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] UCLA will celebrate its fi rst 100 years with a Arizona State at UCLA year-long university-wide Centennial Celebration. UCLA Athletics has several Centennial Celebra- Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 tion plans and giveaways in store for designated GAME EIGHT: Arizona State at UCLA home events, including a set of 13 Centennial Pins highlighting each sport, as well as a souvenir mosaic Venue: Spieker Field at the Rose Bowl (80,606) natural grass poster that features personal photos submitted by UCLA fans. Kickoff Time: 4:30 p.m. PT vs. COMING UP Television: Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Lewis Johnson) Sat. Oct. 26 - Arizona State - 4:30 p.m. P12 Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG College): AM 1150 2019: 2-5, 2019: 5-2, Sat. Nov. 2 - Colorado - 6 p.m. P12 Josh Lewin (play-by-play),Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline) 2-2 Pac-12 2-2 Pac-12 AT A GLANCE Sirius Ch. 83/XM 83/internet 83 *UCLA leads series 20-14-1 ... teams have split past six meetings in the Rose Bowl. BRUINS HOSTS SUN DEVILS FOR HOMECOMING — UCLA (2-5, 2-2) hosts No. 24 Arizona State (5-2, 2-2) on Saturday at 4:30 *UCLA is looking for its fi rst home win of the season, having dropped its last four. p.m. PT. The game will be televised by Pac-12 Network. The Bruin IMG Radio Network will broadcast the contest, which will also be *UCLA has returned an interception for touchdown in each of last two meet- aired over 97.3 FM, Sirius/XM, uclabruins.com and tunein.com and the TuneIn App. UCLA Athletics is proud to join our institution in ings with ASU. celebrating UCLA’s Centennial all season long. The football team will mark the Centennial with a UCLA 100 helmet sticker for every *Bruins have racked up an average of 512.3 yards of offense it its last four game, and a UCLA 100 jersey patch for all home games. games. (221.5 on the ground/ 290.8 in the air). The Bruins own a 20-14-1 overall advantage in the series against Arizona State, which started in 1976, and has seen the teams battle *UCLA is -7 turnovers in losses in 2019 and +5 in its wins; in 2018 it was +8 each season since 2003. in wins and -7 in losses. Last season, Arizona State prevailed 31-28 in Tempe. The Sun Devils jumped out to a 10-7 lead before Darnay Holmes returned an *The Bruins have rushed for over 200 yards in three straight games (263-Stan, 256-OSU, 217-Ariz.) for fi rst time since 2015. interception for a touchdown to put the Bruins up 14-10. ASU tallied on a short pass play with just under a minute left in the half for *Demetric Felton, with 34, needs two more catches to tie school record for most a 17-14 lead at the break. The Sun Devils then went up 24-14 and 31-21 before UCLA rallied. Wilton Speight hit Caleb Wilson on receptions in a season by a running back (36 in 1969 by George Farmer). a 10-yard scoring pass with 1:57 to play in the game to narrow the defi cit to 31-28. The Bruin defense held on ASU’s next posses- *Dorian Thompson-Robinson has thrown at least one scoring pass in each sion, but the Bruins ran out of time on offense attempting to complete the comeback. game he has played in this season. In the 2017 meeting between the teams played in the Rose Bowl, Josh Rosen threw for 381 yards and a touchdown. After ASU had *Bruins are 1-1 vs. ranked teams (W over #19 WSU/loss #5 Oklahoma). jumped out to a 14-0 lead to start the contest, Nate Meadors’ 27-yard interception return put the Bruins on the board. It was followed up by a Rosen one-yard scoring plunge which evened the score. ASU rallied to take a 21-20 halftime edge. The Bruins outscored the Devils 14-3 to begin the second half. However, ASU tied the score at 34 following a blocked punt and return. Jordan 2019 SCHEDULE Lasley hauled in a 22-yard scoring pass in the fourth quarter to put UCLA up 41-34 and JJ Molson’s third fi eld goal of the game made it 44-34 with nine minutes to play. ASU managed a fi eld goal down the stretch to put the fi nal score at 44-37. Both teams August (AP ranking) produced over 500 yards of offense. Krys Barnes led UCLA with 14 tackles. Thur. 29 at Cincinnati (ESPN) L, 14-24 Second-year head coach Chip Kelly was named UCLA’s head football coach on Nov. 25, 2017. Kelly owns a collegiate record of 51-21 September compiled in one-plus seasons at UCLA and in four seasons as the head coach at the University of Oregon (2009-12). During that Sat. 7 San Diego State (P12) L, 14-23 span in Eugene, his Duck teams captured fi rst place or a share of fi rst in the North Division of the conference (three outright confer- Sat. 14 No. 5 Oklahoma (FOX)` L, 14-48 ence championships 2009-11) and four BCS bowl games. Kelly guided Oregon to appearances in a National Championship Game Sat. 21 at No. 19 Washington St.