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FB Postseason Guide.Indd UCLA FOOTBALL • 2013 HYUNDAI SUN BOWL MEDIA GUIDE UCLA senior wide receiver Shaq Evans helps lead a potent UCLA attack against a talented Virginia Tech defense at the 80th Sun Bowl. Photo by: Dominic Disaia 80th HYUNDAI SUN BOWL MEDIA GUIDE UCLA vs. VIRGINIA TECH DECEMBER 31, 2013 - 11 AM (PST) SUN BOWL STADIUM • EL PASO, TEXAS UCLABRUINS.COM • @UCLAFOOTBALL 1 UCLA FOOTBALL • 2013 HYUNDAI SUN BOWL MEDIA GUIDE 22013013 UCLAUCLA BRUINBRUIN FFOOTBALLOOTBALL 17 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS >> 33 BOWL GAMES >> 86 ALL-AMERICANS >> 30 NFL 1ST-ROUND PICKS #17/18 UCLA (9-3, 6-3) vs. Virginia Tech (8-4, 5-3) 22013013 RECORDRECORD DEC. 31, 2013 >> SUN BOWL STADIUM >> EL PASO, Texas >> 11 A.M. PT OVERALL RECORD: 9-3 PAC-12 RECORD: 6-3 TTHEHE GGAMEAME 2013 HYUNDAI SUN BOWL: UCLA vs. VIRGINIA TECH — UCLA (9-3 ranked #17 in the Associated Press and 18th NON-CONFERENCE: 3-0 in the USA Today Coaches Poll/ 17th in BCS) will battle HOME: 5-1 Virginia Tech (8-4) from the Atlantic Coast Conference on AWAY: 4-2 Tuesday, Dec. 31 in the Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX. Th e game will kickoff at 11:00 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST and be televised NEUTRAL: 0-0 by CBS.Th e Bruin IMG Radio Network (Chris Roberts, 22013013 SCHEDULESCHEDULE Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook) will air the contest on am 570 Fox Sports Radio. SiriusXM will broadcast the game on DATE OPPONENT (TV) TIME/RESULT Ch. 91. All UCLA football games can be heard live on smart Aug. 31 NEVADA (Pac-12) W, 58-20 TTHEHE TTWOWO TTEAMSEAMS phones and tablets via the free TuneIn App. Sept. 14 at #23 Nebraska (ABC) W, 41-21 Sept. 21 NEW MEXICO ST. (Pac-12) W, 59-13 2013 RECORD 2013 RECORD 9-3, 6-3 Pac-12 8-4, 5-3 ACC BRUINS AND THE ACC — UCLA and Virginia Tech have Oct. 3 at Utah (Fox Sports 1) W, 34-27 Rank: 17/18 Rank: --/RV not met on the gridiron. Th e Bruins last played an ACC Oct. 12 CALIFORNIA (ESPN2) W, 37-10 Pts/GM: 36.5 Pts/GM: 23.4 team in the 2006 Emerald Bowl in San Francisco (a 44-27 loss to Florida State). Oct. 19 at #13 Stanford (ABC) L, 24-10 Rush Yds/GM: 196.6 Rush Yds/GM: 117.8 Oct. 26 at #2 Oregon (ESPN) L, 42-14 Pass Yds/GM: 251.6 UCLA all-time versus the Atlantic Coast Conference (17-14) Pass Yds/GM: 241.3 Nov. 2 COLORADO (Fox Sports 1) W, 45-23 Total Off ./GM: 448.2 Total Off ./GM: 359.1 -- Virginia Tech 0-0, Boston College 0-0, Clemson 0-0, Total Def./GM: 392.8 Total Def./GM: 269.6 Duke 1-0, Florida State 0-1, Georgia Tech 0-0, Maryland Nov. 9 at Arizona (ESPN) W, 31-26 1-1, Miami 2-1, North Carolina 0-0, NC State 2-0, Pitt 9-5, Nov. 15 WASHINGTON (ESPN2) W, 41-31 Syracuse 2-6, Virginia 0-0, Wake Forest 0-0 SSTATISTICALTATISTICAL LLEADERSEADERS Nov. 23 #19 ARIZONA ST. (Fox) L, 38-33 BOWLING —Th is will be the fourth time a Bruin team has played Nov. 30 at #23 USC (ABC) W, 35-14 RUSHING RUSHING Dec. 31 vs. Virginia Tech (CBS) 11 a.m. #17 Brett Hundley #14 Trey Edmunds in the El Paso bowl (2005-W over Northwestern 50-38, 2000-L to (150-587, 9TD, 48.9 ypg) (166-675, 10TD, 56.3 ypg) Wisconsin 21-20, 1991-Hancock Bowl-W over Illinois 6-3). All times Pacifi c UCLA has played in bowl games in nine of the previous 11 seasons PASSING PASSING (not 2010, 2008). Bowl History: 2012 Holiday Bowl; 2011 Fight OONN THETHE AIRAIR #17 Brett Hundley #3 Logan Th omas Hunger Bowl; 2009 Eagle Bank Bowl; 2007 Las Vegas Bowl; 2006 (232-342, 2845 yds, 67.8%, (224-391, 2861 yds, 57.3%, Emerald Bowl; 2005 Sun Bowl; 2004 Las Vegas Bowl; 2003 Silicon- TELEVISION 22 TD, 9 INT, 237.1 ypg) 16 TD, 13 INT, 238.4 ypg) Valley Football Classic; 2002 Las Vegas Bowl. CBS RECEIVING RECEIVING BRUINS IN BRIEF >Verne Lundquist (play-by-play) #1 Shaq Evans #82 Willie Byrn **Anthony Barr, winner of the Lott IMPACT Trophy, has 41.5 tackles (43-617, 8TD, 51.4 ypg) (49-635, 2TD, 52.9 ypg) for loss in his two seasons as a defensive player… He is ranked 4th >Gary Danielson (color analyst) in the nation in TFLs (1.7); 2nd in forced fumbles at 0.42/g; 5th in >Tracy Wolfson (sideline) DEFENSE DEFENSE fumbles recovered (0.33); 13th in sacks (0.8) #6 Eric Kendricks #58 Jack Tyler **In the last 20 games, UCLA has gone 14-6 with the six losses to Or- (106 tkls, 4.0 TFL, 2.0 sks) (93 tkls, 10.5 TFL, 4.0 sks) egon (10-2 record this season), Stanford (3xs/11-2) Arizona State