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 Colorado at UCLA year-long university-wide Centennial Celebration. UCLA Athletics has several Centennial Celebra- Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 tion plans and giveaways in store for designated GAME NINE: Colorado 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: 6 p.m. PT vs. COMING UP Television: Pac-12 Network (Ted Robinson, Yogi Roth, Lewis Johnson) Sat. Nov. 2 - Colorado - 6 p.m. P12 Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG College): AM 570 2019: 3-5, 2019: 3-5, Sat. Nov. 16 - at Utah - TBA Josh Lewin (play-by-play),Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline) 3-2 Pac-12 1-4 Pac-12 AT A GLANCE Sirius Ch. 136/XM 198/internet 960 *UCLA leads series 10-4 ... Bruins own 6-1 advantage in Los Angeles/Pasadena. BRUINS HOSTS COLORADO (New Hall of Fame Class Introduced)— UCLA (3-5, 3-2) hosts Colorado (3-5, 1-4) on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. *Last two meetings in Rose Bowl, Bruins have won by four points in each game. PT. The game will be televised by Pac-12 Network. The Bruin IMG Radio Network will broadcast the contest, which will also be aired *Bruins will be looking for a third straight win for fi rst time since 2015. over 97.3 FM, Sirius/XM, uclabruins.com and tunein.com and the TuneIn App. UCLA is proud to join our institution in celebrating * UCLA, at 3-2, is over .500 in the P12 standings for fi rst time since 2015 season. UCLA’s Centennial all season long. The football team will mark the Centennial with a UCLA 100 helmet sticker for every game, and a *Bruins have racked up an average of 488.4 yards of offense it its last 5 games. UCLA 100 jersey patch for all home games. (220.6 on the ground/ 267.8 in the air). The seven new members of the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame will be introduced at halftime of the contest: Jill Ellis (women’s soccer), *Joshua Kelley enters this week’s action leading the P12 in rushing (105.0/g). Peter Fleming (men’s tennis), Tairia Mims Flowers (softball), Skip Hicks (football), Courtney Mathewson (women’s water polo), Adam *UCLA is -7 turnovers in losses in 2019 and +3 in its wins; in 2018, it was Naeve (men’s volleyball), and Kristee Porter (women’s volleyball/basketball/track & fi eld).Induction ceremonies will be held Friday. +8 in wins and -7 in losses. *The Bruins have rushed for over 200 yards in 4 straight games (217-ASU, For further information go to https://ucla.in/32URO9A 263-Stan, 256-OSU, 217-Ariz.) for fi rst time since 2014. The Bruins own a 10-4 overall advantage in the series against Colorado, which started in 1980. The Bruins have won six out of the *All three Bruin non-conference opponents are ranked in AP Top 25 this week. seven meetings held in Los Angeles/Pasadena, winning the last two such matchups by four points each (27-23 in ‘17/35-31 in ‘15). *Demetric Felton, with 36 catches, tied school record for most receptions Last season, then-unbeaten Colorado (4-0) prevailed 38-16 in Boulder. The Bruins jumped out to a 10-7 fi rst quarter lead aftera JJ in a season by a running back (36 in 1969 by George Farmer) vs. ASU. Molson fi eld goal followed a scoring pass play to Michael Ezeike from Dorian Thompson-Robinson. Colorado rallied to go up 14-13 *Dorian Thompson-Robinson has thrown at least one scoring pass in each at the break. A third Molson fi eld goal pushed UCLA into a 16-14 advantage with 10 minutes to play in the third quarter. The Buf- game he has played in this season. faloes answered with three TDs and a fi eld goal to close out the Bruins 38-16. Joshua Kelley rushed for 124 yards in the game. In the 2017 meeting between the teams played in the Rose Bowl, Josh Rosen threw for 372 yards and a touchdown to lead the Bruins 2019 SCHEDULE to a 27-23 win. UCLA built a 21-10 edge three minutes into the second half. Colorado came back to tally the next 10 points to make it 21-20 heading into the fi nal quarter. After the teams traded fi eld goals, Molson connected on a 31-yard attempt with 26 August (AP ranking) seconds left, capping off a 15-play drive which took over six minutes off the clock, to push UCLA into the four-point advantage. 