UCLA leads the series 4–0, last winning 26–16 on September 9, 2006 at the Rose Bowl. Brett Hundley started at quarterback.
Johnathan Franklin rushed for 214 yards and three touchdowns in this rout. UCLA dominated both in the air with 303 yards passing compared to 184 yards for Rice, and on the ground with 343 yards rushing compared to 174 for Rice. This was despite Rice having about 8+1⁄2 minutes more of possession than UCLA. Franklin's performance was 2 yards short of a career high. Hundley took the first snap of the game 72 yards for a touchdown. Hundley completed 21 of 28 passes for 202 yards and rushed for 79 yards on 7 carries.
Rice was led by quarterback Taylor McHargue, who completed 17 of 28 passes for 179 yards with one interception; and had 129 yards rushing.
1st quarter scoring: UCLA– Brett Hundley 72 Yd Run (Pat Blocked); UCLA– Jerry Johnson 11 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Pat Blocked); UCLA– Johnathan Franklin 74 Yd Run (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick); RICE– Luke Willson 8 Yd Pass From Taylor McHargue (Chris Boswell Kick); RICE– Chris Boswell 53 Yd FG
2nd quarter scoring: RICE– Taylor McHargue 1 Yd Run (Chris Boswell Kick); UCLA– Ka'imi Fairbairn 27 Yd FG; UCLA– Johnathan Franklin 78 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); RICE– Sam McGuffie 2 Yd Pass From Taylor McHargue (Chris Boswell Kick); UCLA– Damien Holmes 44 Yd Fumble Return (Pat Blocked)
3rd quarter scoring: None
4th quarter scoring: UCLA– Joseph Fauria 4 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed); UCLA– Johnathan Franklin 22 Yd Run (Brett Hundley Pass To David Allen For Two-Point Conversion)
4th quarter scoring: UCLA– Taylor Martinez Tackled By Datone Jones In End Zone; UCLA– Johnathan Franklin 9 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); NEB– Brett Maher 40 Yd FG
With this victory, UCLA was ranked in the AP Top 25 poll for the first time since 2007.
Houston and UCLA are tied 3–3 in the series with the Cougars winning at home last season.
The Bruins led the Cougars in first downs (29–14), net yards rushing (247–139), net yards passing (320–249), and total offense yards (567–388). Brett Hundley completed 27 of 42 passes with 2 interceptions for 320 yards. His longest pass was a 40-yard pass to Johnathan Franklin. Franklin moved into second place of the UCLA rushing record list when he rushed for 117 yards on 25 carries.
1st quarter scoring: UCLA– Eric Kendricks 23 Yd Fumble Return (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA– Datone Jones 7 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)
UCLA leads the all-time series 41–15–4; Last Meeting, UCLA 27, Oregon State 19 (2011 at Corvallis, Ore.). Former quarterback Matt Stevens is the honorary captain.
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA -Darius Bell 17 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); COLO– Dustin Ebner 17 Yd Pass From Jordan Webb (Will Oliver Kick); UCLA– Brett Hundley 1 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA– Joseph Fauria 8 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)
4th quarter scoring: UCLA– Jordon James 25 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA– Damien Thigpen 23 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); COLO– Nick Kasa 31 Yd Pass From Nick Hirschman (Will Oliver Kick)
The Bruins look to end their losing streak at Memorial Stadium dating back to the 1999 season. Terry Leyden is the referee for the game.
UCLA is the Pac-12 leader in total offense (560.4 yards per game) and in scoring offense (3rd) at 36.8 per game. Their rushing offense is No. 2, led by Johnathan Franklin with 697 yards and their passing game is No. 4. Defensively, UCLA leads the conference with nine interceptions.
UCLA leads the series, 17–10–1. Last season, UCLA downed ASU 29–28 at the Rose Bowl, a last second field goal attempt by the Sun Devils was just off the mark.
1st quarter scoring: ASU– Kevin Ozier 7 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly (Alex Garoutte Kick); ASU– Marion Grice 2 Yd Run (Alex Garoutte Kick); UCLA– Johnathan Franklin 3 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA– Devin Fuller 15 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)
2nd quarter scoring: ASU– Jon Mora 36 Yd FG; UCLA– Johnathan Franklin 5 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)
3rd quarter scoring: ASU– Jon Mora 31 Yd; UCLA– Damien Thigpen 65 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); ASU– Marion Grice 20 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed); UCLA– Joseph Fauria 4 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)
4th quarter scoring: ASU– Marion Grice 8 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly (Alex Garoutte Kick); UCLA– Damien Thigpen 20 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); ASU– Jon Mora 22 Yd FG; ASU– D. J. Foster 7 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly (Alex Garoutte Kick); UCLA– Ka'imi Fairbairn 33 Yd
UCLA's homecoming game and honoring veterans day. UCLA leads the series 19–15–2. UCLA leads 11–4–2 in Los Angeles (8–4–1 in the Rose Bowl) and Arizona leads 11–8 at Tucson.
1st quarter scoring: UCLA– Johnathan Franklin 37 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA– Brett Hundley 6 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA– Jordan Payton 17 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA– Damien Thigpen 1 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); ARIZ– John Bonano 28 Yd FG; UCLA– Johnathan Franklin 2 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); Joseph Fauria 1 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA– Ka'imi Fairbairn 25 Yd FG; ARIZ– Ka'Deem Carey 2 Yd Run (John Bonano Kick); UCLA– Joseph Fauria 28 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)
4th quarter scoring: UCLA– Steven Manfro 14 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA– Melvin Emesibe 1 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)
The Bruins lead the series 18–39–1, which was started in 1928.
