Caleb Wilson (81) and Darren Andrews (12) combined for 27 receptions in Sunday’s opening win. Photo: Don Liebig From STAFF REPORTS UCLA (1-0) welcomes Hawai’i (2-0) to the Rose Bowl for a non-conference match up on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 2 p.m. PT. The game will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks. The Bruin IMG […]
Caleb Wilson (81) and Darren Andrews (12) combined for 27 receptions in Sunday’s opening win. Photo: Don Liebig
From STAFF REPORTS
UCLA (1-0) welcomes Hawai’i (2-0) to the Rose Bowl for a non-conference match up on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 2 p.m. PT. The game will be televised by the Pac-12 Networks. The Bruin IMG Radio Network will radio broadcast the contest on am 570/am 1150 and will also be aired over Sirius/XM, uclabruins.com and tunein.com and the TuneIn App.
The Bruins have not squared off against Hawai’i since a 1938 meeting in Honolulu, a 32-7 win. Twenty-six UCLA players sailed over to Hawai’i on the S.S. Matsonia for that game which was played before a capacity crowd of 18,000 in the so-called Pineapple Bowl. The game was the last for coach Bill Spaulding who went on to become UCLA’s Athletic Director. College Football Hall of Famer Kenny Washington was a key member of the team that season. He led the squad that year in scoring (60 points), passing (214 yards and 3 touchdown passes), and rushing (573 yards) and scored in the game on a 15-yard run. Johnny Baida scored two touchdowns and Charley Fenenbock also found the end zone for the Bruins on a 19-yard run. Washington would go on to be named UCLA’s first All-American following the 1939 season. Prior to that, the teams played most recently in 1935, a 19-6 win for UCLA in Los Angeles.
UCLA is 43-7-2 all-time vs. teams in the current Mountain West Conference — Hawai’i (2-0), San Diego St. (21-0-1), Boise St. (1-0), Wyoming (0-1), Air Force (6-4-1), Colorado St. (2-0), UNLV (2-0), Fresno St. (6-2), New Mexico (1-0), Nevada (1-0), San Jose St. (1-0).
In Brief
• The Bruin comeback from 34 points down (10-44 with 4:08 remaining in the 3rd quarter ranks as the second-greatest number of points overcome to win a game between FBS Teams — Michigan State rallied from a 35-point deficit (3-38 at 9:54 of 3rd quarter) against Northwestern in a 41-38 win during a 2006 game.
• UCLA has won 17 of its last 20 non-conference match ups. The Bruins have won 15 of 16 regular season non-conference games under Coach Mora, with the lone loss coming last season at A&M.
• Tight end Caleb Wilson’s 15 catches established a new UCLA school record (WR J.J. Stokes had 14 catches vs. Wisconsin in 1994 Rose Bowl game and WR Jordan Payton had 14 vs. Washington State in 2015) … Wilson was just the third Bruin receiver to go over the 200 receiving yards mark with his 208-yard effort vs. A&M (WR J.J. Stokes holds school mark with 263 yards vs. USC, 1992; WR Craig Bragg had 230 vs. Oregon in 2002)…Wilson’s previous career highs were 4 catches vs. USC, last season and 83 receiving yards at Cal in 2016.
• Quarterback Josh Rosen’s 491-yard passing effort was the third-most in school history behind only Cade McNown who had 513 vs. Miami in 1998 and Drew Olson who threw for 510 vs. Arizona State in 2005. Rosen threw for 292 yards in the fourth quarter alone. His 477 total yards of offense ranks as the fourth-best mark in school history. His 59 passing attempts were the second-most in school history (Mike Fafaul 70 vs. Utah, 2016) … Rosen’s 35 completions also rank second behind Fafaul’s total of 40 in that same Utah game.
• Wilson’s (15) and Darren Andrews’ (12) total of 27 catches vs. A&M made them the most productive receiving tandem in Bruin single-game history.
• The Bruin secondary allowed the fewest touchdown passes among Pac-12 teams last season (12) and did not give up one in the opener against Texas A&M. It is the fourth time in the last seven games the secondary has kept the opponent passer from tossing a touchdown.
• UCLA had six sacks vs. Texas A&M, the most since producing the same number vs. Washington State in 2015.
• With preliminary NFL rosters being revealed this past weekend – seven members of last year’s UCLA defensive unit are with NFL teams in one capacity or another, including three defensive linemen – DL Takkarist McKinley, OL Conor McDermott, DB Marcus Rios, DL Eli Ankou, DL Eddie Vanderdoes, DB Randall Goforth, LB Jayon Brown, DB Fabian Moreau.
• The Bruins started two true freshmen (DL Jaelan Phillips and DB Darnay Holmes) on defense for the first time ever in a season-opener.
