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2011 Bowl Game Release 2011 BRUIN FOOTBALL FOOTBALL CONTACTS: STEVE ROURKE/STEPHANIE SAMPSON :: 310-206-6831 E-MAIL - [email protected], [email protected] SHIPPING ADDRESS - UCLA SPORTS INFO :: JD MORGAN CENTER :: 325 WESTWOOD PLAZA :: LOS ANGELES, CA 90095 UCLA Goes Bowling; Plays Illinois on Dec. 31 Bruins Head to San Francisco for Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl Saturday, Dec. 31 --- TV: ESPN - 12:30 p.m. Pacifi c UCLA Plays Illinios in Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl — Pac-12 South Division champion UCLA (6-7) travels to meet Illinois (6-6, 5th in the Leaders Division), from the Big Ten Conference, in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 31 in San Francisco’s AT&T Park. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN with Carter Blackburn and Brock Huard in the booth and Shelley Smith on the sidelines. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m. PT. AM 570 (KLAC) and the Bruin IMG Radio Network (Chris Roberts, Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook) will radio broadcast the contest. The game will be nationally broadcast on SiriusXM Radio (Ch. 91). This is UCLA’s 31st bowl appearance, and the Bruins have posted a previous postseason record of 14-15-1. It will be the second time that UCLA will have made a bowl appearance in San Francisco. The Bruins played in the 2006 Emerald Bowl in AT&T Park and fell to Florida State, 44-27. UCLA’s last bowl appearance was in 2009 at the EagleBank Bowl in Washington, D.C., where they handed Temple a 30-21 defeat. THE SERIES WITH ILLINOIS — The Bruins lead the overall series, which dates back to the 1947 Rose Bowl game, with Illinois by a 6-5 count. UCLA has captured the last four meetings in the series, the most recent being a 2004 game at Urbana-Champaign, IL. UCLA has met Illinois three previous times in the post-season. UCLA captured the 1991 Hancock Bowl in El Paso, TX by a score of 6-3. The two teams have met twice in the Rose Bowl Game. UCLA won the 1984 classic by a 45-9 score over the then-fourth-ranked Fighting Illini. Illinois registered a 45-14 win over the Bruins in the 1947 contest in Pasadena. The Last Six --- Year W/L Score Site Rank 2004 W 35-17 A 2003 W 6-3 H ROSE BOWL: THE 30TH YEAR 1991 W 6-3 Hancock 22/- The 2011 season marked UCLA’s 30th year in the Rose 1983 W 45-9 Rose -/4 Bowl. The Bruins moved from the L.A. Coliseum in the 1964 L 7-26 A summer of 1982 and went 6-0-1 in that fi rst year, cap- 1963 L 12-18 H -/4 ping the season with a victory over Michigan in the Rose Bowl game. SAN FRANCISCO BOWL NOTES — UCLA played in the 2006 Emerald Bowl which was held in San Francisco in The 2006 season-opening win against Utah was UCLA’s AT&T Park. UCLA took a 27-23 lead into the fourth quarter of that contest against Florida State. The Seminoles 100th at the Rose Bowl. The Bruins own a record of 124-56-2 since moving to Pasadena, including a 3-2 then outscored UCLA 21-0 in the fi nal fi fteen minutes for a 44-27 verdict. Chris Markey ran for 144 yards in record in Rose Bowl games. the game, becoming UCLA’s 11th 1,000-yard rusher in the process, to pace the Bruin offense. Quarterback In July of 2007, the Rose Bowl was selected the No. 1 sports Patrick Cowan threw for 240 yards and a couple of touchdowns (78 yards to Brandon Breazell and seven venue by SI.com/SIonCampus. yards to Junior Taylor). Defensive back Alterraun Verner topped the Bruin tacklers with a career-best tying nine stops. ROSE BOWL RENOVATION BOWL ELIGIBLE — With its victory over Colorado on Nov. 19, UCLA became bowl eligible. The Bruins have The Rose Bowl is currently undergoing a $152 million been bowl eligible in 10 of the last 12 seasons (not 1999, 2008). renovation that is scheduled to be completed prior to the 2013 season. Phase I of the project is well underway. IN BRIEF — Included in these changes are a new, state-of-the-art ***Nelson Rosario become UCLA’s seventh 1,000-yard reciever in a season against USC when he posted his LED video board measuring 30 feet tall by 78 feet long sixth career 100-yard receiving yards game; against Colorado he became UCLA’s 10th 2,000-yard career on the north end of the stadium. There is a new clock on the south end, reminiscent of the historical Rose receiver. Bowl clock of the 1950s and `60s and a new, smaller scoreboard installed on the east end of the stadium. 