UCLA Wins Shootout With ASU, 44-37

Saturday, November 11

Pasadena, CA

6:30 PM

UCLA

5-5 , 3-4

Arizona State

5-5 , 4-3

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final F
ASU	14	7	13	3	37
UCLA	7	13	14	10	44

Wideout Jordan Lasley's fourth quarter touchdown put UCLA up for good against ASU on Saturday evening.

Photo by: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports

UCLA Wins Shootout With ASU, 44-37

November 11, 2017 | Football

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LOS ANGELES - The UCLA football team kept its perfect home record intact against Arizona State on Saturday evening, posting a 44-37 victory over the Sun Devils before 53,847 at the Rose Bowl. The Bruins (5-5; 3-4 Pac-12) are 5-0 in home games this season, marking the first time UCLA has won its first five contests at the Rose Bowl since 2013.

Saturday marked the return of junior quarterback Josh Rosen, who missed last week's game at Utah after suffering an injury at Washington on Oct. 28. Rosen finished the game 25-for-45 for 381 yards and a touchdown. It marked the 16th 300-yard passing game of his career, increasing his own school record. Rosen also moved into third place in the UCLA record books in both career passing yards and completions.

Bruin wideout Jordan Lasley had a career-high 162 yards receiving on the evening, hauling in a crucial 22-yard touchdown pass from Rosen early in the fourth quarter to give UCLA a 41-34 advantage. Lasley also hauled in a 59-yard reception in the second quarter to set up an eventual UCLA field goal.

Arizona State (5-5; 4-3 Pac-12) got off to a quick start in Saturday's contest, jumping out to an early lead with a pair first-quarter touchdowns. The Sun Devils' first strike came with 8:34 remaining in the quarter when quarterback Manny Wilkins hit wideout N'Keal Harry for a seven-yard TD pass. ASU scored again just five minutes later, this time on a two-yard TD run from Demario Richard, as the Sun Devils moved out to a 14-0 advantage.

UCLA defensive back Nate Meadors tallied the Bruins' first score of the game, as he intercepted a tipped pass from Wilkins, taking it in from 27 yards out to cut the lead to 14-7. It was Meadors' first career touchdown and second-career interception. UCLA then tied things up on a one-yard TD run from Rosen just after the start of the second quarter.

Arizona State scored once more prior to halftime when Wilkins notched a rushing touchdown of his own, a 16-yard scamper with 7:55 to play in the half, to give the Sun Devils a 21-14 advantage. UCLA managed to cut the lead to 21-20 prior to halftime following a pair field goals from kicker JJ Molson.

Following the intermission, running back Soso Jamabo gave UCLA its first lead of the game when he capped a 6-play, 59-yard drive with a 22-yard touchdown run, putting the Bruins up 27-21. It marked Jamabo's sixth touchdown in seven games this season.

In addition to Rosen and Jamabo, Bolu Olorunfunmi also rushed for a touchdown on Saturday, his fifth of the season, giving UCLA a 34-24 advantage on a two-yard run with 5:41 to play in the third quarter. That scoring drive also included a 56-yard reception by Olorunfunmi, the longest reception of his career. His 15 carries (for 79 yards) in the game were also a career high.

Down by 10 late in the third quarter, the Sun Devils would show some resilience. A 22-yard field goal from Brandon Ruiz cut the lead to 34-27, and ASU would tie the game moments later when Benjamin Eno blocked a UCLA punt and ran it in from nine yards out to tie the game at 34-34.

The Bruins, however, would remain steady down the stretch, getting that crucial touchdown from Lasley to start the fourth quarter, and following it up with another Molson field goal, his third of the game, to take a 44-34 lead. The Sun Devils scored just three points in the fourth quarter on a 23-yard field goal from Ruiz with 3:57 to play in the game.

On the defensive end of the field, sophomore linebacker Krys Barnes tied a career high with 12 tackles, and senior defensive lineman Jacob Tuioti-Mariner had a personal-best 10 tackles and two sacks and tied a career high with two tackles for loss. Redshirt sophomore defensive lineman Chigozie Nnoruka (eight) and senior defensive back/wide receiver Mossi Johnson (seven) also posted career highs in tackles.

The Bruins have just two regular-season games remaining. UCLA is scheduled to face crosstown rival USC on Nov. 18 at the Los Angeles Coliseum (5:00 p.m./ABC) and Cal at the Rose Bowl on Nov. 24 (7:30 p.m./FS1). UCLA can go undefeated at home this year with a win over the Bears. The Bruins' last undefeated campaign in Pasadena was a 6-0 mark in 2005.