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 52-21 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 and 2010 Pac-10 Coach of the Year, 2010 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, 2010 Walter Camp Coach of the Year, 2010 Sporting Sat. 28 at Arizona* (ESPN) L, 17-20 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 61% (35/57) freshmen and sophomores among the 57 players who saw action vs. ASU ... --- 2 grad students, 9 seniors, 11 juniors, Sat. 26 No. 24 Arizona State* (P12) W, 42-32 18 soph., 12 redshirt freshmen, 5 true freshmen ... UCLA utilized 48 players at Cincinnati, 52 v. San Diego State, 54 v. Oklahoma, 54 at WSU, 53 November at Arizona, 51 vs. Oregon State, 54 at Stanford. Sat. 2 Colorado* - 6:00 p.m. (P12) • UCLA ran a season-high 57 times vs. ASU (most rushing attempts in a game since 2014 vs. Arizona-59) ... Over the last 5 games, Bruins have aver- Sat. 16 at Utah* aged 220.6 yards per game on the ground in last four contests after averaging 78.0 yards/g in fi rst three games of 2019 -- Joshua Kelley fi rst 3 Sat. 23 at USC* (52.0 yds/g) / last 5 games (126.2) -- Dorian Thompson-Robinson fi rst 3g (-15.0/g)/last 4 he has played in (50.3/g). Sat. 30 California* • UCLA is over .500 in the Pac-12 standings for the fi rst time since 2015 when it opened 1-0 and went on to go 4-2 before fi nishing 5-4...The Bruins * Pac-12 Conference games have been 2-2 in each of the past three seasons. • Over the last four games, the Bruins have run 331 plays to 251 for the opponent for an average advantage of 82.8 to 62.8. UCLA COACHING STAFF • With 176 rushing yards at Stanford and 164 last week vs. ASU, Joshua Kelley has risen to the top of the P12 rushing list (105.0 yds/g) ... He moved into Head Coach: Chip Kelly (New Hampshire ‘90) - 2nd Year 18th on all-time UCLA career rushing list (1,978 yds)...Kelley has 9 career 100-yard games (3 in ‘19), which is tied for 10th on all-time school list. Def. Coord. Jerry Azzinaro (American International ‘82) - 2nd Year • The past two weeks, safety Stephan Blaylock has led the Bruins in tackles vs. Arizona State (7) and at Stanford (9) --- (16 tackles total, forced a fumble Off. Coord. / Off. Line: Justin Frye (Indiana ‘06) - 2nd Year vs. ASU and recovered a fumble at Stanford). *Quarterbacks: Dana Bible (Cincinnati ‘76) - 2nd Year • Demetric Felton (36 receptions) has matched George Farmer’s school mark for catches in a season by a running back (36-1969). The last time a Receivers: Jimmie Dougherty (Missouri ‘01) - 3rd Year Bruin running back led the team in receiving was in 2006 - Chris Markey, 35 receptions. Running Backs: DeShaun Foster (UCLA ‘14) - 3rd Year • UCLA rates 3rd in the nation in punt returns with 22.5 avg. (Kyle Philips had *Outside Linebackers: Jason Kaufusi (Utah ‘04) - 1st Year his third return of the season of 30 or more yards against ASU) -- A Bruin Defensive Line: Vince Oghobaase (Duke ‘10) - 2nd Year has led the nation in punt returns to fi nish up three previous seasons --- Inside LBs: Don Pellum (Oregon ‘85) - 2nd Year 2005 (Maurice Jones-Drew primary returner-team avg. 25.0), 1940 (Jack- Defensive Backs: Paul Rhoads (Missouri Western ‘89) - 2nd Year ie Robinson - team avg.