UCLA
Oregon
Bruins Head North for Date with Ducks
November 01, 2018 | Football
Venue: Autzen Stadium (54,000)
Kickoff Time: 4:30 p.m.
Television: FOX (Tim Brando, Spencer Tillman, Holly Sonders)
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 83/XM 83 /internet Ch. 83
UCLA (2-6, 2-3) travels to face Oregon (5-3, 2-3) in Eugene for a Pac-12 Conference matchup on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 4:30 p.m. The game will be televised by FOX. 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. The Bruins will be seeking their first back-to-back road wins since beating Utah and Oregon State in 2015, along with a first win in Eugene since 2004.
In last year's matchup in the Rose Bowl (Oct. 21), UCLA outscored Oregon 17-0 in the second half and went on to hand the Ducks a 31-14 setback in what was the 600th win in UCLA football history. Christian Pabico caught his first career touchdown pass to help stake UCLA to a 14-0 lead. Oregon tied the game at 14-all at the half on two short scoring runs setting the stage for UCLA's second half shut out. Pabico caught 4 passes for 99 yards in the game. Josh Rosen threw for 266 yards and two touchdowns.
The teams last played in Autzen Stadium in 2013, when the No. 2 Ducks defeated No. 12 UCLA 42-14. The score was tied at 14 at the half before the Ducks rattled off 28 unanswered points behind quarterback Marcus Mariota. Brett Hundley completed 13 of 19 passes for 64 yards and a touchdown but threw two interceptions, including one early in the fourth quarter that led to an Oregon touchdown. He also ran for 72 yards and a score, while Paul Perkins totaled 93 more of UCLA's 219 yards rushing.
The Bruins last won at Autzen Stadium on Nov. 13, 2004 by a score of 34-26. True freshman Chris Markey, starting in place of an injured Maurice Jones-Drew, ran for 131 yards and made five receptions for 84 yards. UCLA jumped out to a 21-10 halftime lead after a couple of Manuel White scoring runs and a 43-yard interception return by Trey Brown. After the Ducks closed to 24-20, Drew Olson hit Junior Taylor on an 83-yard pass play for a 31-20 Bruin lead late in the third quarter. UO cut it to 31-26 on a fourth-quarter punt return for a touchdown. Justin Medlock connected on his second 50-yard field goal of the contest for the final points of the day with just over two minutes remaining.
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).
WATCH LIST
โข With the interception by Quentin Lake against Utah, UCLA now has 14 turnovers for the year which is more than the total for the entire 2017 season. UCLA rates 32nd in the nation and second in P12 in turnover margin (0.50).
โข UCLA is plus-seven in turnovers in its wins (5 Cal-UCLA 0 turnovers//Ariz. 3-UCLA1) ... UCLA is -3 in turnover margin in losses (Oppt. 6, UCLA 9 turnovers) ... The last time the Bruins forced more than the five turnovers at Cal (10/13) was in 2013 at Utah (six interceptions).
โข WR Theo Howard has caught a pass in each of his last 24 straight games. With 102 career catches after six grabs vs. Utah, he became the 25th 100-catch receiver in UCLA history. He hauled in a season-best total of nine catches vs. UW and went over the 1,000-yard career mark for his career vs. Arizona.
โข OLB Keisean Lucier-South rates 9th in the P12 in sacks (0.50/g) and is 5th in the league in tackles for loss/g (1.31) ... 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, a transfer from UC Davis, came up just short in his quest for a fifth straight 100-yard game with 90 yards on 16 carries last week vs. Utah ... He has averaged 5.8 yards per carry over the last five games ... Against Arizona, he ran for 136 yards on a career-high 31 carries (tied for most carries by P12 back this season) to register a fourth straight 100-yard game ... He racked up a career-best 157 yards, most by Bruin back since Paul Perkins ran for 219 vs. BYU in 2015, on 30 carries for three touchdowns the previous week at Cal [Also 125 vs. Washington, 124 at Colorado] ... The last back with more than 30 carries in a game was Tyler Ebell with 31 in 2002 against Washington ... Ebell was also the last Bruin back to run for 100-plus yards in more than four straight games as he had six straight 100-yard efforts in 2002.
โข Senior safety Adarius Pickett has topped the team in tackles six times this season ... He 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 4th in Pac-12 in total tackles/g (10.5 and 19th in the NCAA ... Pickett has seven career double-digit tackle games to his credit.
โข UCLA has coverted 26 of its last 62 third down attempts (42%) in the last 4 games (including a season-best 57% vs. UW --8/14) ... In the first four contests, the Bruins had converted 17 of 56 third down attempts (30%).
โข TE Caleb Wilson, who has totaled 26 catches for 338 yards over the last 4 games (6.5 catch avg./game). went over the 1,000-yard receiving mark for his career at Cal ... Wilson had his third career 100-yard receiving game (102) against Washington on a season-high eight receptions.
โข Boss Tagaloa, who had started eight games on the defensive line, made his first career start on offense at center in game four at Colorado and has started the last five contests -- the Bruins who averaged 3.5 yards per carry through the first three games (392/112 carries), have rushed for a 4.3 yards per carry mark in last five (788/183) helping produce four 100-yard games by Joshua Kelley, including 632 of his season total of 659 yards.
โข Stefan Flintoft leads the P12 (4th in NCAA) in punting average (46.8) and has the most punts of any league performer measuring 50-plus yards this season (17). Since 1957, only 3 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.
