University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
UCLA
San Diego State
Football Makes 2019 Home Debut Saturday
September 03, 2019 | Football
GAME TWO: San Diego State at UCLA
Venue: Spieker Field at the Rose Bowl (80,616)
Kickoff Time: 1:15 p.m. PT
Television: Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Lewis Johnson)
Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG College): AM 570 Josh Lewin (play-by-play),Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline) Sirius/XM/internet Ch. 136/197/959
UCLA (0-1) will host San Diego State (1-0) on Saturday, September 7 at Spieker Field at the Rose Bowl at 1:15 p.m. PT. The game will be televised by Pac-12 Network. The Bruin IMG Radio Network will broadcast the contest, which will also be aired over Sirius/XM, uclabruins.com and tunein.com and the TuneIn App. UCLA Athletics is proud to join our institution in celebrating UCLA's Centennial all season long. The football team will mark the Centennial with a UCLA 100 helmet sticker for every game, and a UCLA 100 jersey patch for all home games.
This will be the first meeting between the teams since the 2009 season when UCLA captured a 33-14 decision in a game played in the Rose Bowl. The Bruins own a 21-0-1 series mark against the Aztecs and are 13-0 in series games played in Los Angeles. The series began in 1922 and the tie game occured in 1924 (13-13).
The Bruins own a September record of 14-9 over the past seven seasons -- 2019 (0-0), '18 (0-4), '17 (3-2), '16 (2-2), '15 (4-0), '14 (3-0), '13 (2-0). UCLA will be looking for its first non-conference win since a 2017 victory over Hawai'i in the Rose Bowl. It has dropped its last six contests against non-conference opponents (2019- at Cincinnati; 2018-Cincinnati, at Oklahoma, Fresno State; 2017-Kansas State (bowl), at Memphis).
This will be UCLA's 23rd meeting with the Aztecs. UCLA is 45-8-2 all-time vs. teams in the current Mountain West Conference -- Fresno State (6-3), San Jose State (1-0), Nevada (1-0), UNLV (2-0), Hawai'i (3-0), Wyoming (0-1), Colorado State (2-0), Air Force (6-4-1), Boise State (1-0), Utah State (1-0), New Mexico (1-0), San Diego State (21-0-1).
THE WATCH LIST
โข Demetric Felton generated 174 all-purpose yards against Cincinnati (15th in the NCAA) and 162 of UCLA's total of 218 total offense yards (23 rushes-71 yards, 2 catches-91 yards and a touchdown on a 75-yard catch-and-run)...Felton had 12 yards on a KO return.
โข UCLA had 48 players see game action in the opener at Cincinnati --- 2 grad students, 7 seniors, 11 juniors, 15 soph., 9 redshirt freshmen, 4 true freshmen.
โข Making their first career starts as Bruins in the season-opener against Cincinnati were: OT Sean Rhyan, OG Jon Gaines II, WR Jaylen Erwin, LB Leni Toailoa, CB Jay Shaw, S Stephan Blaylock.
โข Seeing their first game action as Bruins in the opener were: OT Sean Rhyan*, WR Jaylen Erwin, P Wade Lees, LB Jason Harris, LB Adam Cohen*, DB Kenny Churchwell III, DB Patrick Jolly Jr., LB Carl Jones*, TE Mike Martinez*. (* indicates true freshman)
โข The Bruins were 6 of 15 on third down conversions at Cincinnati, but scored both touchdowns on third down plays (75-yard pass play from Dorian Thompson-Robinson to Demetric Felton in second quarter and 7-yard pass from play Thompson-Robinson to Chase Cota) ... Both of Thompson-Robinson's interceptions came on third down (3rd and 13; 3rd and 7) and each were followed by Bearcat scoring drives ... Thompson-Robinson averaged 19.5 yards per completion to rank third nationally in the category after one game.
โข Defenders CB Elijah Gates (10 and a forced fumble), DL Atonio Mafi (9 and 0.5 TFL) and S Stephan Blaylock (6 and 0.5 TFL) each registerd career-highs for tackles in the opener.
โข WR Chase Cota made his first scoring reception in the third quarter at Cincinnati (seven yards).
