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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] UCLA will celebrate its fi rst 100 years with a UCLA at Stanford year-long university-wide Centennial Celebration. UCLA Athletics has several Centennial Celebra- Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 tion plans and giveaways in store for designated GAME SEVEN: UCLA at Stanford home events, including a set of 13 Centennial Pins highlighting each sport, as well as a souvenir mosaic Venue: Stanford Stadium (50,424) natural grass poster that features personal photos submitted by UCLA fans. Kickoff Time: 6 p.m. PT vs. COMING UP Television: ESPN (Adam Amin, Matt Hasselback, Molly McGrath, Pat McAfee) Thu. Oct. 17 - at Stanford - 6 p.m. ESPN Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG College): AM 570/AM 1150 2019: 1-5, 2019: 3-3, Sat. Oct. 26 - Arizona State - TBA Josh Lewin (play-by-play),Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline) 1-2 Pac-12 2-2 Pac-12 AT A GLANCE Sirius Ch. 137/XM 197/internet 959 *Stanford has captured the last 11 meetings in the series, 2009-pres- ent (the teams played twice in the 2012 season). BRUINS TRAVEL TO STANFORD— UCLA (1-5, 1-2) travels to play at Stanford (3-3, 2-2) on Thursday night at 6 p.m. PT. The game *UCLA’s last win in the series came in the Rose Bowl in 2008 behind will be televised by ESPN. The Bruin IMG Radio Network will broadcast the contest, which will also be aired over 97.3 FM, Sirius/XM, QB Kevin Craft...Its last win on the Farm came in the 2007 season uclabruins.com and tunein.com and the TuneIn App. UCLA Athletics is proud to join our institution in celebrating UCLA’s Centennial opener, Jim Harbaugh’s fi rst game as Stanford head coach, behind all season long. The football team will mark the Centennial with a UCLA 100 helmet sticker for every game, and a UCLA 100 jersey QB Ben Olson’s 5 TD passes. patch for all home games. *Bruins have racked up over 500 yards of offense in 3 of last 4 meetings The Bruins own a 45-42-3 overall advantage in the series against Stanford, which started in 1925, and has seen the teams battle with the Cardinal (2018, 2017, 2015), but no wins each season since 1946. UCLA has dropped the last 11 overall meetings in the series (0-6 at Stanford and 0-5 at UCLA). The *UCLA is -7 turnovers in losses in 2019 and +5 in its win; in 2018 it Bruins had captured the previous fi ve meetings prior to that Cardinal streak. was +8 in wins and -7 in losses. Last season, Stanford prevailed 49-42 in a shootout in the Rose Bowl. The Bruins outgained the Cardinal 528 (466 passing) to 470 *The Bruins have passed (236-OSU, 228-Ariz.) and rushed for at (344 passing) yards. In the last meeting at Stanford, in 2017, both teams racked up over 500 yards of offense, but the Cardinal pre- least 200 yards in two straight games (256-OSU, 217-Ariz.) for fi rst time since 2015. vailed on the scoreboard. Josh Rosen passed for 480 yards, while Jordan Lasley was on the receiving end for 158 yards. Stanford *Demetric Felton is 9th in NCAA and leads P12 in all-purpose yards (147.67/g). used a 263-yard rushing effort from Bryce Love to key the win. *LG Duke Clemens and LT Sean Rhyan started last 2 games, the fi rst UCLA‘s last victory in the series came by a score of 23-20 in a 2008 Homecoming game in the Rose Bowl. Quarterback Kevin Craft time the Bruins have had two true freshmen starting on the O-line completed six straight passing attempts during an 11-play scoring drive which culminated on a 7-yard toss to tight end Cory Harkey in a game since 2013, when it had three for last half of the season. with 10 seconds to play in the contest. In 2005, UCLA made one of its greatest fourth quarter comebacks in school history at Stanford. When the Cardinal converted a UCLA 2019 SCHEDULE fumble into a touchdown, it led 24-3 with just 8:26 remaining in the game. The Bruins answered with a 65-yard scoring drive, capped off by a scoring run by Maurice Jones-Drew. The Bruin defense forced a three-and-out, and then quarterback Drew Olson August drove the team 72 yards, hitting Joe Cowan for a 31-yard touchdown to make it 24-17 with 4:43 to go. The Bruin defense stiffened Thur. 29 at Cincinnati (ESPN) L, 14-24 and following a Cardinal punt, UCLA took over on its own 34-yard line with 2:30 on the clock. Olson moved the team down the September fi eld and on fourth-and-one hit Cowan at the one-yard line for a fi rst down. Jones-Drew took it in from there with 46 secondso t Sat. 7 San Diego State (P12) L, 14-23 play. Stanford kicked a fi eld goal to begin the overtime. On the second play of UCLA’s overtime possession, Olson connected with Sat. 14 No. 5 Oklahoma (FOX)` L, 14-48 Brandon Breazell from 23-yards out for the win. Sat. 21 at No. 19 Washington St.