UCLA
Stanford
Bruins to Host Cardinal on Senior Day
November 20, 2018 | Football
Venue: Spieker Field at the Rose Bowl (80,616)
Kickoff Time: Noon
Television: Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Jill Savage)
Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG College): AM 570/ 97.3 FM
Josh Lewin (play-by-play),Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline)
Sirius 121/XM 197 /internet Ch. 959
UCLA (3-8, 3-5) will meet Stanford (6-4, 4-3) on Spieker Field at the Rose Bowl for a Pac-12 Conference matchup on Saturday, Nov. 24 at Noon PT. The game will be televised by the Pac-12 Network. 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 Cardinal have won the last 10 meetings in the series (0-6 at Stanford and 0-4 at UCLA). The Bruins had captured the previous five meetings in the series.
Last season at Stanford, both teams racked up over 500 yards of offense, but the Cardinal prevailed on the scoreboard 58-34. Josh Rosen passed for 480 yards while Caleb Wilson was on the receiving end of 145 yards worth. Stanford led 23-13 at the half. UCLA cut the deficit to 23-20 early in the third quarter only to see the Cardinal answer with two straight TD drives. UCLA responded with a Rosen scoring pass to Jordan Lasley to make it a 10-point game (37-27) heading to the fourth quarter before the Cardinal put it away.
In the 2016 meeting played at Stanford, the Cardinal moved to a 35-17 halftime lead and used 369 all-purpose yards from Christian McCaffrey to post a 56-35 win. The Bruins put up 506 yards of total offense. Josh Rosen completed 22 of 42 attempts for 325 yards and three touchdowns, including a 70-yard scoring strike to Darren Andrews. Kenny Young had 13 tackles.
UCLA's last win in the series came by a score of 23-20 in a 2008 Homecoming game in the Rose Bowl. Quarterback Kevin Craft completed six straight passing attempts during an 11-play scoring drive which culminated on a 7-yard toss to tight end Cory Harkey with 10 seconds to play. In 2005, UCLA made one of its greatest comebacks in school history at Stanford after rallying from a 21-point deficit (3-24) in the fourth quarter for an overtime win. When the Cardinal converted a UCLA fumble into a touchdown, it led 24-3 with just 8:26 remaining in the game. The Bruins answered with a 65-yard scoring drive, capped off by a scoring run by Maurice Jones-Drew. The Bruin defense forced a three-and-out, and then quarterback Drew Olson drove the team 72 yards, hitting Joe Cowan for a 31-yard touchdown to make it 24-17 with 4:43 to go. The Bruin defense stiffened and following a Cardinal punt UCLA took over on its own 34-yard line with 2:30 on the clock. Olson moved the team down the field with the help of two pass interference calls. On fourth-and-one, Olson hit Cowan at the one-yard line for a first down, and Jones-Drew took it in from there with 46 seconds to play. IIn overtime, Stanford kicked a fi eld goal. On the second play of UCLA's possession, Olson connected with Brandon Breazell in the corner of the end zone from 23-yards out for the win.
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), including a 2-2 record vs. Stanford. During that span, his Duck teams captured fi rst 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 UCLA has generated over 400 yards of total offense in five of the past seven games...The Bruins are averaging 419.3 yards of total offense in the last 7 games, after averaging 312.0 yards per game in first four contests of season ... UCLA racked up 479 yards of total offense, including a season-best 313 rushing yards vs. USC ....The Bruins put up a season-high of 335 yards passing and 439 total yards two weeks ago at ASU. Wilton Speight's 335 yards passing at ASU were the most by a Bruin since Josh Rosen threw for 421 last season vs. USC. The previous week, UCLA had rung up a season-best 496 yards of offense at Oregon (199 rush, 297 pass). UCLA's team rushing average is up to 163.3 per game this season from 113.4 per 2017 game.
