UCLA FOOTBALL 2010 WASHINGTON STATE RELEASE 2010 BRUIN FOOTBALL FOOTBALL CONTACTS: MARC DELLINS/STEVE ROURKE/STEPHANIE SAMPSON :: 310-206-6831 E-MAIL - [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] SHIPPING ADDRESS - UCLA SPORTS INFO :: JD MORGAN CENTER :: 325 WESTWOOD PLAZA :: LOS ANGELES, CA 90095 KEY DATES UCLA WELCOMES WASHINGTON ST. TO ROSE BOWL Mon., Sept. 27 -Coach Neuheisel Press Conf. Kickoff at 12:37 pm PT on Oct. 2 on Prime Ticket (1:00 p.m. - Coach Neuheisel in Morgan Center Press Room) New Bruin Hall of Fame Members honored in halftime ceremony Wed., Sept.29-Last Day Player/Asst. Coach Interviews GAME 5 — UCLA (2-2, 0-1), winner of two straight, returns home to host Washington State (1-3, 0-1) in a Pa- cifi c-10 Conference game on Sat. Oct. 2. Game time is 12:30 p.m. and it will be televised by Prime with Bill Thu., Sept. 30-Head Coach only for interviews Macdonald and James Washington in the booth and Rebecca Haarlow on the sideline. FS Northwest will Brief interview with coach Neuheisel after practice also originate a telecast. The UCLA ISP Radio Network and AM 570 (KLAC) will radio broadcast the contest with Chris Roberts, Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook calling the action and it will be broadcast nationally on Sat., Oct. 2-Game Day SIRIUS XM (161 SIRIUS). In addition, ISP produces a Spanish-language broadcast of all UCLA home games Washington State at UCLA - 12:30 pm PT (Prime) which can be heard on the Bruins website at uclabruins.com with Armando Aguayo and Mario Amaya. The Bruins lead the all-time series 37-18-1. The teams have split the last four meetings, with UCLA winning the last two, 43-7 at WSU in 2009 and 28-3 in the Rose Bowl in 2008. HONORARY CAPTAIN — Former UCLA standout receiver J.J. Stokes will serve as the Bruin honorary captain against WSU. Stokes played wide receiver on the 1991-94 UCLA teams and earned consensus All-America honors in 1993. He was named the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year following that 1993 season, after set- ting a school record with 82 catches. His 17 touchdown catches that year established a new school mark and matched the Pac-10 Conference record. He totaled 14 catches in the 1994 Rose Bowl game to set another record. Stokes still ranks No. 1 at UCLA with 28 career touchdowns passes, No. 4 in receiving yardage (2,469) and receptions (154). He was on the receiving end of the longest pass play in school history, a 95-yard play from quarterback Wayne Cook in a 1993 game against Washington. In 1992, Stokes set the school individual game mark with 263 receiving yards in a contest against USC. Stokes went on to be selected with the 10th pick in the fi rst round of the 1995 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers. He also played with the Jaguars and for the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in 2003. He ROSE BOWL: THE 29TH YEAR currently works as a radio host on an ESPN affi liate in the Bay Area and is also doing work for Prime Ticket. The 2010 season marks the 29th year that the Rose Bowl will serve as the home of the Bruins. UCLA HALL OF FAMERS ON HAND — UCLA will honor its new Hall of Fame Inductees at halftime of the WSU contest moved from the L.A. Coliseum in the summer of --- David Ashleigh-a two-time Olympian in water polo in 1964 and 1968; Andy Banachowski-six women’s 1982 and went 6-0-1 in that fi rst year, capping the volleyball national championships as the women’s head coach and two as a men’s player at UCLA, Dr. Judith season with a victory over Michigan in the Rose Holland-Bruins won 37 national championships during her tenure as an administrator; Mebrahtom Kefl ezighi- Bowl game. won a silver medal in the 2004 Olympic Games in the marathon; Valorie Kondos Field-current women’s gym- The 2006 season-opening win against Utah was nastics coach whose teams have won six NCAA championships; Seilala Sua-a seven-time NCAA champion in UCLA’s 100th at the Rose Bowl. The Bruins own the throwing events and 2000 Olympian; Chase Utley-All-American baseball player at UCLA and a member a record of 117-53-2 since moving to Pasadena, of 2009 World Champion Philadelphia Phillies; Catharine von Schwarz-this water polo All-American became including a 3-2 record in Rose Bowl games. UCLA is the fi rst female team member in UCLA history to win four national championships. The new class will be 32-14 overall at home in the last seven+ years and inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in an on-campus ceremony on Friday evening. 