P12 in tackles/g (7.4)...Brown has 8 career double-digit tackle games. Against USC, Brown became the first Bruin since Eric Kendricks in 2014 to hit the century tackle mark. Kendricks had 149 tackles in 2014, the last of three straight 100-tackle seasons for the now Minnesota Viking.
**The Bruin defense has given up just 10 scoring passes this season. The last time it gave up less than 15 scoring passes in a season was 2001 (12 in 11g). It has recorded an interception in six straight games and in all games but against Arizona this year.
**The combined record of teams which have beaten UCLA is 54-23 (USC 8-3, @Colo. 9-2, Utah 8-3, @A&M 8-3, @WSU 8-3, Stan. 8-3, @ASU 5-6).
**UCLA is 18-10 in true road games under Coach Mora– '16: 1-4, '15: 4-2, '14: 5-0, '13: 4-2, '12: 4-2 ...and 13-8 in regular season P12 road games ('12: 3-1, '13: 3-2, '14: 4-0, '15: 3-2, '16: 0-3).
**The Bruin defense ranks 10th in the nation with 23 takeaways this season (15 int., 8 fumble recoveries).
**DB Randall Goforth's five pass defenses vs. UNLV are tied for 2nd in the nation this season by a player in a single game...He ranks 4th in the P12 in passes defended (1.10) and is tied for second in P12 with 4 interceptions...The last Bruin with more than 4 interceptions in a season was Rahim Moore (10 in 2009).
**WR Jordan Lasley has 18 catches for 307 yards in the last 4 games.. In the last 6g, he has 5 TD receptions (56 & 7 yds v. USC; 52 at ASU, 5 at WSU, 75 v. Utah).
**Bruin opponents are averaging 4.9 yards per play vs. the Bruins, one of just three P12 defenses yielding under five yards per play this season...Opponents are completing 54.2% of their passing attempts, second-lowest mark in the Pac-12...The unit ranks 8th in the nation in pass efficiency defense (102.52), 2nd in P12...The yield of 5.7 yards per passing attempt is second-lowest in the P12 this season...They are 2nd in P12 in interceptions, with 15, and 1st in P12 after surrendering a league-low 10 TD passes this season.
**WR Darren Andrews is 8th in P12 in receiving yds/g (64.5) and 8th in receptions/g (5.0) ... He had a career-best 9 receptions vs. Arizona and has made at least two catches in each of the last 19g and at least four grabs in the last 7g when he has racked up 43 catches...Now with 1,204 yds, he is 35th Bruin to reach 1,000-yards career receiving mark (at Colorado).
**Randall Goforth's 40-yard interception return vs. Oregon State was UCLA's 12th defensive touchdown scored since 2012.
**LB Jayon Brown has 33 tackles in last 3 contests and his 19 tackles at Colorado are second-most by a P12 player this season (tied 4th-most by NCAA player this season) and most by Bruin player since Randall Goforth also totaled 19 in 2013 game at Stanford ... The last Bruin with more than 19 tackles in a game was Reggie Carter who had 20 vs. BYU in 2008.
**RB Bolu Olorunfunmi has carried 13 times for 85 yards and a TD in last two games.
**In five of the seven Bruin losses this season, except for Colorado and USC games, the Bruins have had the ball with a final possession and a chance to tie or take the lead.
**Ishmael Adams is now 3rd on the all-time school kickoff return list with 73 (No. 2 is Josh Smith, 2010-11 81; No. 1 is Terrence Austin, 2006-09 - 89 / 2,145 yds) and is 3rd on school career list in return yardage with 1,779 yards. Josh Smith, 2010-11 is second (1,855).
**DeChaun Holiday's blocked punt vs. Oregon State was the 17th kick blocked by Bruins (3rd this season) under Coach Mora.
**The Bruins own a 13-8 record in the month of November since 2012 (2012:3-2, 2013: 4-1, 2014: 3-1, 2015:2-2, 2016: 1-2).
