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UCLA FOOTBALL UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095 Football Contacts: Steve Rourke / [email protected] / o: (310) 206-8187; Andrew Sinatra / [email protected]; Liza David / [email protected] COMING UP Sat. Sept. 30 - Colorado at UCLA - 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Colorado at UCLA Sat. Oct. 14 - UCLA at Arizona - TBA Saturday, September 30, 2017 – 7:30 p.m. (PT) ROSE BOWL: THE 36th YEAR GAME INFORMATION The nation’s most famous college football stadium - The Rose Bowl Venue: Rose Bowl (80,616) - is now in its 36th season as home to UCLA football. Kickoff Time: 7:30 p.m. PT UCLA moved to Pasadena from the L.A. Coliseum in the summer of Television: ESPN2 TV Talent: vs. Mark Jones (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (analyst), 1982 and went 6-0-1 in that fi rst year, capping the season with a 3-1, 0-1 2-2, 0-1 victory over Michigan in the Rose Bowl game. Quint Kessenich (sideline) The 2006 season-opening win against Utah was UCLA’s 100th at the Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG College): AM 1150/AM 570 Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), All-Time Series: UCLA leads 9-3 Rose Bowl. The Bruins own a record of 146-67-2 since moving Last three games decided by total of 17 points to Pasadena for the start of the 1982 campaign, including a 3-2 Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline) record in Rose Bowl games. SIRIUS/XM Radio Channels: Sirius Ch.119 /XM Ch. 201 / UCLA, 43-26 overall under Coach Jim Mora, is 22-11 in games Internet 961 played in the Rose Bowl during his tenure. 2017 UCLA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE BRUINS WELCOME COLORADO TO ROSE BOWL — UCLA (2-2, 0-1) hosts last year’s South Division champion Colorado (3-1, 0-1) on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the fi rst conference home game of the season. The game will be televised by ESPN2. The Bruin IMG September Radio Network will radio broadcast the contest, which will also be aired over Sirius/XM, uclabruins.com and tunein.com and the TuneIn App. Sun. 3 Texas A&M FOX W, 45-44 The Bruins own a 5-1 record over the Buffaloes in series match-ups played in Los Angeles. The Bruins have won the last three, with Sat. 9 Hawai’i P12N W, 56-23 Colorado’s last victory in LA coming in the 2002 season. Each of the last three meetings in the series overall has been won in the Sat. 16 (25) at Memphis ABC L, 45-48 fourth quarter, or overtime, and those three games have been decided by a total of just 17 points. Sat. 23 at Stanford* ESPN L, 34-58 UCLA captured a 40-37 win in overtime at Boulder in 2014 on Brett Hundley’s scoring dash in the extra period. The Bruins registered a Sat. 30 Colorado* ESPN2 7:30 pm 35-31 victory in the last meeting in the Rose Bowl, in 2015, after tallying the deciding points on a Soso Jamabo 2-yd fourth-quarter run. In last year’s game in Boulder, UCLA took a 10-7 lead at the half against the #21 Buffaloes. Colorado tied it up with a third- October quarter fi eld goal and then won it in the fourth quarter after adding another fi eld goal and a 68-yard punt return for a touchdown. Sat. 14 at Arizona* - TBD Rick Wade blocked one CU fi eld goal attempt, and the Bruins misfi red on two fi eld goal attempts and had another blocked as CU Sat. 21 Oregon* - TBD came away with a 20-10 verdict. Sat. 28 at Washington* (6) - TBD November THE WATCH LIST— Fri. 3 at Utah* (20) FS1 6:30 pm • A win over Colorado would be the 599th overall in UCLA football program history. The Bruins played their fi rst games in the 9191 season. Sat. 11 Arizona State* - TBD • With its 595-yard performance at Stanford, UCLA set a school mark with its fourth consecutive 500-yard total offense games in a season ... the Sat. 18 at USC* (5) - TBD school record for most 500-yard total offense games overall in a season is 5 --- in 2014, 1998, 1976, 1973. Fri. 24 California* FS1 7:30 pm • UCLA owns a 5-1 record vs. Colorado since the Buffaloes joined the Pac-12 for the 2011 season. * Pac-12 Conference games; Times listed are Pacifi c • Josh Rosen leads the nation in passing yards (1,763), passing touchdowns (16), points responsible for (102), points responsible for per game ranking in parenthesis indicates this week’s AP top 25 poll (25.5)...After his performance at Stanford, he moved into the top spot in the nation in total offense (444.8) and passing yards/game (440.8). (games listed as TBD generally determined 12 days in advance of game date) • Rosen has reached and surpassed the 1,500-yard passing mark, in four games, faster than any previous Bruin QB (1,763 yards). • UCLA is the only school in the country with three receivers listed with an average of at least 100 receiving yards per game - Andrews (14th) 114.2,Jordan Lasley (17th) 106.7, Caleb Wilson (18th) 106.2. 