24-10 in the last four+ seasons (2005-10). In July of 2007, the Rose Bowl was selected the No. 1 THE SERIES — UCLA owns a 37-18-1 record in the series with the Cougars. The Bruins captured last year’s sports venue by SI.com/SIonCampus. battle by a score of 43-7 up in the Palouse. However, WSU has won three of the last four contests (2006, 2004, 2002) played in the Rose Bowl. UCLA came away from the 2008 matchup in Pasadena with a 28-3 victory to snap a three-game Rose Bowl win streak by the Cougars. THIS WAY TO THE ROSE BOWL In last year’s Bruin win in Pullman, Kevin Prince tallied his third 300-yard passing game of the season after Free shuttle buses are available at the Parsons racking up 314 yards while completing 29 of 45 aerials. Running back Chane Moline found the end zone on Engineering parking lot in downtown Pasadena three runs and Prince added a fourth Bruin score on a 68-yard scamper. WSU was held to 181 yards of total (Walnut and Fair Oaks). There is a $12.00 charge for offense. Akeem Ayers recorded two interceptions and Rahim Moore added another to key the defense. parking at the Parsons Lot. Shuttle service begins three hours prior to kickoff and runs up to one hour after the game. 2010 SCHEDULE The Metro Gold Line will run from downtown Los An- DATE RANK** OPPONENT GAME TIME/RESULTS TV geles (and points further) to downtown Pasadena Sept. 4 at Kansas State L, 22-31 ABC (approx. one block from the Parsons Lot) on game Sept. 11 STANFORD (9/13)(25/28)* L, 0-35 ESPN days. Gold Line patrons are encouraged to use the Sept. 18 HOUSTON (23/23)* W, 31-13 FSN/FS West free shuttle from the Parsons lot to and from the Sept. 25 at Texas (21/16)(7/4)* W, 34-12 ABC Rose Bowl. Oct. 2 WASHINGTON STATE 12:30 p.m. Prime Oct. 9 at California TBD --- Oct. 21 at Oregon (4/4) 6:00 p.m. ESPN Oct. 30 ARIZONA (14/14) TBD --- Nov. 6 OREGON STATE TBD --- Nov. 18 at Washington 5:00 p.m. ESPN Nov. 26 at Arizona State 1:30 p.m. MT//12:30 PT FSN Dec. 4 USC (18/-) TBD --- **note: rank is Associated Press / USA Today Coaches’ polls; *indicates ranking when team played UCLA WWW.UCLABRUINS.COM 1 UCLA FOOTBALL 2010 WASHINGTON STATE RELEASE In the last meeting in the Rose Bowl, UCLA bested the Cougars in game 5 of the 2008 season. Kevin Craft threw 2010 BRUINS TO WATCH for 225 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the contest, the second scoring toss put the Bruins up 21-3 midway through the third quarter. Kahlil Bell rushed for two scores on the day. The Bruin defense gave up just 177 WSU #10 AKEEM AYERS - Jr. - LB yards and limited the Cougars to 2 of 13 on third down conversions. * Lott Trophy/Nagurski Trophy/ Bednarik Award/Butkus Award/ LOOKING AHEAD — UCLA will go back on the road to play at California on Oct. 9. Kickoff time has not been Rotary Lombardi Watch Lists determined. The Bruins lead the all-time series 49-30-1. Cal has won three of the last four meetings in the series, * Scored three tds (2 int./ 1 including the last two. UCLA captured the 2007 contest played in the Rose Bowl. The Bruins last win in Berkeley fumble ret.), 4 FF in 2009 came in the 1998 season, a 28-16 verdict by then #2-ranked UCLA. * Career-high 11 tackles, 2 FR at WATCH LIST US — The following Bruins were listed as players “To Watch” for the 2010 major national post- Kansas State season awards: junior FS Rahim Moore -- Ronnie Lott Trophy (top defensive player), Bronco Naguski Trophy (best defensive player), Bednarik Award (best defensive player) Thorpe Award (top defensive back); senior LB TAYLOR EMBREE - Jr. - WR #82 Akeem Ayers--Lott Trophy, Naguski Trophy, Bednarik Award, Butkus Award (best linebacker), Rotary Lombardi * 88 career catches Award (top lineman); senior PK Kai Forbath-Groza Award (top place kicker); junior C Kai Maiava-Rimington * 45 catches led team in ’09 Trophy (best center); sophomore LB Patrick Larimore-Nagurski Trophy; sophomore P Jeff Locke-Ray Guy * 29 catches led to 1st down Award (best punter). * Career-high six catches v. San Diego State, 2009 A LOOK AT THE 2010 SCHEDULE — UCLA opened the season on Sept. 4 with its fi rst trip ever to Kansas State. UCLA then wel- comed then #25-ranked Stanford to Pasadena to open the conference schedule.