**Receivers who have bettered or equaled their total number of catches in 2015. (2015/2016 -- Andrews-43/55, Lasley 3/36, Iese 11/25, Walker-9/21, Massington-11/20, Adams 0/19, Jamabo 5/16, Roberts 1/15, C. Wilson not on team/13, Howard not on team/11, Olorunfunmi 2/8, N. Starks 7/7, Stephens not on team/4, Van Dyke 2/3, Griffin 0/2, Taua 0/2). Ten receivers have recorded double-digit catches.
**The top 5 Bruin receivers are each averaging 13 yards per catch or better.
**The Bruins have held four opponents under 310 yards this season (BYU 273, Arizona St. 275, Colorado 304, Oregon St. 307). Last season, the defense held three opponents to under 310 yards (UNLV 237, Oregon St. 246, Utah 307).
**The Bruins total of 510 yards gained vs. Utah was the most since it racked up 554 in game 10 of 2015 vs. Washington State.
**Jaleel Wadood's 15 tackles vs. Utah was 3rd career double-digit effort and topped his previous career-high of 11 stops last season vs. USC.
**TE Nate Iese made career-best 8 catches for career-high 146 yards v. Utah.
** Mike Fafaul threw for 464 yards (3rd on all-time school list) against Utah, setting school marks for passing attempts (70) and completions (40). He is the sixth UCLA quarterback to throw for at least 400 yards passing in a game joining Josh Rosen, Cade McNown (twice), Drew Olson, Brett Hundley and Tommy Maddox.
Rosen threw for career-high 400 yards against ASU which is tied for sixth on all-time school list- McNown, 1997 vs. Tennessee.
**NFL Rosters filled with '15 Bruins - seven members of last year's UCLA offensive unit are with teams in one capacity or another, including three receivers and three offensive linemen - REC Devin Fuller, REC Jordan Payton, REC Thomas Duarte, OL Alex Redmond, C Jake Brendel, OL Caleb Benenoch, RB Paul Perkins ... A couple of last year's defenders also are listed on NFL rosters - DL Kenny Clark, LB Aaron Wallace; as well as, K Ka'imi Fairbairn.
**During the Oregon State game, QB Mike Fafaul surpassed the 1,000-yard passing mark and joined Josh Rosen to become the first pair of Bruin QBs to throw for at least 1,000 yards in the same season.
**First starts --- Vs. USC TE Caleb Wilson made his first start; At Colorado, WR Jordan Lasley; Utah for RB Bolu Olorunfunmi; WSU for OG Josh Wariboko-Alali and QB Mike Fafaul; ASU game for WR Theo Howard and OT Andre James. Stanford for TE Giovanni Gentosi; BYU for FB Cameron Griffin; UNLV for LB Josh Woods and S Adarius Pickett; A&M game marked first start for position players Poasi Moala – OG; Soso Jamabo – RB; Austin Roberts - TE.
**The Bruins held six straight opponents earlier this season to under 400 yards of total offense for the first time since 2010.
**BYU's 23 yards rushing was the fewest by a Bruin opponent since Arizona State gained 21 in a 2008 game.
**Position Players with 20 starts - DB Randall Goforth-43; DB Fabian Moreau-39; WR/DB Ishmael Adams-35; DL Eddie Vanderdoes-31; OL Conor McDermott-31; DB Jaleel Wadood-30; OL Scott Quessenberry-30; LB Kenny Young-29; DL/LB Deon Hollins-24; TE Nate Iese 23, DL Takkarist McKinley-23 OL Kenny Lacy-21, LB Jayon Brown-20.
**Since the start of 2012 season, UCLA has won 22 of 27 games (81%) when winning the turnover battle and owns a record of 19-18 (51%) in games when losing or tying the turnover ratio.
**The Bruins are 36-3 under Coach Mora when ahead at the half.
**UCLA is 28-8 under Coach Mora when scoring first, 12-3 at home.
**The Oregon State game was the fourth time this season the Bruin defense has held a team under 100 yards rushing. The last time it held more than four opponents under 100 rushing yards for a game in a season was in 2007 (6).