* (ESPN) W, 67-63 (2010), two Rose Bowls (after 2011 and 2009 seasons) and the Fiesta Bowl following the 2012 season. Kelly was named the 2009 Sat. 28 at Arizona* (ESPN) L, 17-20 and 2010 Pac-10 Coach of the Year, 2010 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, 2010 Walter Camp Coach of the Year, 2010 Sporting October News Coach of the Year, 2010 AFCA Coach of the Year Award and 2010 Associated Press Coach of the Year. Sat. 5 Oregon State* (P-12) L, 31-48 THE WATCH LIST Thur. 17 at Stanford* - 6 p.m. (ESPN) W, 34-16 • The Bruins used 59% (32/54) freshmen and sophomores among the 54 players who saw action at Stanford ... --- 2 grad students, 9 Sat. 26 No. 24 Arizona State* - 4:30 p.m. (P12) seniors, 10 juniors, 12 soph., 11 redshirt freshmen, 7 true freshmen ... UCLA used 48 players at Cincinnati, 52 v. San Diego State, November 54 v. Oklahoma, 54 at WSU, 53 at Arizona, 51 vs. Oregon State. Sat. 2 Colorado* - 6:00 p.m. (P12) • UCLA has averaged 221.5 yards per game on the ground in last four contests after averaging 78.0 yards/g in fi rst three games of 2019 Sat. 16 at Utah* -- Joshua Kelley fi rst three (52.0 yds/g) / last four games (116.8) -- Dorian Thompson-Robinson fi rst three g (-15.0/g)/last urfo (62.0/g) Sat. 23 at USC* • Demetric Felton (34 receptions) is 2 catches shy of matching George Farmer’s school mark for catches in a season by a running back (36-1969). Sat. 30 California* • UCLA held Stanford under 200 yards of total offense for the game (198 – 55 rush, 143 pass). It was the fi rst time the Bruin defense had * Pac-12 Conference games limited an opponent to under 200 yards of total offense since a 2009 game against Washington State (181 total yards). The 55 yards rushing by Stanford was the lowest total by a Bruin opponent since it held BYU to 23 yards in a 2016 game in Provo, Utah. UCLA COACHING STAFF • Total offense in fi rst three games of 2019 --- 263.3 yds/g (4.1 per play) --- last four games of 2019 --- 512.3 (6.2 per play). Head Coach: Chip Kelly (New Hampshire ‘90) - 2nd Year • The victory at Stanford marked UCLA’s second road win of the season. The last time it won two or more road games in a season was in 2015. 2015 Def. Coord. Jerry Azzinaro (American International ‘82) - 2nd Year was also the last time UCLA won two or more Pac-12 road games in a season (at Utah, at Oregon State, at Arizona). Off. Coord. / Off. Line: Justin Frye (Indiana ‘06) - 2nd Year • Through 7 games, UCLA has started just 26 of its 92 possessions (28%) beyond its own 25 yard-line, including 0-11 at Arizona. The average starting *Quarterbacks: Dana Bible (Cincinnati ‘76) - 2nd Year fi eld position in its fi rst 7 games is as follows: Cincinnati U26, SDSU U26, Oklahoma U24, WSU U39, Ariz. U21, OSU U24, Stan.34. U Opponents Receivers: Jimmie Dougherty (Missouri ‘01) - 3rd Year have started their drives on average on the: Cincinnati 41, SDSU 37, Oklahoma 29, WSU 30, Ariz 29, OSU 36, Stan 22. Running Backs: DeShaun Foster (UCLA ‘14) - 3rd Year • UCLA rates 4th in the nation in punt returns with 20.3 avg. (Kyle Philips) -- A *Outside Linebackers: Jason Kaufusi (Utah ‘04) - 1st Year Bruin has led the nation to fi nish up three previous seasons --- 2005 (Mau- Defensive Line: Vince Oghobaase (Duke ‘10) - 2nd Year rice Jones-Drew was primary returner - team avg. 25.0), 1940 (Jackie Inside LBs: Don Pellum (Oregon ‘85) - 2nd Year Robinson - team avg. 16.2), 1939 (Jackie Robinson- team avg. 16.3). Defensive Backs: Paul Rhoads (Missouri Western ‘89) - 2nd Year • Demetric Felton ranks 22nd in the NCAA and 2nd the P12 in all- purpose yards...He had his fi rst career 100-yard rushing game In alignment with Pac-12 Team Green, a conference-wide initiative * located in press box during game (111 yds) against the Beavers and a 150-yd receiving effort promoting greening and sustainability efforts, we are taking the UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA at Washington State ..