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2009 UCLA FOOTBALL RELEASE -- POST-SEASON 2009 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 UCLA To Face Temple in EagleBank Bowl EAGLEBANK BOWL — UCLA (6-6, 3-6), which won three of its fi nal four games, will face Temple (9-3) in the 2009 EagleBank Bowl. The game is scheduled for Tues., December 29 at 4:30 pm ET/1:30 pm PT at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium in Washington DC. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN with Bob Wischusen and Brian Griese in the booth and Rob Stone on the sidelines. The UCLA ISP Sports Radio Network (KLAC 570 AM, the Los Angeles fl agship station) will broadcast the contest with Chris Roberts, Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook calling the action. This will be the fi rst meeting between the two schools. BOWL ELIGIBLE — With its victory over Arizona State on Nov. 21, the Bruins became bowl eligible. UCLA has qualifi ed to play in a bowl game in 11 of the last 13 seasons (not 1999, 2008). The EagleBank Bowl is UCLA’s 30th bowl game and it has a record of 13-15-1 in the previous 29 games. INSIDE THE RECORD — Of UCLA’s six losses, all six were to teams competing in bowl games and fi ve were to teams ranked in the fi nal BCS Top 25. Overall, UCLA played seven bowl teams (the other six Pac-10 teams plus Tennessee). POST-SEASON HONORS — Junior defensive tackle Brian Price, junior place kicker Kai Forbath, sophomore safety Rahim Moore and senior cornerback Alterraun Verner have all earned fi rst-team All-America honors. Price and Forbath have been named fi rst-team All-America by the American Football Coaches Assn. (AFCA). Forbath was also a fi rst-team selection by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Sporting News, Phil Steele, Rivals.com and the Football Writers Assn. of America and a second-team AP selection. Price was also a fi rst-team SI.com selection. Moore was a fi rst-team choice by Scout.com (Forbath and Price were second-team selections) and a second-team choice by AP and Rivals.com. Price and Moore earned Walter Camp Football Foundation second-team honors. Price was a second-team Sporting News, Rivals.com and Phil Steele All-America while Moore was a third-team selection by both publications. Forbath and Price were second-team choices by CBSSports. com. Verner was a fi rst-team choice by Rivals.com. Price and Verner were third-team AP All-Americans and Verner was also a third-team choice by Phil Steele. Price was selected the Pac-10 Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year by vote of the league coaches. UCLA placed 11 players on the coaches’ All-Pac-10 teams. Five players were named to the fi rst team - Price, Moore, Forbath, Verner and senior linebacker Reggie Carter. Senior kickoff returner Terrence Austin and redshirt freshman punter Jeff Locke were selected to the second team. Honorable mention selections included sophomore linebacker Akeem Ayers, sophomore wide receiver Nelson Rosario, senior linebacker Kyle Bosworth and true freshman offensive tackle Xavier Su’a-Filo. Phil Steele Publications named six Bruins - Price, Carter, Verner, Moore, Forbath and Locke to its All-Pac-10 fi rst team. Austin was selected second-team as a punt returner and third-team as a kickoff returner. Ayers and senior defensive end Korey Bosworth were third-team selections. Sporting News selected Moore as the Pac-10 Defensive MVP and also named Price and Forbath to its All-Pac-10 fi rst team. Two Bruins earned Freshman All-America honors. Locke earned fi rst-team honors from CollegeFootballNews.com and second-team acclaim from Phil Steele Publica- tions. Su’-Filo was a second-team selection by Steele and a third-team choice by CollegeFootballNews.com. Ayers was named fi rst-team Sophomore All-America by CollegeFootballNews.com. Moore was third-team and defensive end Datone Jones was honorable men- tion. Sporting News named Su’a-Filo, Locke and cornerback Sheldon Price to its Pac-10 All-Freshman team. Eleven Bruins have been named to the Pac-10 All-Academic team. Locke was selected to the fi rst team. Earning second-team honors were senior tight end Logan Paulsen, redshirt freshman defensive end Damien Holmes and Verner. Players earning honorable mention honors were senior offensive lineman Nick Ekbatani, senior wide receiver Gavin Ketchum, redshirt freshman linebacker/special teams performer Patrick Larimore, senior tight end Ryan Moya, junior holder Danny Rees, senior fullback Trevor Theriot and