**The Bruins ran for five touchdowns vs. UNLV (most since running in six vs. Arizona in 2015).
**UCLA has won 28 straight overall games and 47 straight regular season games in which it has held the opponent to less than 20 points (last loss 17-16 to BYU in 2007 Las Vegas Bowl /last regular season loss 16-14 at Colorado 2003).
**True Freshmen Played: 2016: 11, 2015: 10, 2014: 9, 2013: 18, 2012:12 --- LB Krys Barnes, DB Brandon Burton, LS Johnny Den Bleyker, WR Ethan Fernea, WR Theo Howard, P Austin Kent, K JJ Molson, RB Jalen Starks, RB Brandon Stephens, DL Boss Tagaloa, LB Lokeni Toailoa.
**Primarily defensive players have scored 17 touchdowns while playing on the offensive side of the ball since 2012.
**The Bruin defense kept Utah, Oregon St. and UNLV out of the end zone in 2015...The last time UCLA held at least 3 opponents without a touchdown in a season was during 1988 wins vs. Arkansas 17-3, Oregon 16-6, Arizona 24-3 and Long Beach State 56-3. Rose Bowl, matching the school record set in 1997-98.
**Record in alternate unis: '12 (Dark Blue) W-Arizona, L-Stanford; '13 (Black) W-Wash., W-Va Tech; '14 (Gray) W-Arizona; '15 (Black) W-Cal, (Black) L-WSU; '16 (Navy Blue) W-Oregon State.
**Ishmael Adams' 96-yard interception return for a score last season vs. Colorado was his third career return for a touchdown, one shy of all-time school leader Alterraun Verner, 2006-09, who now plays with the Tampa Bay Bucs.
**Josh Rosen recorded his 10th career 300-yard passing game against ASU and is now tied with Brett Hundley, 2012-14, for second on the all-time Bruin list. Cade McNown, 1995-98, is first on the list with 11.
**UCLA has posted a 13-11 overall record against ranked opponents under Coach Mora and has won seven of the last 12... 2016: 0-4 --L v. #15 USC, L at #21 Colorado, L v. #19 Utah, L v. #7 Stanford; 2015: 4-1 --W @ #18 Utah W #20 Cal, L at #15 Stanford, W at #16 Arizona; W #19 BYU; 2014: 4-1 -- W #11 Kansas St., W #24 USC, W #14 Arizona, L vs. #12 Oregon, W at #15 ASU.
** UCLA has won 16 of its last 19 non-conference matchups, it had a streak of 11 straight non-conference wins snapped in last season's bowl loss to Nebraska. UCLA had won all 12 regular season non-conference games under Coach Mora before falling in overtime at Texas A&M earlier this season.
VERSUS CAL - UCLA leads the series with Cal by a 53-32-1 count. The winning team has scored at least 30 points in each of the last 12 meetings. The Bruins have won the last three encounters against Cal overall, but only once in Berkeley since a 28-16 win in 1998. That win came on the most recent trip up north in the 2014 season when the Bruins emerged on top in a 36-34 decision. The 2014 win is the lone Bruin victory in the Bay Area in its last 11 games played in NorCal (2015 lost bowl to Nebraska, 2015 lost @Stanford, 2014 won @Cal, 2013 lost @Stanford, 2012 lost @Stanford in P12 Championship game, lost @Cal in 2012, lost @Stanford in 2011, lost to Illinois in bowl in 2011, lost @Cal in 2010, lost @Stanford in 2009, lost @Cal in 2008).
In that 2014 win at Cal, Marcus Rios intercepted a Jared Goff pass on the two-yard line with 51 seconds left to seal the victory. Brett Hundley threw for 330 yards and two scores, while adding another tally with a touchdown run, which helped UCLA end a seven-game losing skid at Cal. Three Bruin turnovers in the contest led to three short Golden Bear touchdown drives. Cal took a 34-33 lead with less than seven minutes left only to see UCLA answer with a 55-yard, eight play drive which produced the winning margin on a 26-yard Ka'imi Fairbairn field goal with 3:04 to play.
