UCLA
4-3 , 2-2
Oregon
4-4 , 1-4
Strong Second Half Lifts UCLA Past Oregon, 31-14
October 21, 2017 | Football
PASADENA, Calif. โ Josh Rosen completed 21 of 35 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns as the UCLA football team earned a 31-14 win over Oregon on Saturday at Rose Bowl Stadium. The Homecoming win marks the 600th victory in program history.
UCLA (4-3, 2-2 Pac-12) outscored the Ducks 17-0 in the second half after being tied with Oregon (4-4, 1-4 Pac-12) at halftime, 14-14.
Christian Pabico caught four passes for 99 yards with a touchdown, while Theo Howard had five receptions for 60 yards and Darren Andrew had five catches and a touchdown. Bolu Olorunfunmi and Soso Jamabo combined for 142 yards on the ground on 30 carries with one touchdown each.
The UCLA defense came up with three turnovers during the game, including two forced fumbles and an interception.
After JJ Molson kicked a 42-yard field goal on the opening drive of the second half, UCLA pushed its lead to 24-14 with 3:14 left in the third quarter. Olorunfumi scored on a 22-yard rush, leaping over an Oregon defender to cross the goal line for his fourth scoring rush of the season.
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The Bruins pushed its lead to 31-14 at the 9:03 mark in the fourth quarter as Rosen found Andrews for a one-yard touchdown in the back of the end zone to complete a 10-play, 40-yard drive.
UCLA scored twice in the first quarter to jump out to a 14-0 lead. The Bruins recovered a Ducks fumble on their own 45-yard line and used an 11-play drive capped off by a Jamabo four-yard run for the game's opening touchdown.
UCLA found the end zone on its next drive as Rosen connected with Pabico for a 33-yard touchdown pass to highlight a seven-play 65-yard drive that took just under three minutes. It marked Pabico's first career touchdown reception.
Oregon was able to tie the game at 14-14 with a pair of second-quarter touchdowns. UO used a 15-play, 75-yard drive to cut the score to 14-7 with 10:34 remaining in the quarter as Braxton Burmeister ran into the end zone from seven yards out.
The Ducks then tied the game with just 37 seconds left until halftime when Burmeister recorded his second rushing touchdown of the afternoon from the four-yard line to cap off another 15-play drive that took over five minutes off the clock.
UCLA is on the road next week when they travel to No. 12 Washington on Oct. 28. Game times is 12:30 p.m. PT and will be televised on either ABC/ESPN/ESPN2.
Team Stats
ORE 0, UCLA 7
UCLA - Jamabo, Soso 4 yd run (Molson, JJ kick), 11 plays, 45 yards, TOP 5:31
ORE 0, UCLA 14
UCLA - Pabico, C 31 yd pass from Rosen, Josh (Molson, JJ kick) 7 plays, 65 yards, TOP 2:57
ORE 7, UCLA 14
ORE - Burmeister, B. 7 yd run (Schneider, A. kick), 15 plays, 75 yards, TOP 6:03
ORE 14, UCLA 14
ORE - Burmeister, B. 4 yd run (Schneider, A. kick), 15 plays, 76 yards, TOP 5:16
ORE 14, UCLA 17
UCLA - Molson, JJ 42 yd field goal 12 plays, 72 yards, TOP 3:23
ORE 14, UCLA 24
UCLA - Olorunfunmi, Bo 22 yd run (Molson, JJ kick), 7 plays, 87 yards, TOP 1:39
ORE 14, UCLA 31
UCLA - Andrews, Darren 1 yd pass from Rosen, Josh (Molson, JJ kick) 10 plays, 40 yards, TOP 4:14
