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UCLA Travels to Seattle to Face No. 12 Washington
October 24, 2017 | Football
UCLA AT WASHINGTON
Venue: Husky Stadium (70, 138)
Date: Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017
Kickoff Time: 12:30 p.m. PT
Television: ABC
TV Crew: Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Brock Huard (analyst), Allison Williams (sideline)
Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG College): AM 1150/AM 570
Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline)
SIRIUS/XM Radio Channels: Sirius Ch. 83/XM Ch. 83/Internet 972
BRUINS TRAVEL TO PLAY AT NO. 12 WASHINGTON
UCLA (4-3, 2-2) hits the road for a trip to Seattle to take on No. 12-ranked Washington (6-1, 3-1) on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 12:30 p.m. The game will be televised by ABC. The Bruin IMG Radio Network will radio broadcast the contest, which will also be aired over Sirius/XM, uclabruins.com and tunein.com and the TuneIn App.
The Bruins have captured wins in five of the last six overall meetings in the series, including in the most recent game, which was played in 2014 in Seattle. UCLA is 15-20-1 in games played in Seattle but has won four of the last six battles in the Northwest. The only Husky wins in the series since 1996 have come in Seattle (1996, 2000, 2006, 2010).
Brett Hundley piloted UCLA to victory in that most recent contest in 2014, throwing for 302 yards and two touchdowns to become the school's all-time leader in TD passes. He also ran for two more scores. Myles Jack added a 28-yard touchdown run in then-No. 18 UCLA's 44-30 win.
In 2013, UCLA posted a 41-31 win on a Friday-night battle in the Rose Bowl. Jack scored four rushing touchdowns on the night. UCLA moved out to a 27-7 lead early in the second quarter only to see the Huskies close to 27-24 in the third quarter. Jack's final scoring romp lifted the Bruins into a 34-24 advantage before each team traded scores to end the game.
This will be the first time Washington has been ranked for the match-up since the 2003 season, when an unranked Bruin team bested the Huskies, 46-16, in the Rose Bowl. UCLA spotted the Washington Huskies a 13-0 lead, but went on to out score Washington 39-0 in the final 30 minutes. Washington tallied just one field goal on its final 12 possessions. The game turned around early in the third quarter when Dave Ball sacked Cody Pickett in the end zone, forcing a fumble that Rodney Leisle recovered for a Bruin touchdown. With 4:19 remaining in the quarter, UCLA took the lead for good when Manuel White forced himself into the end zone from the one, capping a 91-yard, 5:30 drive. Quarterback Drew Olson (3:30) and running back Maurice Jones-Drew (2:05) added late touchdowns for the final margin.
The 1990 Upset
Seattle's Husky Stadium is the site of one of the greatest upset wins in UCLA history. The 1990 Bruin team, which came into the game as 21-point underdogs with a 4-5 record, defeated No. 2-ranked Washington 25-22 on a rainy, windy November day. The Huskies had beaten their previous six Pac-10 opponents by an average of 33 points heading into the battle.
Brian Brown scored on an 88-yard touchdown run, slipping past a blitzing Husky defense, to lift the Bruins into an early 7-0 lead, but it was a 43-yard field goal by Brad Daluiso with just 0:10 to play that took down the Huskies, likely costing UW a national championship shot as top-ranked Notre Dame had lost earlier in the day.
The Bruins grabbed a 13-7 halftime lead with 2 seconds left in the half when QB Tommy Maddox found Corwin Anthony for a 1-yard touchdown pass, but a bad snap resulted in a failed conversion. Late in the 3rd quarter, Washington moved into the lead, at 14-13, on a short scoring run. Early in the 4th quarter, UCLA put together their second 80-yard scoring drive of the day, with Maddox connecting with WR Scott Miller on a 30-yard scoring strike for a 19-14 Bruin lead after the extra point attempt sailed wide.
Washington fumbled on its next possession, and Daluiso booted a 22-yard field goal to extend the lead to 22-14 with 9:39 left. UW got a break when Miller mishandled a punt return and the Huskies recovered at the UCLA 37-yard line with 3:30 to go. Four plays later, QB Mark Brunell found Mario Bailey for a 32-yard TD pass. The 2-point conversion tied the game at the 2:36 mark.
The Bruins punted on their next possession, and UW had a chance to claim the win, but UCLA's All-Pac-10 safety Eric Turner came away with an interception, giving the Bruins the ball at midfield with 1:37 left. Four plays later, with the ball at the Washington 26-yard line, Daluiso hit the winning kick.