Last season, UCLA spotted Cal a field goal and then ripped off 23 straight points en route to a 26-10 halftime edge and a 40-24 win on a Thursday night in the Rose Bowl. The Bruins racked up 573 yards of offense (174 r, 399 p). Cal countered with 426 yards of offense (131r, 295 p). Josh Rosen threw for three scores while completing a then-school record 34 completions. The Bruin defense sacked Goff five times.
In the 2013 contest played in the Rose Bowl, UCLA shot out to a 17-0 lead. Cal closed to 24-10 at the half, but the Bruins defense blanked the Golden Bears during the second half in a 37-10 victory. Hundley, who recorded 13 straight completions during one stretch of the game, passed for a career-high 410 yards and three touchdowns.
QUICK NOTES - DE Takkarist McKinley ranks 2nd in the nation in tackles for loss/g (1.8) and 5th in the nation in sacks/g (1.00) ... His total of 5.0 tackles for loss v. Utah (tied for 4th-most by NCAA player this season) was most by a Bruin since Damien Holmes had same number at Colorado in 2012. Donnie Edwards is the only Bruin with more than 5.0 TFLs in game. Edwards had a school record 6.0 TFLs at Arizona in 1994 and 5.5 vs. SMU in 1994 (records date to 1985) ... McKinley is also T3rd in P12 and 18th in NCAA in fumbles forced with three.
**LBs Jayon Brown (105) and Kenny Young (81) lead the team in tackles...Brown ranks 1st in P12, 16th in NCAA in tackles/game (9.5) and 7th in the nation, 1st in P12 in solo tackles/g (6.1)...Young is T4th in P12 in tackles/g (7.4)...Brown has 8 career double-digit tackle games. Against USC, Brown became the first Bruin since Eric Kendricks in 2014 to hit the century tackle mark. Kendricks had 149 tackles in 2014, the last of three straight 100-tackle seasons for the now Minnesota Viking.
**The Bruin defense has given up just 10 scoring passes this season. The last time it gave up less than 15 scoring passes in a season was 2001 (12 in 11g). It has recorded an interception in six straight games and in all games but against Arizona this year.
**The combined record of teams which have beaten UCLA is 54-23 (USC 8-3, @Colo. 9-2, Utah 8-3, @A&M 8-3, @WSU 8-3, Stan. 8-3, @ASU 5-6).
**UCLA is 18-10 in true road games under Coach Mora– '16: 1-4, '15: 4-2, '14: 5-0, '13: 4-2, '12: 4-2 ...and 13-8 in regular season P12 road games ('12: 3-1, '13: 3-2, '14: 4-0, '15: 3-2, '16: 0-3).
**The Bruin defense ranks 10th in the nation with 23 takeaways this season (15 int., 8 fumble recoveries).
**DB Randall Goforth's five pass defenses vs. UNLV are tied for 2nd in the nation this season by a player in a single game...He ranks 4th in the P12 in passes defended (1.10) and is tied for second in P12 with 4 interceptions...The last Bruin with more than 4 interceptions in a season was Rahim Moore (10 in 2009).
**WR Jordan Lasley has 18 catches for 307 yards in the last 4 games.. In the last 6g, he has 5 TD receptions (56 & 7 yds v. USC; 52 at ASU, 5 at WSU, 75 v. Utah).
**Bruin opponents are averaging 4.9 yards per play vs. the Bruins, one of just three P12 defenses yielding under five yards per play this season...Opponents are completing 54.2% of their passing attempts, second-lowest mark in the Pac-12...The unit ranks 8th in the nation in pass efficiency defense (102.52), 2nd in P12...The yield of 5.7 yards per passing attempt is second-lowest in the P12 this season...They are 2nd in P12 in interceptions, with 15, and 1st in P12 after surrendering a league-low 10 TD passes this season.
**WR Darren Andrews is 8th in P12 in receiving yds/g (64.5) and 8th in receptions/g (5.0) ... He had a career-best 9 receptions vs. Arizona and has made at least two catches in each of the last 19g and at least four grabs in the last 7g when he has racked up 43 catches...Now with 1,204 yds, he is 35th Bruin to reach 1,000-yards career receiving mark (at Colorado).
