PALO ALTO, Calif.—Perhaps it was naive to think UCLA football might get an easy win against Stanford. The Bruins, seeking to snap a nine-game losing streak to the Cardinal, looked poised to build a two-score lead early in the second quarter of Saturday night’s matchup. Instead,a dropped touchdown, a blocked field goal and three Stanford […]
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Football needs to prevail against Cardinal run game, veteran defense
Ten – that’s how many consecutive losses against Stanford there will be if UCLA loses Saturday. Both teams are coming off losses to unranked opponents outside of the Power Five conferences. UCLA lost to Memphis in a 48-45 shootout, and San Diego State beat Stanford 20-17. The Bruins are playing their first conference game of […]
Gameday predictions: UCLA vs. Stanford
Matt Cummings, football beat writerPrediction: Stanford 35, UCLA 31 The talk among the UCLA coaching staff after the loss to Memphis has focused heavily on the Bruins’ inability to prevent explosive plays. Enter Bryce Love, the Stanford running back who has broken off a nation-best nine runs of 20 yards or more and is currently […]
Football’s altered defense will need to cover its mediocre offense
Josh Rosen is not perfect after all. The junior quarterback said as much following UCLA football’s first loss of the season Sept. 16, but he’s still leading the country in passing yards and passing touchdowns. “He’s thrown for 13 touchdowns and two interceptions, so those (interceptions) are (going to) come,” said offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch. […]
Shaky quarterback, limited defense caused football’s loss to Memphis
Josh Rosen tried playing the hero role against Memphis. Similar to UCLA’s season opening comeback against Texas A&M, the offense had the ball with three minutes left in the game and needed a touchdown drive to steal a win from its opponent. But this time, the junior quarterback ended up as the scapegoat as his […]
UCLA football suffers first loss of season to Memphis 48-45
This article was updated Sept. 16 at 5:41 p.m. MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Four plays into UCLA’s final drive Saturday, it looked like the Bruins were on their way to another epic ending. Then junior quarterback Josh Rosen made a mistake, flinging a would-be interception that forced sophomore receiver Theo Howard to commit pass interference just to avoid […]
UCLA allows big plays, falls behind Memphis 27-24 at halftime
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—UCLA football was a long way from Hollywood on Saturday, but the screen play knows no bounds. The No. 25 Bruins entered halftime down 27-24 to the Memphis Tigers after being torched by screen passes for touchdowns of 42 and 47 yards. After UCLA jumped out to a 17-7 lead early in the second […]