THE WATCH LIST โ
โข Josh Rosen needs 330 passing yds, 201 total off. yds and 36 completions to move up to third on the UCLA career lists in each category.
โข The win over Oregon was the 600th overall in UCLA football program history and fourth straight in the Rose Bowl this season.
โข Josh Rosen ranks first in the Pac-12 in passing yards (2,620), passing yards per game (374.3) and total offense (371.0). His 495 total yards at Memphis is the most by a P12 player this season, as is his 491 passing yards total vs. Texas A&M. Rosen holds three of the top four passing yard totals put up by P12 players this season. UCLA's 8.4 yards per passing attempt mark leads the P12.
โข Darren Andrews, who is 4th in the nation in touchdown catches with 8, entered the all-time top 10 list at the school in career receptions against Colorado. He now sits at sixth with 151 career catches. Andrews needs 3 more catches to reach the school's all-time Top 5 and 189 additional yards to move into the top 10 in receiving yards.
โข S Jaleel Wadood ranks 25th in the nation in solo tackles (5.4/g) and leads the team with 50 tackles (7th in P12 8.3 per game); LB Kenny Young (49 is 8th in P12 8.2 per game) and S Adarius Pickett (44) are next; CB Nate Meadors has five pass break-ups; Jaelan Phillips has 5.5 TFLs followed by Osa Odighizuwa with 5.0 and Keisean Lucier-South with 4.5; Jacob Tuioti-Mariner and Phillips have 2.5 sacks. The opponent completion % of .535 is tied for lowest in the Pac-12.
โข LB Kenny Young has 46 tackles in the last 4 games, with 12-each at Stanford, vs. Colorado and vs. Oregon, to go with a 10-spot at Arizona.
โข WR Christian Pabico's 99-yard effort vs. Oregon was the most productive game by a Bruin walk-on receiver since Danny Farmer, who started his career as walk-on before getting a scholarship, had 148 receiving yards in a 1999 game vs. Arizona State.
โข Five Bruin DL combined for 19 tackles, 6 TFL vs. Oregon after having zero tackles the week before at Arizona (Chigozie Nnoruka-5, Osa Odighizuwa-5/3.0 tfl, Marcus Moore-5/2.0 tfl/1.0 sack, Jaelan Phillips-4/1.0 tfl/1.0 sack).
โข Soso Jamabo has a rushing touchdown in each of the last four games (269 yds on 56 carries during this stretch).
โข The win over Colorado was victory #45 for Coach Mora, who is in fifth on the all-time Bruin coaching win list. Coach Mora needs 5 more Ws to become just the fourth UCLA head man to reach the 50-win mark (Terry Donahue - 151, Bill Spaulding - 72, Red Sanders - 66, Bob Toledo 49).
โข The record of the remaining opponents on the Bruin schedule is: 24-13 (65%) ---- UW 6-1, Utah 4-3, ASU 4-3, USC 6-2, Cal 4-4.
โข 15 different receivers have caught at least 2 passes; 9 have at least 10-yard per catch avg. and 8 have caught a touchdown pass this season.
โข Over last 12g, Josh Rosen has thrown 500 passes, with 311 completions (.622) for 4,192 yards (school record is 3,740 yds) and 10 int., 28 tds.
โข UCLA is averaging 6.7 yards per play, which would approach a school record mark - the only other seasons (dating to 1945) in which UCLA has averaged more than 6.5 yards per play are 6.81 in 1998 and 6.62 in 1973...The 8.4 yards per pass attempt mark leads the P12.
IN BRIEF
โข UCLA ranks 11th in nation in net punting (42.09), and punter Stefan Flintoft has placed 11 of his 23 punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line; he boomed a career-long 63-yarder against Texas A&M and has four kicks of 50+ yards this season.
โข LB DeChaun Holiday and DL Marcus Moore recorded first starts vs. Oregon.
โข Seven true freshmen have seen action in 2017: DB Darnay Holmes, DL Jaelan Phillips, DB Mo Osling III, DL Martin Andrus, DB Quentin Lake, TE Moses Robinson-Carr, DL Greg Rogers.
โข TE Alex Rassool (Jr.), RB (Justin Rittman (Jr.) and DL Greg Rogers (Fr.) took the field for the first time as Bruins vs. Oregon.
