The UCLA football team has been selected to play in the Foster Farms Bowl against Nebraska on Dec. 26 in Santa Clara, bowl officials announced Sunday afternoon. The game will be played at Levi’s Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers, and will begin at 6:15 p.m. on ESPN. The bowl appearance is the fourth […]
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UCLA football earns one first-team, eight second-team All-Pac-12 honors
Junior defensive tackle Kenny Clark was the only UCLA player named to the All-Pac-12 Conference football first team, announced Tuesday. Eight Bruins were selected for second-team honors and three more received honorable mentions. Redshirt junior running back Paul Perkins, the Pac-12’s third-leading rusher, earned a second-team offense nod, along with junior receiver Thomas Duarte (selected […]
Football Monday: UCLA vs. USC
Every postgame, Daily Bruin Sports breaks down the Bruins’ most recent game, outlining the good, the bad and the final verdict of their performance. This week, we take a closer look at UCLA’s 40-21 loss to crosstown rival USC at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The good: Controlling the battle of big plays The one […]
Freshman quarterback Josh Rosen fumbles conference season finale
Freshman phenom. The Chosen One. Chosen Rosen. Freshman quarterback Josh Rosen garnered these nicknames and more when he arrived at No. 22 UCLA (8-4, Pac-12 5-4) as the country’s top quarterback recruit – and he lived up to them. The rookie strung together 350 passing yards in his collegiate debut, 19 touchdowns on the season […]
USC creates own luck to stage comeback victory over UCLA
It was an opportunistic team performance that allowed USC to stun its crosstown rivals Saturday afternoon. The Trojans created their luck, with defense and special teams forcing Bruin mistakes at key moments and the offense capitalizing when it mattered. Twice this game the USC unhorsed UCLA just as the Bruins were gathering momentum, seizing the […]
UCLA drops out of Pac-12 title contention after 40-21 USC loss
It seemed only fitting that UCLA’s three biggest flaws would be exposed in the team’s biggest game, on the season’s biggest stage. Those three flaws were: run defense, penalties and punting. They all cost the Bruins earlier in the season, but never more so than on Saturday – when UCLA lost to crosstown rival USC […]
USC leads UCLA 20-14 at halftime
A first half that went so well for UCLA quickly turned into a nightmare, as the team collapsed in the final minutes, giving up two scores and the lead to head into the locker room down 20-14 at halftime. The half started with both teams trying to find their rhythm, before UCLA put together a […]