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UCLA FOOTBALL 2015 RELEASE - Foster Farms Bowl 2015 BRUIN FOOTBALL FOOTBALL CONTACTS: STEVE ROURKE/SKIP POWERS :: 310-206-6831 E-MAIL - [email protected], [email protected] SHIPPING ADDRESS - UCLA SPORTS INFO :: JD MORGAN CENTER :: 325 WESTWOOD PLAZA :: LOS ANGELES, CA 90095 15 CFB Hall of Famers **** 30 NFL First Rounders **** 5 NFL Hall of Famers **** 1954 National Champions **** 35 Bowl Games **** 17 League Championships Coming Up Sat. Dec. 26 - Game 13 UCLA v. Nebraska - 6:15 pm ESPN Bruins in Foster Farms Bowl-Dec. 26 Battle Nebraska on ESPN at 6:15 p.m. - 35th Bowl Game for UCLA Bruins have won 14 of last 16 games played away from Rose Bowl Bruins Bowl Bound — UCLA (8-4, 5-4 and 3rd in the P12 South) will travel to the Bay Area to meet Nebraska (5-7, 3-5 and 4th in the Big Ten West) on Saturday, Dec. 26 at 6:15 p.m. The game will be played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Calling the game will be Jason Benetti, Rod Gilmore and Shelley Smith. The Bruin IMG Radio Network (Bill Roth, Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook) will radio broadcast the contest on am570 LA Sports. The game also will be aired on Sirius 80/XM 80, ESPN Radio, uclabruins.com and tunein. com and the TuneIn App. Bruins to Meet Nebraska at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara — The series with Nebraska is tied at 6-6. The most recent game was a Bruins win at Lincoln in the 2013 season. Brett Hundley threw three touchdown passes while then No. 16 UCLA wiped out an 18-point defi cit to defeat No. 23 Nebraska 41-21. After Nebraska had taken a 21-3 lead, the Bruins scored 35 points in 16 minutes. The barrage started with Paul Perkins’ 10-yard touchdown run to cut Nebraska’s lead to 21-10 at the half. Jordon James scored from 3 yards out, before Hundley threw TD passes of 28 yards to Shaq Evans, 12 yards to Phillip Ruhl and UCLA Bruins Bowl Notes 3 yards to Nate Iese. The Huskers still looked as if they could come back when, trailing 38-21, they moved from their 25 to the *This is UCLA’s 35th bowl game UCLA 12 early in the fourth quarter. But Ameer Abdullah fumbled at the 6 after getting hit by Anthony Barr. *This is UCLA’s 3rd trip to the Bay Area Bowl (also in ‘11 and ‘06) Current Bruins who played in that game include - Jake Brendel, Devin Fuller, Ishmael Adams, Randall Goforth, Jerry Neuheisel Jayon Brown, Taylor Lagace, Isaako Savaiinaea, Deon Hollins, Jordan Payton, Ka’imi Fairbairn, Thomas Duarte, Tahaan Goodman, *The Bruins have an overall 16-17-1 record in bowl games Paul Perkins, Nate Iese, Cameron Judge, Kene Orjioke, Eddie Vanderdoes, Aaron Wallace, Steven Manfro, Carl Hulick, Christopher *The Bruins have won the last two bowl games (last season at Longo, Logan Sweet, and Kenny Clark. Alamo Bowl v. K-State and in 2013 Sun Bowl over Va. Tech) *The last time the Bruins won three straight bowl trips was in Bruins and the Big Ten — The Bruins own a 48-41-3 all-time record in games vs. teams currently in the BigTen Conference. the ‘91 Hancock Bowl, Jan. ‘89 Cotton Bowl, ‘87 Aloha Bowl; The matchup at Nebraska in the 2013 season was the last time the Bruins did battle with a conference opponent. UCLA’s all- that was in the midst of UCLA’s streak of eight straight time record vs. BigTen teams (Nebraska 6-6; Illinois 6-6; Iowa 7-7, Maryland 1-1, Michigan 3-8, Mich. State 3-3, Minnesota 1-2, bowl wins which began with the 1983 Rose Bowl victory Northwestern 3-3, Ohio St. 4-4-1, Penn St. 4-2, Purdue 3-0-2, Wisconsin 7-4). over Michigan *UCLA’s record vs. the Big Ten in bowl games is 7-9 (L Illinois ‘11 Bowling — This will be the third time a Bruin team has played in the Bay Area Bowl (2006 L Florida State, 2011 L Illinois). UCLA Kraft FightHunger; W Northwestern ‘05 Sun; L Wisconsin ‘00 has played in bowl games in 11 of the previous 13 seasons (not 2010, 2008). Sun; L Wisconsin ‘99 Rose; L Wisconsin ‘94 Rose; W Illinois ‘91 Hancock; W Iowa ‘86 Rose; W Illinois ‘84 Rose; W Michi- IN BRIEF gan ‘83 Rose; L Michigan ‘81 Bluebonnet; W Ohio St. ‘76 ** With the win over BYU earlier this season, UCLA has now won 14 of its last 15 non-conference