RADIO (10-3) and Baylor (11-1); four of the six losses have come in games played away from the Rose Bowl Th e Bruin IMG Radio Network TTHEHE SSERIESERIES **With the win at USC, Coach Mora has 18 wins in his fi rst two seasons >Chris Roberts (play-by-play) at the helm establishing a school record for the most ever during >Matt Stevens (color analyst) Overall: First Meeting UCLA All-Time Record: the fi rst two seasons as Bruin head coach Versus ACC: 17-14 573-389-37 >Wayne Cook (sideline) UCLA In Sun Bowl: 2-1 **2013 is the 19th season a UCLA team has recorded at least 9 wins Current Streak: W, 1 ... UCLA totals seven seasons in which it has won more than nine UCLA Bowl Record: games (10-each in 2005, 1998, 1997, 1988, 1987, 1982, 1946) 14-17-1 Last Time at Sun Bowl: **UCLA concluded the regular season playing teams headed to bowl 570 Fox Sports Radio vs. Northwestern games in six of its last seven contests SIRIUS (Ch. 91) W, 50-38 Mora Non-Conference: **Th irty-four freshmen and sophomores saw action in the game at 6-1 Dec. 30, 2005 USC - 15 true freshmen XM (Ch. 91) A UCLA WIN WOULD ... FOLLOW ON THE WEB Would mark the fi rst 10 win season since 2005. Facebook.com/uclaathletics Would be the fi rst bowl win for the Bruins since 2009. (30-21 win over Temple at Eagle Bank Bowl) @UCLAFootball Would give UCLA a perfect 4-0 record against non-conference opponents in 2013. Would give Jim Mora 19 wins in his fi rst two seasons, the most of any coach in UCLA history over that span. tunein radio app 2013 UCLA FOOTBALL SPORTS INFORMATION CONTACTS STEVE ROURKE Associate Sports Information Director Cell: 310-882-8418 Email: [email protected] SKIP POWERS Assistant Sports Information Director Cell: 205-246-7834 Email: [email protected] DANNY HARRINGTON Associate Sports Information Director Cell: 818-692-4182 Email: [email protected] 2 UCLABRUINS.COM • @UCLAFOOTBALL UCLA FOOTBALL • 2013 HYUNDAI SUN BOWL MEDIA GUIDE BBRUINSRUINS TOTO WWATCHATCH #11 ANTHONY BARR - Sr. - LB *2013 Lott IMPACT Trophy Winner *Lombardi, Bednarik, Butkus Finalist *41.5 TFLs over last two seasons *7.0 TFLs in last three games * Career-best 11 tackles at Nebraska ‘13 * 4th in nation in TFLs avg. in ‘13 * Played defense for 1st time in ‘12 #1 SHAQUELLE EVANS - Sr. - WR * Biletnikoff Award Watch List * Among conf. leaders in punt ret. JJIMIM MMORAORA *8 TD receptions in 2013 *Caught a pass in 27 straight games HHEADEAD CCOACHOACH * 60 catches in ‘12, 8th on school list SSECONDECOND SSEASONEASON * 877 recev. yds. in ‘12 - 11th on school season list 118-88-8 RECORDRECORD #17 BRETT HUNDLEY - So.R - QB On December 10, 2011, former NFC Coach of the Year Jim Mora was named UCLA's 17th head coach in school *2013 O’Brien Award Semifi nalist history. In his fi rst season in Westwood, Mora guided the Bruins to the 2012 South Division Championship of the * Maxwell, O’Brien Watch Lists Pac-12 Conference and matched the school-record for wins by a fi rst-year Bruin coach with nine. The team set * 3rd on school career TD pass list numerous offensive records during that initial campaign, including rushing yards, passing yards, total offense and *Conf. Leader in Completion % points scored. Four players went on to be selected in the 2013 NFL Draft, including fi rst-round pick defensive * School record three straight 300-yd. end Datone Jones. passing games in ‘12 Mora came to UCLA after spending part of 2010 and most of 2011 as a television analyst and contributor for the *Run for or thrown for TD in all 26 g NFL Network and the NFL on Fox. He brought 25 years of NFL coaching acumen with him to UCLA, including four years of NFL head coaching experience while at the helm of the Atlanta Falcons (2004-06) and the Seattle Seahawks (2009). #6 ERIC KENDRICKS - Jr.R- LB Mora took over for Mike Holmgren as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks in 2009. He had served as assistant head coach and defensive backs coach for Seattle in 2007 and 2008. The Seahawks went 10-6 and fi nished fi rst * Lott IMPACT Award Quarter- in the NFC West in the 2007 season and won the Wild Card game. In his initial season as the head coach of the fi nalist Falcons in 2004, Mora guided the team to an 11-5 record, becoming just the eighth rookie head coach in NFL *Butkus, Bednarik, Nagurski Watch Lists history to win 11 games and the 11th to bring home a Division title.
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