sophomore linebacker/special teams performer Sean Westgate. LOU GROZA AWARD — Junior Kai Forbath won the 2009 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award, presented annually by The Palm Beach County Sports Commission. The announcement was made on the nationally-televised Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Show on the evening of Dec. 10. JIM THORPE AWARD — Senior cornerback Alterraun Verner was one of 12 semi-fi nalists for the award given annually to the nation’s best defensive back. 2009 SCHEDULE DATE RANK** OPPONENT GAME TIME/TV Result Sept. 5 SAN DIEGO STATE FS West W, 33-14 Sept. 12 at Tennessee ESPN W, 19-15 Sept. 19 KANSAS STATE FSN W, 23-9 Oct. 3 at Stanford ABC L, 16-24 Oct. 10 13/17 OREGON ABC L, 10-24 Oct. 17 CALIFORNIA ABC L, 26-45 Oct. 24 at Arizona Prime Ticket L, 13-27 Oct. 31 at Oregon State Prime Ticket delay L, 19-26 Nov. 7 WASHINGTON Prime Ticket W, 24-23 Nov. 14 at Washington State Fox College Sports W, 43-7 Nov. 21 ARIZONA STATE FSN W, 23-13 Nov. 28 24/20 at USC FSN L, 7-28 **note: rank is Associated Press / USA Today Coaches’ polls WWW.UCLABRUINS.COM 1 2009 UCLA FOOTBALL RELEASE -- POST-SEASON CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD —Junior defensive tackle Brian Price was one of 16 quarterfi nalists for the Chuck BRUINS TO WATCH Bednarik Award for the Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year. #4 TERRENCE AUSTIN - Sr. - WR RAY GUY AWARD — Redshirt freshman Jeff Locke was one of 10 semifi nalists for the Ray Guy Award presented * Set UCLA career marks with to the nation’s top punter. 84 KO return and 2,063 yards * Set all-purpose yardage WATCH US — The following Bruins were on the list of players “To Watch” for the major national post-season awards: school record (1,878) ‘08 * Team-best 53 receptions ‘08 senior DT Brian Price -- Chuck Bednarik Award (top defensive player), Bronco Nagurski Award (top defensive * 249 AP yards vs. Cal, ‘09 player), Ronnie Lott Trophy (top defensive player), Outland Trophy (interior lineman), Rotary Lombardi Award * Third in career all-purpose (top lineman); senior CB Alterraun Verner--Lott Trophy, Bednarik Award, Nagurski Award, Jim Thorpe Award yards at UCLA (4,247) (top defensive back); senior LB Reggie Carter--Lott Trophy, Bednarik Award, Rotary Lombardi; senior DE Korey Bosworth-- Rotary Lombardi Award, Ted Hendricks Award (top defensive end); senior LB Kyle Bosworth--Rotary Lombardi; senior TE Ryan Moya--John Mackey Award (top tight end); senior TE Logan Paulsen--Mackey; junior #55 KOREY BOSWORTH - Sr. - DE PK Kai Forbath--Lou Groza Award (top place kicker). * Lombardi, Hendricks Award Pre-Season Watch Lists FORBATH ON A ROLL — Redshirt junior kicker Kai Forbath has connected on 35 straight fi eld goal attempts * Led team with 7.5 sacks, seventh in the Pac-10 ‘08 from a distance of 50 yards and in during the past two seasons. After missing a 47-yard attempt in game 6 at * 3rd on team in TFL (12.0), Oregon last season, Forbath has been a perfect 35-35 on fi eld goal attempts from 50 yards and in. He made his seventh in Pac-10 ‘09 last 12 from that range last season and has sent his fi rst 23 kicks of the 2009 season (misses from 51, 52 and * 5th in team tackles (55) ‘08 51) through the uprights. * 27 career starts Overall, he has made 39 of his last 42 attempts (a string of 16 straight was snapped on a 52-yard miss at Arizona). He is 26 of 29 this season and is No. 2 in the nation with 2.17 fi eld goals per game and is second with his .897 percentage (22 or more attempts). #51 REGGIE CARTER - Sr. - LB * 2009 Lott/Bednarik/ Lom- PRICE FOR A LOSS — Junior defensive tackle Brian Price has recorded 34.5 tackles for loss in his last 21 games, bardi Award Watch Lists including 4.0 versus Arizona State and Tennessee, 3.0 at Washington State, and 2.0 versus USC and Oregon. He * 2009 season captain has 22.5 in 12 games in 2009 to rank fi rst in the Pac-10 (by 7.5 TFL) and third (tied) in the NCAA. * 1st in team tackles (6.00) * Led team in tackles (83) ‘08 * 2009 1st-team All-Pac-10 MOORE ON INTERCEPTIONS — Sophomore free safety Rahim Moore picked off an NCAA-leading nine passes * 20 tackles at BYU in ‘08 (3 v. SDSU, 2 at Tennessee, 2 at Arizona, 1 vs. Washington, 1 vs. WSU) in 12 games this season. He is tied for No. 2 on UCLA’s single-season list, two shy of the school record of 11 (Carlton Gray, 1991). Moore now has 12 in 24 career games. He leads the NCAA with his nine interceptions and 0.75 average and is fourth (tied) in the #25 KAI FORBATH - Jr.