UCLA
2-2 , 0-1
Stanford
2-2 , 1-1
UCLA Falls to Stanford in Pac-12 Opener, 58-34
September 24, 2017 | Football
STANFORD, Calif. – In a game that saw each team surpass 500 yards of total offense, UCLA dropped its Pac-12 opener on the road to Stanford, 58-34.
Bruin quarterback Josh Rosen passed for 480 yards, including a career-high 158 to Jordan Lasley and 145 to Caleb Wilson, while Soso Jamabo added a career-best 100 rushing yards. Bryce Love and the Cardinal rushing attack proved too strong, however, as the junior ran for 263 yards and a score. Cameron Scarlett added 86 yards and three touchdowns on the ground for Stanford.
Beginning the initial drive of the game on its own 48-yard line, the Cardinal (2-2) needed just three plays to reach the UCLA 19. Jet Toner knocked a 38-yard field goal through for the first points of the game.
A muffed punt by the Cardinal's Quenton Meeks was pounced on by the Bruins' Johnny Den Bleyker at the Stanford 15 and J.J. Molson would eventually knot the game at 3-3 with a 27-yard answer.
The teams would trade two more field goals before the Bruins (2-2) finally broke through on their first full drive of the second frame. Rosen completed three consecutive passes, capped by a 48-yard strike to Lasley to reach the 12-yard line. Following his first incompletion of the stretch, Rosen hit Darren Andrews for the game's first touchdown and the receiver's seventh of the season.
A Harrison Phillips block of a Molson 23-yard attempt shifted momentum in favor of the home Cardinal. Love runs of 27 and 32 yards keyed Stanford's push down to the Bruin two-yard line as Scarlett pounded in the Cardinal's first touchdown of the contest. The next Bruin drive would go three and out, as K.J. Costello, the Cardinal's third quarterback of the game, took over and re-established the Stanford advantage with a nine-yard scoring run to take a 20-13 lead. Toner added one more conversion from 39 yards to send the game to the half with the Cardinal leading 23-13.
The Bruins came out firing in the second half, as Rosen completed five consecutive passes to get the Bruins to the Stanford 12. Three Jamabo runs from there led to a UCLA touchdown to cut its deficit to 23-20.
With Stanford pinned on its own eight-yard line, the Bruins looked poised for another shift in momentum. A 22-yard Costello pass to JJ Arcega-Whiteside set up a 43-yard Connor Wedington run to nix those plans, and Costello completed 15-yard pass to Trenton Irwin for the score.
Down 30-20 near midfield, Christian Pabico had the ball stripped and recovered by the Cardinal defense, setting up a 4:49 scoring drive that culminated in a one-yard Scarlett plunge to push the lead to 17. The Bruins would not go away, though, as two long passes to Lasley—including a 39-yarder for a score—put UCLA down by a 37-27 score with the fourth quarter nearing.
A 6:18 drive ate into the clock and the Bruins' hopes for a comeback, as Costello eventually found Dalton Schultz for a three-yard touchdown pass and a 44-27 lead. UCLA once again answered thanks to a Rosen strike to Eldridge Massington at 6:59 of the final quarter, but a two-play, 70-yard Stanford drive—including a 69-yard Love scamper—buried the Bruins.
Next up for UCLA is its Pac-12 home opener against Colorado. The Bruins will take on the Buffaloes on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m., in a game that will be televised live on ESPN2.
Team Stats
UCLA 0, STAN 3
STAN - Toner,J 34 yd field goal 7 plays, 35 yards, TOP 2:43
UCLA 3, STAN 3
UCLA - Molson, JJ 27 yd field goal 4 plays, 5 yards, TOP 0:57
UCLA 3, STAN 6
STAN - Toner,J 32 yd field goal 5 plays, 3 yards, TOP 1:47
UCLA 6, STAN 6
UCLA - Molson, JJ 45 yd field goal 6 plays, 47 yards, TOP 1:41
UCLA 13, STAN 6
UCLA - Andrews, Darren 12 yd pass from Rosen, Josh (Molson, JJ kick) 5 plays, 71 yards, TOP 0:57
UCLA 13, STAN 13
STAN - Scarlett,C 2 yd run (Toner,J kick), 7 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:57
UCLA 13, STAN 20
STAN - Costello,K 9 yd run (Toner,J kick), 5 plays, 62 yards, TOP 1:54
UCLA 13, STAN 23
STAN - Toner,J 39 yd field goal 4 plays, 8 yards, TOP 0:35
UCLA 20, STAN 23
UCLA - Jamabo, Soso 3 yd run (Molson, JJ kick), 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:09
UCLA 20, STAN 30
STAN - Irwin,T 15 yd pass from Costello,K (Toner,J kick) 6 plays, 92 yards, TOP 3:24
UCLA 20, STAN 37
STAN - Scarlett,C 1 yd run (Toner,J kick), 8 plays, 42 yards, TOP 4:43
UCLA 27, STAN 37
UCLA - Lasley, Jordan 39 yd pass from Rosen, Josh (Molson, JJ kick) 6 plays, 91 yards, TOP 1:34
UCLA 27, STAN 44
STAN - Schultz,D 3 yd pass from Costello,K (Toner,J kick) 12 plays, 72 yards, TOP 6:18
UCLA 34, STAN 44
UCLA - Massington, Eld 15 yd pass from Rosen, Josh (Molson, JJ kick) 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:53
UCLA 34, STAN 51
STAN - Love,B 69 yd run (Toner,J kick), 2 plays, 70 yards, TOP 0:56
UCLA 34, STAN 58
STAN - Scarlett,C 4 yd run (Toner,J kick), 4 plays, 72 yards, TOP 2:05
