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UCLA Hosts Arizona in Homecoming Game
October 16, 2018 | Football
Venue: Spieker Field at the Rose Bowl (80,616)
Kickoff Time: 7:30 p.m.
Television: ESPN2 (Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey, Edward Aschoff)
Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG College): AM 570/1150/ 97.3 FM
Josh Lewin (play-by-play),Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline)
Sirius 81/XM 81/Internet Ch. 81
UCLA (1-5, 1-2) welcomes Arizona (3-4, 2-2) to the Rose Bowl for a Pac-12 Conference matchup on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. The Homecoming game will be televised by ESPN2. The Bruin IMG Radio Network will broadcast the contest, which will also be aired over Sirius/XM, 97.3 FM THE FAN, uclabruins.com, tunein.com and TuneIn App. UCLA and Arizona have split the last 12 meetings (6-6) on the gridiron.
In last year's matchup in Tucson (Oct. 14), Khalil Tate rushed for 234 yards to lead the Wildcats to a 47-30 win. Arizona jumped out to a 30-14 lead at the half. UCLA sliced the margin to 40-30 late in the third quarter, but could not get closer. Bolu Olorunfunmi recorded his first career 100-yard rushing game (102) and scored a couple of touchdowns. Josh Rosen threw for 219 yards, but was sacked five times.
The teams last played in the Rose Bowl on Oct. 1, 2016, a 45-24 Bruin win. UCLA led 14-7 at the half and opened up a 24-10 margin after three quarters. Theo Howard caught his first career scoring pass (19 yards in third quarter) and Josh Rosen threw for 350 yards and three scores.
First-year head coach Chip Kelly was named UCLA's head football coach on Nov. 25, 2017. Kelly compiled a 46-7 record in four seasons as the head coach at the University of Oregon (2009-12). During that span, his Duck teams captured first place or a share of first in the North Division of the conference (three outright conference championships 2009-11) and four BCS bowl games. Kelly guided Oregon to appearances in a National Championship Game (2010), two Rose Bowls (after 2011 and 2009 seasons) and the Fiesta Bowl following the 2012 season. He also has served as the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers (2016) and the Philadelphia Eagles (2013-15).
THE WATCH LIST
โข OLB Keisean Lucier-South, who was named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week, rates T-8th in the P12 in sacks (0.5/g) and is 6th in the league in tackles for loss/g (1.42) ... At Cal, he had a forced fumble, a recovered fumble, which he returned for a touchdown, and an interception to go along with 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks.
โข RB Joshua Kelley racked up a career-best 157 yards (most by Bruin back since Paul Perkins ran for 219 vs. BYU in 2015) on a career-high 30 carries and three touchdowns at Cal ... It was his third straight 100-yard game -- 125 vs. Washington, 124 at Colorado --- with a 6.5 yards per carry average for the three games ... The last Bruin to record three straight 100-yard games was Jordon James in 2013 (155 vs. Nevada, 105 vs. Nebraska, 164 vs. New Mexico State) ... The last back with at least 30 carries in a game was the school's all-time leading rusher, Johnathan Franklin, who had 30 carries in a 2010 game vs. Washington State ... Soso Jamabo (vs. UNLV in 2016) was last back to run for three scores in a game ... Tyler Ebell was the last Bruin back to run for 100-plus yards in more than three straight games ( he had six straight 100-yard efforts in 2002).
โข Senior safety Adarius Pickett topped the team in tackles for the fifth time this season last week at Cal and has produced four double-digit tackle performances in the process (career-high 16 vs. Washington, 13 vs. Fresno St., 12 at Oklahoma, 15 v. Cincinnati) ... He ranks third in Pac-12 in total tackles/g (11.7) and 9th in the NCAA ... Pickett has seven career double-digit tackle games to his credit.
โข UCLA has coverted 13 of its last 28 third down attempts (46%) in last two games (including a season-best 57% vs. UW --8/14) ... In the first five contests, the Bruins had converted 17 of 56 third down attempts (30%).
โข Stefan Flintoft leads Pac-12 in punting average (46.7) and has most punts of any league performer measuring 50-plus yards this season (13). Only three Bruin punters (2010 Jeff Locke-45.8, 2008 Aaron Perez-45.2, 1989 Kirk Maggio-45.2) own season averages of more than 45.0 yards per kick since 1957.
โข Over the last two games, QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson has completed 40 of 53 passes for 75 percent. [27-38 (71%) against Washington and 13-15 (87%) against California]. His .866 performance at Cal rates as the third-highest by a Bruin QB since 1980 (Rick Neuheisel:1983 25-27 for .926 v. Washington / Josh Rosen: 2017 22-25 for .888 vs. Hawai'i) with at least 15 passing attempts.
โข The Bruins ran 55 times (tied for most attempts this season by P12 team) for 207 yards at Cal --- the last time UCLA ran more than 55 times in a game was 59 vs. Arizona in 2014 --- the last time it produced more than 200 rushing yards in a game was game two of the 2016 season (219 vs. UNLV).
โข The last time UCLA held a team to less than 10 points was at Utah in 2015 (17-9 win). Two weeks earlier, the Bruins shut out Oregon State (41-0). Over the last six quarters (at Cal and 2nd half of Washington) UCLA opponents are averaging 4.0 yds/play and 2.3 points per quarter --- Through first four games, plus first half of UW game, UCLA opponents averaged 5.7 yds/play / 9.7 points per quarter.
โข UCLA is rated 28th in the nation and third in P12 in turnover margin (0.67). The Bruins forced 13 (5 fumbles, 8 ints.) turnovers total in 2017. After five takeaways last week at Cal (four on four straight possessions in fourth quarter), it has registered 10 turnovers (6 fumbles, 4 ints.) so far this season. The last time the Bruins forced more than five turnovers was in a 2013 game at Utah when it came away with six interceptions.
โข ILB Krys Barnes is T11th in Pac-12 in tackles/g (7.5) and has totaled 5.5 tackles for loss the past two weeks. He is eighth in the P12 in TFLs/g (1.17).