**Randall Goforth's 40-yard interception return vs. Oregon State was UCLA's 12th defensive touchdown scored since 2012.
**LB Jayon Brown has 33 tackles in last 3 contests and his 19 tackles at Colorado are second-most by a P12 player this season (tied 4th-most by NCAA player this season) and most by Bruin player since Randall Goforth also totaled 19 in 2013 game at Stanford ... The last Bruin with more than 19 tackles in a game was Reggie Carter who had 20 vs. BYU in 2008.
**RB Bolu Olorunfunmi has carried 13 times for 85 yards and a TD in last two games.
**In five of the seven Bruin losses this season, except for Colorado and USC games, the Bruins have had the ball with a final possession and a chance to tie or take the lead.
**Ishmael Adams is now 3rd on the all-time school kickoff return list with 73 (No. 2 is Josh Smith, 2010-11 81; No. 1 is Terrence Austin, 2006-09 - 89 / 2,145 yds) and is 3rd on school career list in return yardage with 1,779 yards. Josh Smith, 2010-11 is second (1,855).
**DeChaun Holiday's blocked punt vs. Oregon State was the 17th kick blocked by Bruins (3rd this season) under Coach Mora.
**The Bruins own a 13-8 record in the month of November since 2012 (2012:3-2, 2013: 4-1, 2014: 3-1, 2015:2-2, 2016: 1-2).
**Receivers who have bettered or equaled their total number of catches in 2015. (2015/2016 -- Andrews-43/55, Lasley 3/36, Iese 11/25, Walker-9/21, Massington-11/20, Adams 0/19, Jamabo 5/16, Roberts 1/15, C. Wilson not on team/13, Howard not on team/11, Olorunfunmi 2/8, N. Starks 7/7, Stephens not on team/4, Van Dyke 2/3, Griffin 0/2, Taua 0/2). Ten receivers have recorded double-digit catches.
**The top 5 Bruin receivers are each averaging 13 yards per catch or better.
**The Bruins have held four opponents under 310 yards this season (BYU 273, Arizona St. 275, Colorado 304, Oregon St. 307). Last season, the defense held three opponents to under 310 yards (UNLV 237, Oregon St. 246, Utah 307).
**The Bruins total of 510 yards gained vs. Utah was the most since it racked up 554 in game 10 of 2015 vs. Washington State.
**Jaleel Wadood's 15 tackles vs. Utah was 3rd career double-digit effort and topped his previous career-high of 11 stops last season vs. USC.
**TE Nate Iese made career-best 8 catches for career-high 146 yards v. Utah.
** Mike Fafaul threw for 464 yards (3rd on all-time school list) against Utah, setting school marks for passing attempts (70) and completions (40). He is the sixth UCLA quarterback to throw for at least 400 yards passing in a game joining Josh Rosen, Cade McNown (twice), Drew Olson, Brett Hundley and Tommy Maddox.
Rosen threw for career-high 400 yards against ASU which is tied for sixth on all-time school list- McNown, 1997 vs. Tennessee.
**NFL Rosters filled with '15 Bruins - seven members of last year's UCLA offensive unit are with teams in one capacity or another, including three receivers and three offensive linemen - REC Devin Fuller, REC Jordan Payton, REC Thomas Duarte, OL Alex Redmond, C Jake Brendel, OL Caleb Benenoch, RB Paul Perkins ... A couple of last year's defenders also are listed on NFL rosters - DL Kenny Clark, LB Aaron Wallace; as well as, K Ka'imi Fairbairn.
**During the Oregon State game, QB Mike Fafaul surpassed the 1,000-yard passing mark and joined Josh Rosen to become the first pair of Bruin QBs to throw for at least 1,000 yards in the same season.
**First starts --- Vs. USC TE Caleb Wilson made his first start; At Colorado, WR Jordan Lasley; Utah for RB Bolu Olorunfunmi; WSU for OG Josh Wariboko-Alali and QB Mike Fafaul; ASU game for WR Theo Howard and OT Andre James. Stanford for TE Giovanni Gentosi; BYU for FB Cameron Griffin; UNLV for LB Josh Woods and S Adarius Pickett; A&M game marked first start for position players Poasi Moala – OG; Soso Jamabo – RB; Austin Roberts - TE.