2017 PRE-SEASON AWARDS RECAP • Darren Andrews, who leads the nation in touchdown catches with seven, needs three more catches to enter the school’s all-time Thorpe Award (Top Def. Back) - S, Jaleel Wadood top 10 list and tie Taylor Embree (137) for 10th on the all-time school list for receptions. Andrews entered the year with fi ve Maxwell Award (Most Outstanding Player - QB Josh Rosen career touchdown receptions in his fi rst three seasons of action. Bednarik Award (Top Def. Player) - LB Kenny Young • UCLA is the only school in the nation with at least four players averaging at least 100 all-purpose yards per game - #58 Darren Outland Trophy (Top Interior Lineman) - C Scott Quessenberry Andrews 118.75, 86 Jordan Lasley 108.33, 87 Darnay Holmes 108.25, 94 Caleb Wilson 106.25 Mackey Award (Top Tight End) - TE Austin Roberts • Rosen, with his 480-yard effort at Stanford and his fourth straight 300-yard plus game to start the season, became the fi rst Bruin quarterback Rimington Trophy (Premier Center - C Scott Quessenberry to record more than three 300-yard passing games in a row during the same season. Wuerffel Trophy (Excellence in Academics, Community and • Rosen’s 16 scoring passes in the fi rst four games breaks Drew Olson’s mark of 15 over a four-game stetch of the 2005 season. Athletics) - LB Kenny Young • At Stanford, Darren Andrews became the fi rst Bruin player to catch touchdown passes in four straight games since Thomas Duarte, 2015. J.J. Davey O’Brien Award (Top QB) - QB Josh Rosen Stokes is the all-time school leader with scoring catches in seven-straight contests in the 1993 campaign. Butkus Award (Top LB) - LB Kenny Young • Josh Rosen (491 v. A&M, 463 at Memphis, 480 at Stanford) tied Cade McNown’s school mark of three 350-yard passing games in a season Walter Camp (Player of the Year) - QB Josh Rosen last week at Stanford ... Rosen’s 480-yard passing performance at Stanford was his seventh career 350-yard passing game, which moved Unitas Golden Arm Award (Top QB) - QB Josh Rosen him past McNown (6) for the most in school history. • The win over Hawai’i was victory #43 for Coach Mora, who is in fi fth on the all-time Bruin coaching win list. Coach Mora needs seven more Ws to become just the fourth UCLA head man to reach the 50-win mark (Terry Donahue - 151, Bill Spaulding - 72, Red Sanders - 66, Bob Toledo 49) UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA • Josh Rosen moved past Cory Paus for 4th on the all-time UCLA career passing yards list in the fi rst quarter at Stanford (currently 7,346 yds). Football Twitter: • The Stanford game marked the 13th-straight game in which Rosen has thrown at least one TD pass, a school record number (Brett Hundley, @UCLAFB 2012-13; Tommy Maddox, 1990-91 each had streaks of 12 over the 2 seasons listed) ... Rosen has at least one scoring pass in 22 of his 23 Football Instagram: career games (not Washington State) ... The Stanford game was the 9th career game in which he has at least 3 TD passes. @UCLAFB • The record of the remaining opponents on the Bruin schedule is: 25-7 ---- Colorado 3-1, Arizona 2-2, Oregon 3-1, Washington 4-0, Utah 4-0, Football Facebook: Arizona State 2-2, USC 4-0, Cal 3-1. /UCLAFootball • Caleb Wilson and Jordan Lasley, with their 11-catch performances at Stanford, became the fourth and fi fth players in school history to record UCLA Athletics Twitter: two double-digit reception games in the same season. At Memphis, Darren Andrews (12 vs. Texas A&M, 10 at Memphis) became the first @UCLAAthletics Bruin receiver since Craig Bragg (10 vs. Oklahoma, 10 vs. Oregon in 2003) to record double-digit receptions in two games in the same season. UCLA Athletics Instagram: Andrews was just the third Bruin receiver to do so at the time (also J.J. Stokes 10 vs. Washington, 14 vs. Wisconsin in 1993 season). No Bruin @UCLAAthletics receiver has done it more than twice in a season. Stokes is the all-time school leader with three for his career.