2012 Bruin Football
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UCLA FOOTBALL 2012 RELEASE 2012 BRUIN FOOTBALL FOOTBALL CONTACTS: STEVE ROURKE/DANNY HARRINGTON/NICK AMMAZZALORSO :: 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 COMING UP No. 17/19 UCLA Heads to Washington State Sat., Nov. 10 - UCLA at Washington State Last Road Trip of the Season Series Record: UCLA leads 39-18-1 Bruins, No. 18 in the BCS, Meet Cougars at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2 In Los Angeles: UCLA leads 23-9 (Rose Bowl: 9-5) At Pullman: UCLA leads 10-8-1 First Meeting: 1928, Washington State 38-0, Portland, OR GAME 10 — UCLA (7-2, 4-2), ranked 17th in this week’s Associated Press poll and 19th in the USA Today Coaches Poll, plays its fi nal road game of the season on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. against Washington Last Meeting: 2011, UCLA 28-25 in Rose Bowl State (2-7, 0-6). The contest will be televised by ESPN2 with Adam Amin and Tom Luginbill in the booth and Last Meeting in Pullman: 2009, UCLA, 43-7 Shelley Smith on the sidelines. The Bruin IMG Radio Network (Chris Roberts, Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook) Last Bruin Win: 2011, 28-25 in Rose Bowl will radio broadcast the contest on 570am in the Los Angeles area. The game will also be radio broadcast Last WSU Win: 2007, 27-7 in Pullman, WA nationally on SIRIUS (Ch. 92)/ XM (Ch. 196). VS. WASHINGTON STATE — UCLA owns a 10-8-1 record in games played in Pullman (road games have also been played in Spokane,WA and Portland, OR during the series). A year ago in the Rose Bowl, UCLA pulled out a 28-25 decision over the Cougars. The Bruins trailed for much of the fi rst three quarters of the contest, and were still down, 22-14, early in the fourth quarter when a 32-yard rush by Johnathan Franklin helped to spark the team. Kevin Prince, who had entered the game in the second quarter due to an injury to Richard Brehaut, passed nine-yards to Josh Smith for a touchdown to make it 22-20 with 10:52 to play. The two-point conversion attempt failed. A WSU fi eld goal made it 25-20 with 5:49 remaining. The Bruins answered with Prince connecting on a 58-yard pass play with Nelson Rosario which put the Bruins at the Cougar 10-yard line. On third down, Evans grabbed a seven-yard scoring toss from Prince with 3:26 on the clock. The two-point conversion pass to Rosario made it 28-25. Andrew Abbott’s interception stopped WSU’s comeback chances. Franklin fi nished with 110 yards rushing. In UCLA’s last trip to Pullman (2009), the Bruins forced turnovers on WSU’s fi rst three series (interceptions by Akeem Ayers-2, now with the Titans, and Rahim Moore, now with the Broncos) en route to a 43-7 victory. Quarterback Kevin Prince accounted for 390 yards in total off ense, 314 passing and 76 rushing, including ROSE BOWL: THE 31st YEAR a 68-yard scoring jaunt. The 2012 season marks the 31st year that the IN BRIEF Rose Bowl, currently undergoing a renova- **UCLA is listed in the BCS rankings (No. 18) for the fi rst time since Dec. 3, 2006, when it checked in at No. 25 tion, will serve as home of the Bruins. On **Senior RB Johnathan Franklin became UCLA’s all-time leading rusher (3,873) on his third carry of the Arizona Oct. 28, 2012, the stadium marked its 90th game, a 37-yard trip to the end zone...He moved past the total of 3,711 yards by Gaston Green (1984-87) birthday. **Datone Jones and Cassius Marsh have been named to the Hendricks Award Mid-Season Watch List **QB Brett Hundley’s 21 touchdown passes rank him tied for 5th on the school season list with Tom Ramsey, The focus of the renovation project is to 1982; Drew Olson holds the overall season mark, 34 in 2005;-- Hundley also has 209 completions, a total expedite tunnel ingress/egress, improve which is tied for fourth on the school list with Ramsey, 1982 and Tommy Maddox, 1991 concourse circulation, increase the num- **LB Eric Kendricks leads the Pac-12 in tackles (9.7); in his last four games, he has recorded 51 tackles (12.8) ber of concession stands and restrooms, ** Y receiver Joseph Fauria, who was named to the Mackey Award Midseason Watch List, has caught a pass in 17 