PALO ALTO, Calif.—Perhaps it was naive to think UCLA football might get an easy win against Stanford. The Bruins, seeking to snap a nine-game losing streak to the Cardinal, looked poised to build a two-score lead early in the second quarter of Saturday night’s matchup. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior wide receiver Darren Andrews scored the first touchdown of the game, but the Bruins couldn’t maintain their first half lead. (Amy Dixon/assistant Photo editor)
Ten – that’s how many consecutive losses against Stanford there will be if UCLA loses Saturday. Both teams are coming off losses to unranked opponents outside of the Power Five conferences. Read more...
Photo: Stanford running back Bryce Love is second in the country with 524 yards in the first three games of the season. Stopping Love will be key to UCLA’s success Saturday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Matt Cummings, football beat writerPrediction: Stanford 35, UCLA 31 The talk among the UCLA coaching staff after the loss to Memphis has focused heavily on the Bruins’ inability to prevent explosive plays. Read more...
Photo: The Bruin defense will have to shut down the Cardinal’s running game and hope it can turn the match into a shootout between quarterbacks.(Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
Josh Rosen is not perfect after all. The junior quarterback said as much following UCLA football’s first loss of the season Sept. 16, but he’s still leading the country in passing yards and passing touchdowns. Read more...
Photo: Josh Rosen and the rest of UCLA’s offense will need to up their game Saturday if they hope to get past Stanford, a team UCLA has lost to every year since 2009. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
Josh Rosen tried playing the hero role against Memphis. Similar to UCLA’s season opening comeback against Texas A&M, the offense had the ball with three minutes left in the game and needed a touchdown drive to steal a win from its opponent. Read more...
Photo: Junior quarterback Josh Rosen threw for 463 yards and four touchdowns but also threw two interceptions in UCLA’s loss to Memphis on Saturday. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)
This article was updated Sept. 16 at 5:41 p.m. MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Four plays into UCLA’s final drive Saturday, it looked like the Bruins were on their way to another epic ending. Read more...
Photo: Memphis wideout John Williams helped the Tigers’ receiving corps record 398 yards and all six of their touchdowns. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—UCLA football was a long way from Hollywood on Saturday, but the screen play knows no bounds. The No. 25 Bruins entered halftime down 27-24 to the Memphis Tigers after being torched by screen passes for touchdowns of 42 and 47 yards. Read more...
Photo: No. 25 UCLA fell behind Memphis 27-24 in the first half Saturday thanks partially to a pair of screen passes that the Tigers’ backs took for touchdowns. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)
