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] COMING UP Washington at UCLA Sat. Oct. 6 - Washington at UCLA - 4:30 pm (FOX) Saturday, October 6, 2018 – 4:30 p.m. Sat. Oct. 13 - at California - TBD GAME 5 INFORMATION Sat. Oct. 20 - Arizona - TBD Venue: Spieker Field at the Rose Bowl (80,616) Fri. Oct. 26 - Utah - 7:30 pm (ESPN) Kickoff Time: 4:30 p.m. vs. AT A GLANCE Television: FOX (Brian Custer, Ben Leber and Jen Hale) *The Bruins and the Huskies meet for just the fourth time since 2010. Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG College): AM 570/1150/ 97.3 FM 4-1, 2-0 P12 North 0-4, 0-1 P12 South *The teams have split the last four meetings in the series. Josh Lewin (play-by-play),Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline) All-Time Series: UCLA leads 40-31-2. *The winning team has scored at least 40 points in the last three games. Sirius 83/XM 83 /internet Ch. 83 UCLA Hall of Fame indcutees to be honored at halftime. *UCLA is 11-3 in series games played in Rose Bowl and won last 8. *The Bruins are 3-4 in their last seven P12 home openers. BRUINS HOST No. 10 HUSKIES IN FIRST PAC-12 HOME GAME — UCLA (0-4, 0-1) returns to the Rose Bowl to host 10th-ranked Washington (4-1, 2-0) in a Pac-12 Conference matchup on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 4:30 p.m. The game will be televised by 2018 UCLA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOX and the Pac-12 Networks’ “The Pregame” show will be on hand. The Bruin IMG Radio Network will broadcast the contest, which will also be aired over Sirius/XM, 97.3 FM THE FAN, uclabruins.com, tunein.com and TuneIn App. It will be the fourth time since 2010 (2013 September home win, 2014 away W, 2017 away L) that the two teams have met on the gridiron. The Bruins have captured the last eight meetings Sat. 1 Cincinnati ESPN L, 17-26 played in the Rose Bowl. Sat. 8 at No. 6 Oklahoma FOX L, 21-49 Eight distinguished Bruins will be recognized at the game after their induction on Friday into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. The members Sat. 15 Fresno State FS1 L, 14-38 of the Class of 2018 are: Nikki Blue (women’s basketball), Kevin Chappell (men’s golf), Lynn “Buck” Compton (baseball/football), Larry Fri. 28 at Colorado* FS1 L, 16-38 Farmer (men’s basketball), Amanda Freed (softball), Jenny Johnson Jordan (women’s volleyball), Eric Lindroth (men’s water polo),and Stella October Sampras Webster (women’s tennis). The class includes seven Bruins who have totaled 12 NCAA Championships between them as either Sat. 6 No. 10 Washington* FOX 4:30 p.m. a player or coach (Chappell, Farmer, Freed, Johnson Jordan, Lindroth and Sampras Webster); three Olympians (Freed, Johnson Jordan Sat. 13 at California* - TBD and Lindroth); and a World War II hero (Compton). Sat. 20 Arizona* - TBD Washington and the Bruins met last season in Seattle (Oct. 28) and UW prevailed 44-23. The Huskies rushed for 333 yards, building on a Fri. 26 Utah* ESPN 7:30 p.m. 20-9 halftime time lead, with 17 unanswered points in the third quarter to complete a run of 27 straight points. Josh Rosen threw for 93 November yards before leaving the game with an injury. Darren Andrews made eight catches for the Bruins, including a four-yard scoring pass, to Sat. 3 at Oregon* - TBD move into fourth on the all-time school receiving list. Osa Odighizuwa raced 51 yards with a fumble recovery for the final score of the game. Sat. 10 at Arizona State* - TBD The teams last met in Pasadena (Nov. 15, 2013) on a Friday night. Myles Jack became the 13th Bruin, and first since Maurice Jones-Drew, to run for four touchdowns in a 41-31 Bruin win. Brett Hundley threw for a couple of scores (Devin Lucien, Cassius Marsh) in a game Sat. 17 USC* - TBD UCLA went up 27-7 in the first half. Sat. 24 Stanford* - TBD First-year head coach Chip Kelly was named UCLA’s head football coach on Nov. 25, 2017. Kelly compiled a 46-7 record in four seasons Fri. 30 Pac-12 Champ. Game FOX 5 p.m. as the head coach at the University of Oregon (2009-12). During that span, his Duck teams captured first place or a share of first in the * Pac-12 Conference games; Times listed are Pacific North Division of the conference (three outright conference championships 2009-11) and four BCS bowl games. Kelly guided Oregon to Oppt. AP ranking in parenthesis indicates ranking at time of game appearances in a National Championship Game (2010), two Rose Bowls (after 2011 and 2009 seasons) and the Fiesta Bowl following (games listed as TBD generally determined 12 