Postgame Notes – UCLA vs. Colorado

POSTGAME NOTES
UCLA 31, Colorado 14
November 2, 2019
  • UCLA has won three consecutive games for the first time in the Chip Kelly era and the first time overall since 2015
  • The current streak also marks the first time UCLA has won three straight Pac-12 games since the 2015 season
  • The Bruins finished the night with exactly 200 yards rushing as a team, giving the team 200+ yards on the ground in five consecutive games for the first time since 1978 (six straight)
  • The Bruins allowed a season and Chip Kelly era-low 14 points. UCLA last allowed fewer than 14 points on Nov. 21, 2015 at Utah (17-9)
  • The UCLA defense allowed just 283 total yards (second-lowest in 2019), 195 yards passing (second-lowest), and 88 yards rushing (third-lowest)
  • RB Demetric Felton had three receptions on the night to bring his season total to 39 catches, overtaking George Farmer’s school record for single-season reception by a running back (36, 1969)
  • RB Joshua Kelley recorded 126 yards rushing on 23 carries with a pair of touchdowns. It’s his second straight and fourth game overall with 100+ yards rushing and multiple touchdowns
  • Kelley ended the night with 2,104 career rushing yards, moving him from No. 18 to No. 15 in all-time program history
  • UCLA has now scored 30+ points in four straight and five of its last six games. The last time the Bruins posted four straight 30+ point games was the first four games of the 2017 season (Texas A&M, Hawai’I, at Memphis, at Stanford)
  • The Bruins improved to 5-1 in the Chip Kelly era when leading at halftime
  • QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson recorded 226 yards passing, his second-highest total this season and fifth time in his career breaking the 200-yard barrier. He added 38 yards on the ground
  • Thompson-Robinson completed 21 of 28 pass attempts for a season-high .750 completion percentage. It’s the second-best completion percentage of his career behind his .866 clip (13-15) at Cal in 2018
  • Thompson-Robinson had a pair of passing touchdowns, marking the third consecutive game and fifth time overall this season recording multiple passing touchdowns
  • TE Devin Asiasi recorded a 16-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter, his third TD grab of the season and fourth of his career. He has recorded a reception in eight straight games. 
  • WR Ethan Fernea had one catch, a career-long 45-yard grab resulting in his first career touchdown. It was his second straight week with 45 yards receiving and the second straight week he led the team in yards receiving (Asiasi also had 45 yards against Colorado)
  • Krys Barnes recorded 1.5 sacks, a career high, and notched his second career interception
  • S Stephan Blaylock led the team in total tackles (9) for the third consecutive game
  • UCLA scored a touchdown on its opening drive for the sixth time in nine games this season
  • UCLA scored following a Colorado interception in the first quarter, the second consecutive and third game overall this season that Bruins have scored points off a turnover