1st quarter scoring: UCLA– Sheldon Price 68 Yd Return Of Blocked Field Goal (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); WSU– Dominique Williams 6 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday (Andrew Furney Kick)
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA– Johnathan Franklin 16 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA– Joseph Fauria 9 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA– Connor Halliday Tackled By Anthony Barr In End Zone; UCLA– Devin Fuller 10 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA– Eric Kendricks 40 Yd Fumble Return (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)
3rd quarter scoring: WSU– Brett Bartolone 7 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday (Andrew Furney Kick); UCLA– Jordon James 2 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); WSU– Marcus Mason 4 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday (Andrew Furney Kick)
4th quarter scoring: WSU– Dominique Williams 11 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday (Andrew Furney Kick); WSU– Kristoff Williams 3 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday (Connor Halliday Pass To Dominique Williams For Two-Point Conversion)
The matchup was the first time since 2005 that UCLA and USC met as ranked teams. It was also the first time since 2001 that the Bruins entered the game ranked higher than the Trojans.[3][4]
Jim Colletto, who played football and baseball at UCLA, was the honorary captain for this game. The former Super Bowl XXXV coach was a Bruins coach on the team last defeated USC, 13–9. Shawn Hochuli was the referee.
1st quarter scoring: UCLA– Brett Hundley 1 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); UCLA– Ka'imi Fairbairn 23 Yd FG, UCLA– Joseph Fauria 17 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA– Johnathan Franklin 16 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick); USC– Nelson Agholor 33 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Andre Heidari Kick); USC– Randall Telfer 2 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Andre Heidari Kick)
3rd quarter scoring: USC– George Uko Recovered Fumble In End Zone (Pat Failed); UCLA– Brett Hundley 3 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)
4th quarter scoring: USC– Marqise Lee 14 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley (Matt Barkley Pass To Robert Woods For Two-Point Conversion) UCLA– Johnathan Franklin 29 Yd Run (Ka'Imi Fairbairn Kick)
Stanford defeated UCLA 35–17 and clinch the Pac-12 Conference North Division championship, setting up a rematch with UCLA the following week in the Pac-12 Championship Game. UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley, in one of his poorest games of the season, was sacked seven times while completing 20 of 38 passes for 261 yards with one touchdown and one interception. The Bruins were penalized 12 times for 135 yards.[5]
1st quarter scoring: STAN– Drew Terrell 11-yard pass from Kevin Hogan (Jordan Williamson kick); UCLA– Joseph Fauria, 13-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Ka'i Fairbairn kick)
2nd quarter scoring: STAN– Anthony Wilkerson 10-yard run (Williamson kick); STAN– Stepfan Taylor 49-yard run (Williamson kick); UCLA– Fairbairn 48-yard field goal
3rd quarter scoring: STAN– Taylor 1-yard run (Williamson kick); STAN– Usua Amanam 11-yard fumble recovery (Williamson kick); UCLA– Johnathan Franklin 11-yard run (Fairbairn kick)
August 18, 2012– Meet the Bruins fan event at Drake Stadium.
September 3, 2012– Running back Johnathan Franklin was named Pac-12 offensive Player-of-the-week.
September 4, 2012– After week 1, UCLA is ranked 1st in sacks with 6; first in conference in rushing offense (343 yards), and total offense (646 yards)[6] Johnathan Franklin is third nationally in rushing (214 yards) and first in conference
September 9, 2012– UCLA is ranked No. 22 in the AP Poll, first time ranked since 2007.
September 10, 2012– Franklin was named Pac-12 offensive Player-of-the-week for two weeks in a row, leading the nation with an average of 215.5 yards per game.
November 3, 2012– Tailback Johnathan Franklin became UCLA's all-time leading rusher with 3,873 yards for his career, passing Gaston Green's 3,731 yards.
November 5, 2012– Linebacker Eric Kendricks was named Pac-12 defensive Player-of-the-week.
November 12, 2012– Linebacker Anthony Barr was named Pac-12 defensive Player-of-the-week.[7]
November 13, 2012– UCLA served notice to the USC Marching Band that its drum major will not be allowed to stab a sword into Bruins logo before the game in the Rose Bowl on November 17, 2012.[8]
November 19, 2012– Linebacker Eric Kendricks was named Pac-12 defensive Player-of-the-week again, second time in three weeks; three times in a row for UCLA.
December 2, 2012– Johnathan Franklin and Anthony Barr were named the team's most valuable players at the annual banquet.
December 27, 2012– A new school record for points scored in a season (482) was set when Brett Hundley passed to Logan Sweet for a 34-yard a touchdown late in the fourth quarter of the Holiday Bowl game.
Awards and honors
Eight Bruins were selected to the 2012 Pac-12 Conference Football All-Academic team:
First team– Senior punter Jeff Locke (third time) and center Jake Brendel
Second team– Running back Steven Manfro
Honorable mention– Junior linebacker Anthony Barr, redshirt junior linebacker Todd Golper, redshirt sophomore linebacker Ryan Hofmeister, redshirt sophomore linebacker Eric Kendricks and senior long-snapper Kevin McDermott
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