For the first time all season, the Bruins broke the 21-point threshold. UCLA football (0-5, 0-2 Pac-12) averaged 17 points per game through its first four games, but against No. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt sophomore wide receiver Demetric Felton has five receptions for 93 yards over UCLA football’s last two games. The wideout has run routes in the slot – as well as outside the numbers – for coach Chip Kelly’s offense. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
Most NCAA football offenses have a home run threat. Even UCLA’s insipid offense that ranks No. 124 nationally in scoring offense has dynamite in freshman running back Kazmeir Allen, who blew past Cincinnati’s defense for a 74-yard touchdown in his collegiate debut this September. Read more...
Photo: Freshman quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson threw for a career-high 272 yards in UCLA’s 31-24 loss to Washington on Saturday. He credited the work of the offensive line for his success. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Bruins are trying to figure out their pass rush problem. UCLA football (0-5, 0-2 Pac-12) is tied for seventh in the conference in total sacks this season, and despite the Bruins recording a pair of sacks against Washington on Saturday, they still allowed Washington quarterback Jake Browning to run for 49 yards. Read more...
Photo: Freshman defensive lineman Atonio Mafi has nine tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss this season, but has not yet recorded a sack. UCLA football has just nine total sacks in five games this season. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Oct. 6 at 9:54 p.m. UCLA just couldn’t get off the field. Washington faced 17 third downs, but it converted 11 of them plus a fourth down. Read more...
Photo: Junior tight end Caleb Wilson caught eight passes for 102 yards and a touchdown Saturday night. Despite his efforts, UCLA fell to Washington 31-24. (MacKenzie Coffman/Assistant Photo editor)
For the first 10 minutes of the game, it was hard to distinguish between the top-10 team and the winless squad off to its worst start in more than 40 years. Read more...
Photo: Freshman quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson was 11-of-17 through the air with 125 yards, one touchdown and one interception in the first half Saturday night. UCLA trails Washington at halftime 24-7. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Ryan Smith Sports editor Prediction: Washington 45, UCLA 17 These weekly predictions are getting real repetitive, aren’t they? Washington is the best Pac-12 team UCLA will face this season so I am not expecting a close game on Saturday, and I am looking forward to hearing coach Chip Kelly and the players say that they are “close” next week. Read more...
Photo: Redshirt senior defensive back Adarius Pickett’s 11.3 tackles per game this season lead UCLA and ranks fourth overall in the Pac-12. The Bruins will need his tackling prowess on Saturday against a dangerous Washington offense averaging 28.8 points per game. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
The Bruins have their work cut out for them Saturday. UCLA football (0-4, 0-1 Pac-12) will return to the Rose Bowl to host No. 10 Washington (4-1, 3-0) in its first home conference matchup of the season. Read more...
Photo: If UCLA loses to No. 10 Washington on Saturday, coach Chip Kelly and UCLA football would match the worst start in school history. The Bruins have not started a season 0-5 since 1943. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