โข RB Joshua Kelley, a transfer from UC Davis, has rushed for a touchdown in each of the last 7 games - the last Bruin to tally a rushing TD in 7 straight was Skip Hicks who had rushing TDs in 14 straight games over two seasons [last 8 in 1996 and fi rst 6 in 1997]) ... Kelley has 1,188 yards rushing which is 11th on the Bruin single-season list and just 40 shy of 10th place -- Paul Perkins was the last Bruin 1,000-yard rusher (1,343 in 2015)... Kelley has six 100-yard rushing games in 2018, the most since Perkins had six in 2014...Johnathan Franklin set a school mark with nine 100-yard games in 2012...In the fourth quarter vs. USC, Kelley ran 12 times for 104 yards...His 40 carries vs. USC ties for most by P12 back in '18 ... Kelley produced a career-high six receptions at Oregon, the fifth time he's grabbed at least three passes in a game in '18 ... Kelley ranks third in P12 in all-purpose yards per game (136.7).
โข UCLA has played 20 true freshmen this season to set a new school record - the old mark was 18 in 2013...True freshmen played: 2018: 20, 2017: 8, 2016: 11, 2015: 10, 2014: 9, 2013: 18, 2012:12 --- RB Kazmeir Allen, RB Martell Irby, QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, WR Kyle Philips, OL Christaphany Murray, WR Chase Cota, DL Atonio Mafi , DL Tyler Manoa, DB Stephan Blaylock, DB Rayshad Williams, DL Otito Ogbonnia and DB Elisha Guidry saw action vs. Cincinnati. WR Michael Ezeike at Oklahoma;. WR Delon Hurt and LB Bo Calvert vs. Fresno State. LB Elijah Wade saw his first action at Colorado. DB Alex Johnson saw action at Oregon ... WR Greg Dulcich, TE David Priebe and OL Alec Anderson played at ASU.
โข UCLA is plus-eight in turnovers in its three wins (5 Cal-0 UCLA turnovers/3-Arizona-1 UCLA/2-USC UCLA-1) ... UCLA is -6 in turnover margin in losses (Oppt. 7, UCLA 13 turnovers) ... Bruins are T3rd in P12 in turnover margin (0.18) ...The five turnovers at Cal equal most in a game since 2013 (6 at Utah).
โข WR Theo Howard has caught a pass in each of his last 27 straight games. With 114 catches, Howard moved up to 17th on the school career receptions list vs. USC ... Against 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 1,000-yards for his career vs. Arizona.
โข 53 players saw action vs. USC, including four seniors, two grad students and 21 freshmen --13 true freshmen (OL Alec Anderson, DB Stephan Blaylock, WR Chase Cota, WR Greg Dulcich, WR Delon Hurt, RB Martell Irby, DL Atonio Mafi , DL Tyler Manoa, OL Christaphany Murray, DL Otito Ogbonnia, TE David Priebe, QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, LB Elijah Wade) and 8 redshirt freshmen (DB Elijah Gates, LB Odua Isibor, OL Sam Marrazzo, DB Shea Pitts, TE Drew Platt, DB Jay Shaw, LB Jayce Smalley, LB Donovan Williams). [12 sophomores/14 juniors ].
โข UCLA has forced 17 turnovers for the year ... Bruin points have been scored as a result of 10 of the 17 turnovers.
โข Safety Adarius Pickett has topped the team in tackles 8 times this season ... He has 115 tackles on the season to move beyond the 100-tackle mark for the first time in his career and is just five tackles shy of tying for 15th on the single-season list...The last Bruin defensive back to record 100 tackles for a season was safety Dennis Keyes (115) in 2007...Pickett has produced 6 double-digit tackle performances in 2018 (12 at ASU, 11 at UO, career-high 16 vs. Washington, 13 vs. Fresno, 12 at Okla., 15 vs. Cinn.) ... He ranks 4th in P12 in total tackles/g (10.5) and 16th in NCAA.