straight games; he moved into 7th on the all-time UCLA touchdown receptions list (16) with his pair of provide state-of-the-art premium seating scoring grabs versus Arizona (J.J. Stokes, 1991-94, is No. 1 at 28; Marcedes Lewis, 2002-05, is second on that products in a rebuilt press box and install a list, with 21, and fi rst among Bruin tight ends) new scoreboard and video board. **LB Anthony Barr, playing his fi rst season on defense, is ranked T11th in the nation in sacks (8.5 sacks-0.94/g) UCLA moved to Pasadena from the L.A. **Hundley (2,478 passing yds) has become the third Bruin freshman quarterback to record at least 2,000 yards passing yards for a season at ASU - Tommy Maddox 2,682 in 1990 and Kevin Prince 2,050 in 2009 Coliseum in the summer of 1982 and went **Senior punter Jeff Locke, on the Ray Guy Watch list, leads the Pac-12 with 24 kicks placed inside the 20-yard 6-0-1 in that fi rst year, capping the season line (17, at or inside the 10-yard line) and 52 touchbacks on 62 kickoff s this season with a victory over Michigan in the Rose **DL Cassius Marsh has totaled 23 stops in the last four games (5.5 for loss) Bowl game. **UCLA has played 25 freshmen so far this season -- 12 true freshmen and 13 redshirt freshmen. UCLA started seven freshmen on off ense in the game against Utah and six at ASU and versus U of A. The 2006 season-opening win against Utah **RB Johnathan Franklin ranks 4th in the nation in rushing (133.78/g, second among BCS conf. rushers) ... He was UCLA’s 100th at the Rose Bowl. The put together two season-opening 200-yard plus eff orts against Rice (214) and Nebraska (217)...He ranks Bruins own a record of 128-57-2 since mov- T12th in the nation in all-purpose yardage (160.00) and has caught a career-best 20 passes this season ing to Pasadena, including a 3-2 record in **UCLA is ranked 6th in the nation in sacks (3.44/g) after being ranked T-112th last season (1.00) Rose Bowl games. 2012 SCHEDULE In July of 2007, the Rose Bowl was selected DATE RANK** OPPONENT (‘11 result) GAME TIME/RESULTS TV the No. 1 sports venue by SI.com/SIon- Aug. 30 at Rice W, 49-24 CBS Sports Network Campus. Sept. 8 NEBRASKA (ranked #17/16) W, 36-30 FOX Sept. 15 22/23 HOUSTON (L, 34-38) W, 37-6 Pac-12 Networks Sept. 22 19/19 OREGON STATE (W,27-19) L, 20-27 ABC Sept. 29 at Colorado (W, 45-6) W, 42-14 Pac-12 Networks Oct. 6 25/-- at California (W,31-14) L, 17-43 Pac-12 Networks Oct. 13 UTAH (L, 6-31) W, 21-14 FOX Oct. 27 at Arizona State (W, 29-28) W, 45-43 FX Nov. 3 25/-- ARIZONA (L, 12-48) (ranked #24/--) W, 66-10 Pac-12 Networks Nov. 10 17/19 at Washington State (W, 28-25) 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 Nov. 17 USC (L, 0-50) (ranked #21/22) TBA --- Nov. 24 STANFORD (L, 19-45) (ranked #15/16) TBA --- **note: rank is Assoc. Press / USA Today Coaches’ polls; *indicates ranking when team played UCLA game times listed as TBA will be determined after tv selections made 12 days in advance of date of game WWW.UCLABRUINS.COM 1 UCLA FOOTBALL 2012 RELEASE **Johnathan Franklin (1,204 yards rushing to date this season; 1,127 in 2010) became the eighth joined Bruin 2012 BRUINS TO WATCH back to have had multiple 1,000-yard rushing seasons --- DeShaun Foster - 2001: 1,109 / 2000: 1,037 -- Skip Hicks - 1997: 1,282 #8 JOSEPH FAURIA - Sr. - Y / 1996: 1,034 -- Karim Abdul-Jabbar - 1995: 1,571 / 1994: 1,227-- Gaston Green - 1987: 1,098 / 1986: 1,405--Freeman McNeil - 1980: 1,105 / 1979: * Mackey Mid-Season Watch List 1,396--Theotis Brown - 1978: 1,283 / 1976: 1,092--Wendell Tyler - 1975:1,388 / 1976: 1,003 * 16 career TD catches; team- **UCLA has won 15 of its last 19 games when winning the turnover battle (.789) and dropped 28 of its last 41 high 8 in 2012 games (.317) when losing or tying the turnover ratio * 7th on all-time UCLA TD catch list ** Senior cornerback Sheldon Price ranks T7th in the nation in interceptions (0.50 per game) * Led team with 6 TD catches in ‘11, **Hundley is the fi rst UCLA quarterback to ever throw for at least 300 yards in three straight games (305 Ne- most by UCLA player since 2005 braska/320 Houston/372 Oregon St.). He is the eighth to total at least three, 300-yard games in a season.