Football to Host No. 8 Oregon at the Rose Bowl Saturday

Saturday, September 28

Pasadena, CA

8:00 PM

UCLA

Oregon

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Football to Host No. 8 Oregon at the Rose Bowl Saturday

September 24, 2024 | Football

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GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Rose Bowl Stadium
Kickoff Time: 8 p.m. PT
Television: FOX
TV Talent: Connor Onion (play-by-play), Mark Helfrich (analyst), Josh Sims (sideline)
Local Radio (UCLA Sports Network): AM 1150
Local Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline)
SiriusXM: Ch. 372
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THE MATCHUP
The UCLA football team returns to Pasadena for its second home game of the season when it welcomes No. 8-ranked Oregon (3-0, 0-0 Big Ten) at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, Sept. 28, beginning at 8 p.m. PT. The contest between fellow Big Ten initiates will be nationally televised on FOX. The UCLA Sports Network will broadcast the contest, which will also be aired over SiriusXM.

SERIES HISTORY
UCLA owns a 40-32 record all-time against the Ducks, and is hosting Oregon in Pasadena for just the third time since 2015. The Bruins and Ducks have a split their two meetings at the Rose Bowl over the last 10 years, including a 31-14 triumph for UCLA in 2017 and a three-point decision for the Ducks, 34-31, in 2021.

WELCOME TO THE FOS ERA
It is a year of change for UCLA football, as head coach DeShaun Foster took the reins at his alma mater Feb. 12, 2024. A member of the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame for his prowess in the Bruin offensive backfield from 1998-2001, Foster spent seven seasons in the National Football League. He piled up more that 4,500 total yards and 16 touchdowns, including a 33-yard scoring dash in Super Bowl XXXVIII as a member of the Carolina Panthers. Foster spent the previous 11 seasons — including 10 at UCLA — in the collegiate coaching ranks before being promoted from associate head coach and running backs coach.

LAST TIME OUT
The Bruins are coming off a 34-17 defeat at No. 16 LSU last weekend. Quarterback Ethan Garbers threw for a career-high 281 yards with two passing touchdowns, including TD strikes in the first half to Jack Pedersen and Logan Loya that helped UCLA go into the halftime break tied with the Tigers at 17-17. The hosts went on to outscore UCLA, 17-0, in the second half as quarterback Garrett Nussmeier finished with 352 yards through the air and three touchdown passes. Linebacker Carson Schwesinger had a game-high 12 tackles in his first-career start. The non-conference battle in SEC country drew 100,315 fans to Tiger Stadium.

AT A GLANCE
• QB Ethan Garbers is coming off a career-high 281 passing yards and a season-high two touchdowns in UCLA's 34-17 loss to LSU at Tiger Stadium last Saturday (Sept. 21).
• Garbers connected with nine different receivers against the Tigers, with all nine posting at least one catch of 10+ yards (both season highs). WR Logan Loya and TE Jack Pedersen each hauled in their first TD grabs of the season in the game.
• WR Kwazi Gilmer made the first two receptions of his career at LSU, each for 25+ yards and setting up scoring drive. The true freshman totaled a team-high 61 receiving yards.
• LB Carson Schwesinger made the most of his first-career start at LSU, leading the Bruins with 12 tackles. He became the first Bruin defensive player with double-digit tackles this season.
• LB Kain Medrano enters this Saturday as the Big Ten leader in solo tackles per game (6.0).
• Medrano was a defensive standout for the Bruins in their loss to Indiana at the Rose Bowl (Sept. 14). Medrano recorded a team and career-high 3.0 tackles for loss, marking the third multi-TFL performance of his career. The Pueblo, Colo. native also paced the Bruins with nine total tackles, including eight solo.
• The UCLA defense surrendered just three second-half points, a feat it accomplished twice in 2023, at Hawai'i (Aug. 31). The Bruins shut out Utah (Sept. 23, 2023) and San Diego State (Sept. 9, 2023) in the final 30 minutes of those road contests.
• The Bruins piled up five sacks, 11 tackles for loss and two interceptions at Hawai'i. The UCLA defense in 2023 never reached all three totals in a single game. The TFL total matched the 2023 group's season high, which it accomplished in road games against Stanford (Oct. 21) and Utah (Sept. 23). The 2023 Bruins finished with 105 TFL, a program high since 2009.
• The Bruins outscored Hawai'i 16-3 in the second half of its 16-13 season-opening road win. That marked the first time a UCLA team won a game after being held scoreless in the first half since Oct. 1, 2005, when it took down Washington 21-17 after trailing 10-0 at halftime.

UCLA OFFICIALLY JOINS THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE
UCLA officially joined the Big Ten Conference Aug. 2, ushering in a new era in the Bruins' storied and illustrious athletic tradition. UCLA, along with previous conference foes Oregon, USC and Washington, have moved to an 18-team Big Ten Conference with a footprint spanning from the Pacific to the Atlantic.

UCLA's approaching membership in the Big Ten Conference was initially announced more than two years ago, on June 30, 2022.

"The day has finally come," said Martin Jarmond, The Alice and Nahum Lainer Family Director of Athletics. "After two years of planning and preparation, UCLA is proud and excited to join the Big Ten Conference. I am grateful for the energy and effort that has been put into shaping this pivotal move by our hard-working staff members, as well as our coaches and student-athletes. The investments we have made into our programs and student-athletes over the past 24 months have set us up to continue to compete at the elite level that defines UCLA Athletics."

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