matchups, including 11 straight since a loss Rose; W Mich. State ‘66 Rose; L Minnesota ‘62 Rose; L Mich. to Baylor in the 2012 Holiday Bowl. UCLA has won all 12 regular season non-conference games under Coach Mora. State ‘56 Rose; L Mich. State ‘54 Rose; L Illinois ‘47 Rose). **UCLA has won 14 of its last 16 contests played away from the Rose Bowl and nine of its last 11 conference road games. **Jordan Payton moved to the top spot in career receptions at UCLA with a fourth quarter catch at Utah (now 198) moving past Craig Bragg, 2001-04 (193). He tied the school record with 14 catches vs. Wash. St. He has caught a pass in a team-best 28 straight games. ROSE BOWL: Home for 34th Year **The Bruin defense has kept Utah, Oregon St. and UNLV out of the end zone this season...The last time UCLA held 3 opponents without The 2015 season marked the 34th year that the Rose a touchdown in a season was in 1988 wins v. Arkansas 17-3, Oregon 16-6, Arizona 24-3 and Long Beach State 56-3. Bowl, with a seating capacity of 80,616, served as **Kenny Clark is 2nd on team in sacks (5.0), tackles for loss (9.0) and in tackles (64) and has 3rd-highest total of PBU’s on team with fi ve. home of the Bruins. **PK Ka’imi Fairbairn, winner of the Groza Award, became the Pac-12’s all-time leading scorer after booting a fi rst quarter fi eld goal vs. UCLA moved to Pasadena from the L.A. Coliseum Wash. St. He is the fi rst player in P12 history to record over 400 points for a career (now 410). Fairbairn has converted 20 of 23 fi eld in the summer of 1982 and went 6-0-1 in that goals this season. He had a streak of 19 straight this season snapped at Utah (missed 49 yard att.). He has a long of 60 yards vs. Cal. fi rst year, capping the season with a victory over **QB Josh Rosen established a new school record by throwing 245 pass attempts without an interception (third quarter Michigan in the Rose Bowl game. game 6 at Stanford to 3rd quarter game 12 at USC) -- the old school record was 199 by Drew Olson, 2005. The 2006 season-opening win against Utah was **UCLA’s 5.6 yards per attempted oppt. pass and 4.9 yds/play (tied) avg. are best in Pac-12; the 14 sacks allowed is fewest in P12. UCLA’s 100th at the Rose Bowl. The Bruins own **UCLA’s total of 14 sacks allowed, is one of the best marks in school history ranking behind only the 1998 team which yielded 13. a record of 141-64-2 since moving to Pasadena, **In the last 6 games, Jordan Payton (44-582) and Thomas Duarte (26-472-18.2 avg) have combined for 70 catches for 1,054 yards. including a 3-2 record in Rose Bowl games. **RB Paul Perkins moved up to third on the school career rushing list. He has scored 31 career touchdowns to move into the school’s all- UCLA, 37-15 overall under Coach Mora, is 17-8 in time top 10 on that list and has run for at least 80 yards in 24 career games, including 12/13 contests in 2014 and 9 contests in 2015. games played in the Rose Bowl. The Bruins are **UCLA’s record under Coach Mora from Oct. 12-on in a season is---21-10 (2012: 5-3; 2013: 6-3; 2014: 6-1; 2015: 4-3). 22-9 in the last 31 home contests. **PK Ka’imi Fairbairn has connected on 41 straight FGs from 35 yards and in and 33 of his last 37 overall FG attempts from any distance. **Jim Mora’s 37 wins over the last 4 seasons equals the school-best total of 37 won by Terry Donahue’s Bruins in 1985-88 seasons. **After 12 games -- Sacks Allowed last year 116th in NCAA 3.25/g 12th in P12 // this year 19th 1.25/g 1st in P12; Pass Def. Effi ciency last 2015 UCLA COACHING STAFF year 57th 126.40 4th // this year 18th in NCAA 111.51 1st -- more comparisons -- (Total Defense 2015: 393.5 yds per game/2014: Head Football Coach: Jim Mora Defensive Coordinaror: Tom Bradley Off ensive Coordinator: Noel Mazzone 2015 SCHEDULE DATE RANK (Ap/Coach/CFP) OPPONENT (rank/‘14 result/note) GAME TIME/RESULTS TV Assoc. Head Coach/Run Game Coord./Off . Line: Adrian Klemm Sept. 5 13/14 Virginia W, 34-16 FOX Asst. Head Coach-Defense/Defensive Backs: Demetrice Martin Sept. 12 13/13 at UNLV W, 37-3 CBSSN Quarterbacks: Taylor Mazzone Sept. 19 10/12 BYU (#19/22) W, 24-23 FS 1 Recruiting Coordinator/Defensive Line: Angus McClure Sept.