* (ESPN) W, 67-63 Second-year head coach Chip Kelly was named UCLA’s head football coach on Nov. 25, 2017. Kelly owns a collegiate record of 50-21 Sat. 28 at Arizona* (ESPN) L, 17-20 compiled in one-plus seasons at UCLA and in four seasons as the head coach at the University of Oregon (2009-12). During that October 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. 5 Oregon State* (P-12) L, 31-48 ence championships 2009-11) and four BCS bowl games. Kelly guided Oregon to appearances in a National Championship Game Thur. 17 at Stanford* - 6 p.m. (ESPN) (2010), two Rose Bowls (after 2011 and 2009 seasons) and the Fiesta Bowl following the 2012 season. Kelly was named the 2009 Sat. 26 Arizona State* and 2010 Pac-10 Coach of the Year, 2010 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, 2010 Walter Camp Coach of the Year, 2010 Sporting November News Coach of the Year, 2010 AFCA Coach of the Year Award and 2010 Associated Press Coach of the Year. Sat. 2 Colorado* Sat. 16 at Utah* THE WATCH LIST Sat. 23 at USC* • The Bruins used 59% (30/51) freshmen and sophomores among the 51 players who saw action against Oregon State --- 2 grad students, 9 seniors, 10 juniors, 12 soph., 11 redshirt freshmen, 7 true freshmen ... UCLA used 48 players at Cincinnati, 52 v. San Sat. 30 California* Diego State, 54 v. Oklahoma, 54 at WSU, 53 at Arizona. * Pac-12 Conference games • Demetric Felton’s 75-yard run vs. Oregon State was his fourth touchdown of at least 75 yards this season which is the most ever by a Bruin in a single-season (Matthew Slater, 2007, was most recent Bruin with three in a season) -- Felton also has a 75-yard reception at Cincinnati; UCLA COACHING STAFF 94-yard reception at Washington State;100-yard kickoff return at Washington State. Head Coach: Chip Kelly (New Hampshire ‘90) - 2nd Year • Demetric Felton’s 9 catches vs. Oregon State tied the school record for a running back (George Farmer-1969 vs. Wisconsin) ... Felton Def. Coord. Jerry Azzinaro (American International ‘82) - 2nd Year is 5 catches shy of matching Farmer’s school mark for catches in a season by a running back (36-1969). Off. Coord. / Off. Line: Justin Frye (Indiana ‘06) - 2nd Year • The UCLA 11-game drought in series play against Stanford is its longest vs. any opponent --- next longest past streaks: USC-7, Oregon-6, *Quarterbacks: Dana Bible (Cincinnati ‘76) - 2nd Year Arizona-5, Cal-5, Michigan-5. Receivers: Jimmie Dougherty (Missouri ‘01) - 3rd Year • Demetric Felton ranks 9th in the NCAA and leads the P12 in Running Backs: DeShaun Foster (UCLA ‘14) - 3rd Year all-purpose yards...He had his fi rst career 100-yard rushing *Outside Linebackers: Jason Kaufusi (Utah ‘04) - 1st Year game (111 yds) against Beavers and a 150-yd receiving effort Defensive Line: Vince Oghobaase (Duke ‘10) - 2nd Year at Washington State ... The last Bruin with 100-yards rushing Inside LBs: Don Pellum (Oregon ‘85) - 2nd Year (Northwestern) and receiving games (Arizona State) in the same Defensive Backs: Paul Rhoads (Missouri Western ‘89) - 2nd Year season was RB Chris Markey in 2005 ... Felton had season-high In alignment with Pac-12 Team Green, a conference-wide initiative * located in press box during game 263 all-purpose yards at WSU. • UCLA rates 2nd in the nation in punt returns with 23.0 avg. (Kyle Phil- promoting greening and sustainability efforts, we are taking the UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA ips) -- A Bruin has led the nation to fi nish up three previous seasons fi rst step toward a paperless press box in the Rose Bowl. By mini- mizing printed materials, our sights are set on reducing carbon Football Twitter: @UCLAFootball --- 2005 (Maurice Jones-Drew was primary returner - team avg. 25.0), 1940 (Jackie Robinson - team avg. 16.2), 1939 (Jackie Robin- emissions while contributing to the continued objective of making UCLA and its facilities zero waste.