Football Hosts Stanford in Friday Matinee
LOS ANGELES — UCLA (9-2, 6-2), ranked No. 9 by Associated Press, 10th in USA Today Coaches’ Poll and No. 9 in last week’s College Football Playoff ranking, returns to the field on Friday, Nov. 28 to host Stanford (6-5, 4-4) in the Rose Bowl. ABC will televise the game beginning at 12:30 p.m. Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, and Todd McShay will provide commentary.
The Bruin IMG Radio Network (Chris Roberts, Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook) will radio broadcast all contests on am570 Fox Sports LA. UCLA football games can also be heard live on smart phones and tablets via the free TuneIn App. The game will be aired nationally by ESPN radio (Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad) and on Sirius 91/ XM 91. Tickets are on sale for the Stanford game at uclabruins.com/tickets.
SENIORS — The Bruins will honor 12 players suiting up for their final regular season home game this Friday - 6 Jordon James-RB, 6 Eric Kendricks-LB, 23 Anthony Jefferson-DB, 25 Drew Huusfeldt-REC, 29 Erick Zumwalt-DB, 31-Librado Barocio-DB, 32 Sam Handler-REC, 45 Peter Hajimihalis-LS, 48 Tre Hale-FB, 53 Ryan Hofmeister-LB, 78 Malcolm Bunche-OL, 94 Owamagbe Odighizuwa-DL
IN BRIEF
**NCAA Top 15-Ranked Bruins -- Eric Kendricks #5 tackles/g (11.6) & #1 in solo tackles/g (8.1); Brett Hundley #1 in pass compl. % (.720) & #6 pass efficiency (160.5) & #15 total offense (312.6); Paul Perkins #14 rush yds (1,256)...Team Punt Return Defense #3 (2.33), Red zone offense #1 (0.956), Pass efficiency #10 (158.28), #11 Fewest passes had intercepted (5), Pass compl. % #1 (.719)
**Pac-12 Leaders -- Eric Kendricks #1 solo tackles (8.1); #1 total tackles (11.6); Brett Hundley #1 Pass Completion % (.720); Paul Perkins #1 rush yards (1,256), #1 rush yards /g (115.0); #1 Team Compl. % (.719); #1 Punt Return Defense (2.33); #1 Red zone offense (.956)
**The No. 9 AP ranking is the highest ranking for a UCLA team, on-or-after Nov. 23, since it was listed No. 3 in December of 1998
**UCLA has now produced at least nine wins in three straight seasons for the first time in program history (2012-9/2013-10/2014-9)
**Brett Hundley, now with 73, moved into sole possession of the top spot on the UCLA career list for touchdown passes at Washington
**Brett Hundley (11,353 yds) moved past Cade McNown (11,285) vs. USC and into the top spot on all-time school list for total offense
**Eric Kendricks, with 14 tackles vs. USC, moved to within 8 of tying Jerry Robinson’s school career record of 468 tackles... Against Arizona, he became the third Bruin to put together three straight 100-tackle seasons (Don Rogers (1981-83);Jerry Robinson (1976-78).
**Paul Perkins became 13th Bruin to reach 1,000-yards rushing milestone in a season during the first quarter of the Arizona game
**The Bruins are 43 for 45 in the red zone this season (29 tds) for a 95.6% success rate, tops in the nation
**Five seniors are seeing consistent action - Ryan Hofmeister LB, Jordon James RB, Anthony Jefferson DB, Eric Kendricks LB, Owamagbe Odighizuwa DL --- Jefferson, Kendricks and Odighizuwa were starters in last game vs. USC
**Jordan Payton’s 151 yards receiving at ASU is most by a Bruin since ‘09; he has moved into the school’s top 15 on season receptions list at #8, receiving yds at #12, career receptions at #14
**Owamagbe Odighizuwa picked up 2 sacks vs. USC and has 9.5 TFLs which surpass his previous season-best total and leads the team
**Brett Hundley extended his own school record with his 19th 300-yd total offense game vs. USC (326) ... He posted the 10th career 300-yd passing game (326) vs. USC which is second on the all-time school list behind Cade McNown’s total of 11
** UCLA has posted a 10-3 record in games played in the month of November under Coach Mora
**UCLA will play its ninth bowl eligible opponent of the season this week in Stanford...UVa and Cal are one win away
**This is the 3rd straight season in which UCLA has recorded at least three 500-yard total offense games in a season and put three back-to-back-to-back. Prior to 2012, the last time UCLA had at least three 500-yarders was in 2005. It had not previously recorded three straight in any previous season.
*** The total of five 500-yard total offense games in ‘14 ties for most ever in season (also 1998, 1976, 1973 ---records through 1973)
**UCLA has put together a stretch of at least five straight wins in each season under Coach Mora; the last time it had a longer streak was in the 8-0 start to the 2005 season
**After holding USC to 62 yards rushing, UCLA has won 15 of its last 16 times when limiting the opponent to less than 100 yards rushing
**UCLA has 2 wins this season against teams ranked in top-15 at the time of the contest --- vs. #14 Arizona and at #15 Arizona State
**UCLA has produced plays this season tying for #2 on all-time lists in passing (Hundley-Devin Fuller 93 v. Utah) and rushing (Perkins 92 at Colo.)
**The 2013 Bruins became the eighth team in school history to have won more than 9 games when they tied the school mark with 10 wins.