days in advance of game the 2012 season. He also has served as the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers (2016) and the Philadelphia Eagles (2013-15). date) UCLA COACHING STAFF THE WATCH LIST— Head Coach: Chip Kelly (New Hampshire ‘90) - 1st Year • Washington (10) is the second top-10 ranked (AP) opponent for UCLA this season ... The last time the Bruins faced at least two top-10 ranked opponents Def. Coord. Jerry Azzinaro (American International ‘82) - 1st Year (PB) in the same season was 2012 (No. 8 Oregon, No. 10 USC, No. 6 Stanford) ... UCLA’s last win vs. top-10 ranked opponent was 2010 victory at No. 7 Quarterbacks: Dana Bible (Cincinnati ‘76) - 1st Year (PB) Texas. Receivers: Jimmie Dougherty (Missouri ‘01) - 2nd Year • Senior safety Adarius Pickett has topped the team in tackles for the three games and has three double-digit tackle performances in the process with 13 Running Backs: DeShaun Foster (UCLA ‘14) - 2nd Year vs. Fresno St. (12 at Oklahoma; 15 v. Cincinnati) ... He ranks fourth in Pac-12 in total tackles/g (11.3) and 17th in the NCAA ... Pickett has six career Offensive Line: Justin Frye (Indiana ‘06) - 1st Year double-digit tackle games to his credit. OLBs/Special Teams: Roy Manning (Michigan ‘04) - 1st Year • Stefan Flintoft leads the Pac-12 in punting average (46.5) and has most punts of any league performer for 50 or more yards this season (11) ... OLB Defensive Line: Vince Oghobaase (Duke ‘10) - 1st Year Keisean Lucier-South is 7th in conference in tackles for loss/g 1.25/g ... LB Krys Barnes is 15th in Pac-12 in tackles/g (7.0). Inside LBs: Don Pellum (Oregon ‘85) - 1st Year • 58 players saw action at Colorado, including just five seniors and 21 freshmen --14 true freshmen (RB Kazmeir Allen, DB Stephan Blaylock, LB Bo Calvert, Defensive Backs: Paul Rhoads (Missouri Western ‘89) - 1st Year WR Chase Cota, WR Michael Ezeike, WR Delon Hurt, RB Martell Irby, DL Atonio Mafi, DL Tyler Manoa, OL Christaphany Murray, DL Otito Ogbonnia, WR Tight Ends: Derek Sage (CSUN ‘02) - 1st Year Kyle Philips, QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, LB Elijah Wade) and seven redshirt freshmen (DB Elijah Gates, DB Jay Shaw, TE Drew Platt, LB Donovan PB = press box during game Wiliams, DB Shea Pitts, OL Sam Marrazzo, OLB Odua Isibor). (15 sophomores / 16 juniors / 5 seniors / 1 grad. also saw action) • Including Washington (4-1), the teams the Bruins will face in their first five games of the season own a combined record of 21-2 going into this week’s UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA action --- Cincinnati (5-0), Oklahoma (5-0), Fresno State (3-1), Colorado (4-0). • Through four games, UCLA has started just 11 of its 53 possessions beyond its own 25 yard-line with an average starting field position in its first four Football Twitter: @UCLAFB games as follows: Cincinnati U26, Oklahoma U24, Fresno U29, Colorado U 25. Opponents have started: Cincinnati 36, Okla. 35, Fresno 33, Colorado 26. Football Instagram: • In the Colorado game, OLB Elijah Wade became the 15th true freshman to play this season ... RB Joshua Kelley ran 12 times for 124 yards in his first @UCLAFB 100-yard game as a Bruin ... ILB Tyree Thompson recorded a career-best 8 stops ... OLB Keisean Lucier-South registered a career-best 3.0 tackles for Football Facebook: loss ... true freshman receiver Michael Ezeike caught his second scoring pass of the season (the school season record for true freshmen is three, held by /UCLAFootball Thomas Duarte-2013 and Raymond Burks-1973) ... Boss Tagaloa, who had started eight games on defensive line made his first career start on offense UCLA Athletics Twitter: at center ... JJ Molson connected on three fields goals in three attempts, giving him nine straight conversions over past two seasons. @UCLAAthletics • According to NCAA stats - UCLA is tied for third in highest winning percentage of all opponents on this year’s schedule: No. 1 South Carolina (.760), No. UCLA Athletics Instagram: 2 Florida St. (.736), No. 3 UCLA (.731), Tennessee (.731), Texas A&M (.731). @UCLAAthletics • UCLA’s roster has the fifth-highest percentage of underclassmen in the nation according to a pre-season survey of FBS schools: 76.7% Illinois (78/102); UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics 76% Coastal Carolina (92/121); 75.2% Appalachian State (88/117); 72.1% Cincinnati (80/111); 71.7% UCLA (76/106). Athletics Snapchat: • UCLA is 0-4 for the first time since the 1971 season, when it started 0-4 under coach Pepper Rodgers ..