PASADENA—Needing a win over a 6-5 Stanford team playing without its best offensive player to clinch the Pac-12 South title, No. 8 UCLA was widely picked by experts to cruise to a win. Instead, the Bruins were faced with adversity. After tumbling to an 11-point halftime deficit, UCLA continued to slide in the second half, […]
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UCLA trails Stanford 21-10 at halftime
PASADENA — UCLA has struggled to slow down an uncharacteristic Stanford squad through two quarters and trails 21-10 at the break. The Cardinal committed five penalties in the first quarter for 55 yards – a total above its per game average – and averaged just 3.4 yards per carry in the first half. Instead, Stanford’s […]
Beat writers’ game day predictions: UCLA v. Stanford
Prior to each UCLA football game, the Daily Bruin football beat writers will predict the score and give a short reasoning behind their predictions. To keep track of how far off each writer’s predictions are from reality, the “prediction differential” statistic shows the average difference between the writer’s predicted margin of victory and the actual […]
Football scouting report: Stanford
Offense: QB Kevin Hogan (No. 8, senior) The 2014 version of the Cardinal offense is a tad bit different than previous iterations. Yes, Stanford remains a pro-style attack predicated on a powerful, downhill running game, but the team is now without a feature back, such as Stepfan Taylor or Tyler Gaffney, and instead goes with […]
Stanford defense poses final hurdle in UCLA’s Pac-12 South title run
With everything – the Pac-12 South title, a spot in the conference championship game and the possibility of a playoff spot – laid out before them, the Bruins are doing their best not to look back. Not to last Saturday’s victory over USC. Not to the two losses suffered at home earlier in the season. […]
After rivalry win, UCLA football focuses on decisive Stanford game
For many UCLA fans, the matchup against USC is the biggest game of the season. But no matter what week of the season it is for the Bruins, the biggest game of the year is the next one. That’s why, after Monday’s practice, memories of UCLA’s 38-20 win over USC Saturday were already locked away […]
Bo Knows: Game against Stanford deciding factor in championship advancement
The final week of the college football regular season is often reserved for rivalry matchups. UCLA, however, already played its crosstown showdown against USC on Saturday. While the Bruins won’t be playing their main rival in Week 14, they’ll certainly be facing their biggest nemesis of the Jim Mora era. Over the past two years, […]