University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
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Oregon State
Football Returns Home to Face Oregon State
September 30, 2019 | Football
GAME FOUR: Oregon State at UCLA
Venue: Spieker Field at the Rose Bowl
Kickoff Time: 6 p.m. PT
Television: Pac-12 Network (Roxy Bernstein, Anthony Herron, Jill Savage)
Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG College): AM 570
Josh Lewin (play-by-play),Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline)
Sirius Ch. 98/XM 197/internet 959
UCLA (1-4, 1-1) welcomes Oregon State (1-3, 0-1) to the Rose Bowl on Saturday, October 5 at 6 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 97.3 FM, 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.
UCLA will be looking to capture its first win in the Rose Bowl this season after two non-conference setbacks against SDSU and Oklahoma. The Bruins own a 43-16-4 overall advantage in the series against Oregon State which started in 1930. The Bruins and Beavers will be meeting for the first time since UCLA captured a 38-24 decision in the Rose Bowl in November of 2016. UCLA has won the last two meetings, in 2015 (41-0) and 2016, with OSU last coming out on top in the Rose Bowl in 2012 (27-20). The teams have split the last four series meetings played in Pasadena.
THE LAST TIME UCLA PLAYED OREGON STATE
UCLA 38, Oregon State 24 --- Nov. 12, 2016 --- UCLA snapped a four-game losing streak with a win over the Beavers. The Bruins fell behind early after fumbling on the second play from scrimmage. OSU found the end zone two plays later for a 7-0 lead. The Bruins stormed back with three straight touchdowns, two on the ground and one off a blocked punt which Jordan Lasley returned for a touchdown. OSU tallied on a short run in the second quarter and JJ Molson connected on a 49-yard FG right before the half as UCLA took a 24-14 lead into the break. The Beavers picked up a Bruin fumble midway through the third quarter and returned it for a score to narrow the gap to 24-21. UCLA then marched 86 yards to the end zone on eight plays to move back in front by 10. A Beaver fi eld goal made it a one score game heading into the final quarter. Randall Goforth's 40-yard interception return for a touchdown with two minutes left ended the Beaver hopes.
THE WATCH LIST
• The Bruins used 60% (32/53) freshmen and sophomores among the 53 players who saw action at Arizona ---2 grad students, 9 seniors, 10 juniors, 15 soph., 11 redshirt freshmen, 6 true freshmen...UCLA used 48 players at Cincinnati, 52 vs. San Diego State, 54 against Oklahoma and 54 players at WSU.
• UCLA rates second in the nation in punt returns with 24.6 avg. (primarily Kyle Philips) -- it has led the nation to fi nish up three previous seasons --- 2005 (Maurice Jones-Drew was primary returner - team avg. 25.0), 1940 (Jackie Robinson - team avg. 16.2), 1939 (Jackie Robinson- team avg. 16.3).
• LG Duke Clemens and LT Sean Rhyan started together at Arizona, the first time the Bruins have had two true freshmen starting on the O-line in a game since 2013 when Alex Redmond started all 13 games at RG and was joined in game 5 by RT Caleb Benenoch...LG Scott Quessenberry came on to start at left guard in game 6 to make it three for balance of season...All 3 are currently on NFL rosters.
• Joshua Kelley ran for a season-high 127 yards at Arizona, his seventh career 100-yard game and first of 2019 and is rated 6th in P12 in rushing yards per game (80.2).
• The Bruins have scored at least one TD on a third down play in each game this season --- Dorian Thompson-Robinson's scoring pass Matt Lynch at Arizona came on third-and-goal; the pass to Demetric Felton which produced the game-winning points at WSU was on a third-and-goal play; Jaylen Erwin's scoring catch vs. Oklahoma was on third-and-six ... Greg Dulcich's TD catch vs. SDSU was on third-and-14 ... The Bruins scored both touchdowns on third down plays at Cincinnati (75-yard pass play from Dorian Thompson- Robinson to Demetric Felton and 7-yard pass from play Thompson-Robinson to Chase Cota).
• Defensive Improvement -- Rushing Yards per Game allowed 2017: 287.4 / 2018: 199.4/ 2019: 162.6; Average Yards per rush allowed 2017: 5.8 / 2018: 4.6/ 2019: 4.3.
• The Bruins posted a season-best 217 ground yards at Arizona and have rushed for at over 100 yards in their last three games of the season ... 150 at WSU ... 110 against Oklahoma ...The Bruins had posted 11 straight games of 100 or more yards of team rushing to start the 2018 season, but fell short in the 2018 season finale and the first two outings of 2019.
• The teams the Bruins have played this season own a 16-5 record to date and those remaining on the 2019 Bruin schedule are 21-12.
• Senior LB Krys Barnes is 15th in NCAA (4th P12) with 6.2 solo tackles/game --- he has double-digit total tackles in 5 of last 8 games and rates 2nd in Pac-12 in tackles for loss per game (1.30 / 6.5 tfls).
• OLB Keisean Lucier-South, who led team in 2018 with 11.5 tackles for loss and started 12 games, joined Bruin practices during WSU week and was in the starting lineup at Wazzu after being sidelined for the start of 2019 season due to academics. On the last WSU possession, he was credited with a strip sack which ended any Cougar hopes of a last-minute comeback...He added another sack at Arizona.