**UCLA is bowl eligible in 2014. It has played in bowl games in 10 of the previous 12 seasons (not 2010, 2008). It is the second time the Bruins have become eligible before the month of November since 2005
**UCLA has won its last nine games played away from the Rose Bowl (6-0 this season); last time it had a longer winning streak was in 1997-98 (10); it went unbeaten (10-0-2) in 12 straight games away from home in a series of contests in 1974-76 but never won more than six straight; it has posted a 10-3 record in games played in the month of November under Coach Mora
**Brett Hundley owns five of the 10 400-yard total offense games in UCLA history after his 424-yard effort at Cal; It was his third 400-yard plus game of 2014. No other Bruin had recorded more than two in their career
**Eric Kendricks has three career defensive TDs, one shy of the school record mark held jointly by DB Alterraun Verner (2006-09) and LB Spencer Havner (2001-05) ... Kendricks became the 4th Bruin to reach the 400 tackle plateau in the Oregon game.
**Ishmael Adams has tied the school record with two interception returns (at UVa, at ASU) for touchdowns in a season; current NFL performer Alterraun Verner holds the school career mark with four returns for score.
**Eric Kendricks has 23 career double-digit tackle games (9 this season) and has led or tied for the team lead in each game this season
**Brett Hundley with a completion % of .720 and a pass efficiency rating of 160.52 is hovering around school season marks of .693 (Rick Neuheisel-1983) and 168.6 (Cade McNown-1997)
**UCLA has won 27 of its last 32 games when winning the turnover battle (84%) and owns a 21-36 record in its last 57 games (37%) when losing or tying the turnover ratio
**Paul Perkins has run for at least 80 yards in 13 career games, including a career-best 190 yards v. Oregon this season
**Sophomore LB Myles Jack recorded a career-best 13 tackles at UVa. In 2013, he became the first player in Pac-12 Conference history to be selected both Freshman Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year. He was also one of five finalists for the Hornung Award as the nation’s most versatile player. He has 28 carries this season for 113 yds and three rushing touchdowns.
**UCLA won its 24th straight game in which it has limited the opponent to less than 20 points in win over Arizona; the last time UCLA held the opposition to 7 points or less was in game 3 of the 2012 season (37-6 win over Houston)
**Returning defensive players who saw action on offense in 2013 include - LB Myles Jack; DL Eddie Vanderdoes; DL Kenny Clark -- They have each seen action this season as well as DL Eli Ankou, DL Ellis McCarthy, LB Isaako Savaiinaea, DB Ishmael Adams.
**PK Ka’imi Fairbairn has connected on 28 straight FG attempts from 35 yards and in; he is now 6th in career scoring at UCLA and has
seen 42 of his 69 kickoffs go for touchbacks this season.
**UCLA is 21-3 under Coach Mora when scoring first, 10-0 when doing so at home; the Bruins are 24-0 under Mora when ahead at the half
**QB Brett Hundley has thrown for and/or run for a touchdown in all but this year’s Texas game (37/38g) in which he was injured in the first quarter...He has at least one scoring pass in 34 of his 38 career games (not v. Texas-’14, at UVa-2014, at USC-’13, at Stanford ‘12)...He has thrown for multiple scores in 25 contests and as many as four scores in three contests.
**UCLA’s six wins in the games played away from home this season are the most ever by a Bruin team during the regular season; UCLA last went unbeaten in regular season games away from home during the 1993 campaign.
**Hundley is first UCLA QB to ever throw for at least 300 yards in three straight games (305 Nebraska/320 Houston/372 Oregon St. in 2012).
Most 300-yd passing games in a season -- Cade McNown 6 -1998, Hundley 5-2014; Ramsey 4 -1982, Hundley 4 - 2012
Most Career 300-yd passing games -- McNown11, Hundley 10, Cory Paus 7, Drew Olson 4, Tommy Maddox 4, Troy Aikman 4, Tom Ramsey 4
BRUINS AND THE CARDINAL — The Bruins lead the series 45-37-3. Stanford won last year’s meeting, up north, by a score of 24-10. UCLA trailed 3-0 at the half of that contest before leveling the score on a field goal early in the third quarter. Stanford answered with a scoring pass and a short touchdown run. The Bruins made it 17-10 early in the fourth quarter when Brett Hundley connected with Shaq Evans on a three-yard pass. Hundley completed 24 of 39 passes for 192 yards, one td, two interceptions. In 2012, the Bruins were dealt a 35-17 setback in the last meeting played in the Rose Bowl. Hundley completed 20 of 38 passes for 261 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Johnathan Franklin totaled 65 yards on 21 carries. Stanford led 21-10 at the half and used a couple of Bruin turnovers to break the game open in the third quarter. The two teams also tangled in the 2012 P12 Championship Game played at Stanford. The Bruins moved out to a 14-7 lead in the first quarter only to see Stanford rally to take a 17-14 halftime lead. UCLA moved ahead, 24-17 after three quarters on a field goal and Franklin’s second scoring run of the game. Stanford answered with a scoring pass and a field goal for the win. UCLA’s last victory in the series was a 23-20 decision in the Rose Bowl in 2008. QB Kevin Craft threw a seven-yard scoring pass to tight end Cory Harkey to provide the winning margin with 10 seconds remaining.
HONORARY CAPTAIN - Troy Aikman, whose No. 8 jersey will be retired today, is the honorary captain. Currently serving as the color analyst on FOX’s No.1 NFL broadcast team, Aikman transferred to UCLA in 1986 after spending two seasons at Oklahoma. He redshirted his first season at UCLA and won the starting quarterback job in 1987 and went on to be named Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year. He led the Bruins to a 10-2 record, including a 20-16 victory over Florida in the Aloha Bowl. The following season, the Bruins won their first seven games and rose to the top of the polls in late October. Again, the Bruins finished 10-2, defeating Arkansas 17-3 in the Cotton Bowl. Aikman was third in the Heisman Trophy voting that season. In the spring of 1989, Aikman became the first player chosen in the NFL Draft by the Cowboys for whom he played 12 seasons. In his professional career, he led the Cowboys to three Super Bowl championships and threw for more than 32,000 yards. Aikman was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006 and to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.