2011 SCHEDULE In addition, a great deal of work has been done on the DATE RANK** OPPONENT (‘10 result) GAME TIME/RESULTS TV west side of the stadium around the press box area. Sept. 3 at Houston (W, 31-13) L, 34-38 FSN Structures and land have been cleared for the pouring of footings for the new press box. Sept. 10 SAN JOSE STATE W, 27-17 FS West Sept. 17 #24/#21 TEXAS (W, 34-12) L, 20-49 ABC Sept. 24 at Oregon State (W,17-14) W, 27-19 Prime Ticket Oct. 1 #6/#4 at Stanford (L, 0-35) L, 19-45 FSN Oct. 8 WASHINGTON STATE (W,42-28) W, 28-25 FSN Oct. 20 at Arizona (L, 21-29) L, 12-48 ESPN Oct. 29 CALIFORNIA (L, 7-35) W, 31-14 Prime Ticket Nov. 5 #20/#18 ARIZONA STATE (L, 34-55) W, 29-28 Versus Nov. 12 at Utah L, 6-31 Prime Ticket Nov. 19 COLORADO W, 45-6 Versus Nov. 26 #10/- at USC (L, 14-28) L, 0-50 FSN Dec. 2 #8/#7 at Oregon L, 31-49 Fox Dec. 31 Illinois (Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl) 12:30 p.m. PT ESPN **note: rank is Assoc. Press / USA Today Coaches’ polls; *indicates ranking when team played UCLA UCLA Football Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl Guide 1 2011 Bowl Game Release ***The Bruins have churned out six 200-yard plus rushing games this season topped by the 328 against Colorado 2011 BRUINS TO WATCH - all have been winning games except Houston (232); wins SJSU 272/Ore. St. 211/Cal 294/ASU 220. ***Derrick Coleman’s two touchdowns against Arizona State upped his season total to 11 which is the most by a # JOSEPH FAURIA - Jr.R - TE Bruin since Maurice Jones-Drew totaled 20 (13 rushing) in 2005. 8 ***Rosario now is in the top fi ve all-time at UCLA in both receiving yards (5th-2,307) and catches (5th-143) (see * Added to Mackey Award Watch List chart in bio for more details). * 2nd on team in receptions (34) ***Kevin Prince’s 455 yards rushing this season are the most by a Bruin quarterback since Jeff Dankworth ran for * team leader in TD catches this season 815 in the 1976 season --- Prince is eighth on the career total offense list (4,805), behind Troy Aikman (5,294). with six; most by UCLA receiver since ***Punter Jeff Locke has placed nine punts inside the opponent’s 10-yard line in the past six games. ***The Bruins won all four Pac-12 conference home games this season. 10 by Marcedes Lewis is 2005 ***The four Bruin interceptions against Cal tied for the best performance of the season in conference play. * 2 TD catches v. Colo., at Stanford ***Bruin 2011 tackles for loss leaders - Datone Jones 6.5/ Damien Holmes 5.0/ Iuta Tepa 4.5. ***Bruin 2011 sack leaders - Datone Jones 3.0 / Eric Kendricks and Cassius Marsh 2.0. ***Linebacker Patrick Larimore (81) tops the team in tackles and ranks 17th in the Pac-12 (6.2/g). #23 JOHNATHAN FRANKLIN - Jr.R - RB ***Running back Johnathan Franklin is ninth on the all-time school rushing list (2,640); he became the 15th Bruin * Maxwell / Walker Watch Lists to go over 2,000 yards rushing for a career earlier this season at Stanford ... Franklin (947 yards to date this sea- *Had 10th career 100-yd game v. Colo. son/ 1,127 last season) is looking to become the fi rst Bruin back to go over 1,000 yards rushing in back-to-back * 10th in Pac-12 in rushing 2011 seasons since DeShaun Foster in 2001/2000 ... He is averaging a career-best 6.0 yards per carry this season. * 15th UCLA back over 2,000 yds; 9th *** Senior offensive tackle Mike Harris leads the team with 41 career starts. ***UCLA has won 21 straight games in which it has rushed for at least 250 yards. on all-time school rushing list ***This will be the fi rst time a UCLA football team has played a 14th game in a season. * 27th in NCAA rushing (93.9/g) 2010 ***Redshirt juniors Datone Jones and Donovan Carter rank one-two among the Bruin d-linemen with 39 and 36 * Career-high 216 yds vs. WSU, 2010 tackles, respectively, this season. *** Tight end Joseph Fauria, added to the Mackey Award Watch List at mid-season, caught his fi fth and sixth touch- down passes of the year against Stanford, the most by a Bruin receiver since Marcedes Lewis had 10 scoring #18 JEFF LOCKE - Jr.R - P grabs in the 2005 season. The last Bruin receiver to have more than Fauria’s total of six scoring receptions this * Ray Guy Award Candidate season was tight end Marcedes Lewis, now with the NFL’s Jaguars, who had 10 in the 2005 campaign.