**The Bruins held six straight opponents earlier this season to under 400 yards of total offense for the first time since 2010.
**BYU's 23 yards rushing was the fewest by a Bruin opponent since Arizona State gained 21 in a 2008 game.
**Position Players with 20 starts - DB Randall Goforth-43; DB Fabian Moreau-39; WR/DB Ishmael Adams-35; DL Eddie Vanderdoes-31; OL Conor McDermott-31; DB Jaleel Wadood-30; OL Scott Quessenberry-30; LB Kenny Young-29; DL/LB Deon Hollins-24; TE Nate Iese 23, DL Takkarist McKinley-23 OL Kenny Lacy-21, LB Jayon Brown-20.
**Since the start of 2012 season, UCLA has won 22 of 27 games (81%) when winning the turnover battle and owns a record of 19-18 (51%) in games when losing or tying the turnover ratio.
**The Bruins are 36-3 under Coach Mora when ahead at the half.
**UCLA is 28-8 under Coach Mora when scoring first, 12-3 at home.
**The Oregon State game was the fourth time this season the Bruin defense has held a team under 100 yards rushing. The last time it held more than four opponents under 100 rushing yards for a game in a season was in 2007 (6).
**The Bruins ran for five touchdowns vs. UNLV (most since running in six vs. Arizona in 2015).
**UCLA has won 28 straight overall games and 47 straight regular season games in which it has held the opponent to less than 20 points (last loss 17-16 to BYU in 2007 Las Vegas Bowl /last regular season loss 16-14 at Colorado 2003).
**True Freshmen Played: 2016: 11, 2015: 10, 2014: 9, 2013: 18, 2012:12 --- LB Krys Barnes, DB Brandon Burton, LS Johnny Den Bleyker, WR Ethan Fernea, WR Theo Howard, P Austin Kent, K JJ Molson, RB Jalen Starks, RB Brandon Stephens, DL Boss Tagaloa, LB Lokeni Toailoa.
**Primarily defensive players have scored 17 touchdowns while playing on the offensive side of the ball since 2012.
**The Bruin defense kept Utah, Oregon St. and UNLV out of the end zone in 2015...The last time UCLA held at least 3 opponents without a touchdown in a season was during 1988 wins vs. Arkansas 17-3, Oregon 16-6, Arizona 24-3 and Long Beach State 56-3. Rose Bowl, matching the school record set in 1997-98.
**Record in alternate unis: '12 (Dark Blue) W-Arizona, L-Stanford; '13 (Black) W-Wash., W-Va Tech; '14 (Gray) W-Arizona; '15 (Black) W-Cal, (Black) L-WSU; '16 (Navy Blue) W-Oregon State.
**Ishmael Adams' 96-yard interception return for a score last season vs. Colorado was his third career return for a touchdown, one shy of all-time school leader Alterraun Verner, 2006-09, who now plays with the Tampa Bay Bucs.
**Josh Rosen recorded his 10th career 300-yard passing game against ASU and is now tied with Brett Hundley, 2012-14, for second on the all-time Bruin list. Cade McNown, 1995-98, is first on the list with 11.
**UCLA has posted a 13-11 overall record against ranked opponents under Coach Mora and has won seven of the last 12... 2016: 0-4 --L v. #15 USC, L at #21 Colorado, L v. #19 Utah, L v. #7 Stanford; 2015: 4-1 --W @ #18 Utah W #20 Cal, L at #15 Stanford, W at #16 Arizona; W #19 BYU; 2014: 4-1 -- W #11 Kansas St., W #24 USC, W #14 Arizona, L vs. #12 Oregon, W at #15 ASU.
** UCLA has won 16 of its last 19 non-conference matchups, it had a streak of 11 straight non-conference wins snapped in last season's bowl loss to Nebraska. UCLA had won all 12 regular season non-conference games under Coach Mora before falling in overtime at Texas A&M earlier this season.
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