| 2010UCLA Bruins football | |
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| Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
| Record | 4–8 (2–7 Pac-10) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Norm Chow |
| Defensive coordinator | Chuck Bullough |
| Home stadium | Rose Bowl (Capacity: 91,136) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3Oregon $ | 9 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4Stanford % | 8 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC † | 5 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 5 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 4 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 4 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 4 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 3 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 2 | – | 7 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 1 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2010 UCLA Bruins football team represented theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Coached by third-year head coachRick Neuheisel, they opened the season on the road against theKansas State Wildcats on September 4, 2010.[1] The next three games were against ranked opponents, and after a road win at #7 (AP)Texas, expectations for the Bruins dampened by their 0–2 start began to rise again. However, the season turned for the worse and included two three-game losing streaks against Pac-10 opponents, the latter to end the season on a three-game skid. The Bruins, coming off a bowl win the year before, found themselves ineligible for bowl play with their 4–8 overall record and finished ninth in the Pac-10.
Player injuries and other attrition depleted UCLA of its roster depth, while true freshmen were forced into action and seniors who were previously reserves became starters; a quarterback who had attempted only 17 passes in his career became the starter.[2]
The first Wednesday in February was the start of signing day in college football, February 3, 2010 – April 1, 2010. For midyear junior college transfer, the period was December 16, 2009 to January 15, 2010.
UCLA's recruits:[3]
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | 40‡ | Commit date |
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| Darius Bell QB | San Francisco | City College of San Francisco | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 218 lb (99 kg) | N/A | Jul 13, 2010 |
Recruit ratings:Scout:  (NR) | ||||||
| Casey Griffiths OT | Sacramento, California | American River College | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 280 lb (130 kg) | N/A | Jul 13, 2010 |
| Recruit ratings: (NR) | ||||||
| Owamagbe Odighizuwa DE | Portland, Oregon | David Douglas High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 240 lb (110 kg) | 4.70 | Feb 3, 2010 |
Recruit ratings:Scout:  Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:  (84) | ||||||
| Dietrich Riley S | La Cañada Flintridge, California | St. Francis High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | 4.50 | Feb 3, 2010 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (81) | ||||||
| Anthony Jefferson CB | Los Angeles, California | Cathedral High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 4.50 | Feb 3, 2010 |
Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:  (77) | ||||||
| Jordan Zumwalt MLB | Huntington Beach, California | Edison High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 217 lb (98 kg) | 4.70 | Feb 3, 2010 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (76) | ||||||
| Sealii Epenesa DT | Honolulu, HI | Iolani High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 300 lb (140 kg) | 5.4 | Jan 29, 2010 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (76) | ||||||
| Cassius Marsh DT | Westlake Village, California | Oaks Christian High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 270 lb (120 kg) | 4.90 | Jan 26, 2010 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (79) | ||||||
| Anthony Barr OLB | Torrance, California | Loyola High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | 4.55 | Jan 21, 2010 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (81) | ||||||
| Wade Yandall OG | Carson, California | Carson High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 290 lb (130 kg) | 5.40 | Jan 10, 2010 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (73) | ||||||
| Kip Smith K | Broomfield, Colorado | Legacy High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | N/A | Nov 23, 2009 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (80) | ||||||
| Aramide Olaniyan OLB | Woodberry Forest, Virginia | Woodberry Forest School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | 4.60 | Nov 16, 2009 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (81) | ||||||
| Jordon James RB | Corona, California | Corona High School | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | 4.45 | Nov 12, 2009 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (83) | ||||||
| Eric Kendricks MLB | Fresno, California | Herbert Hoover High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 213 lb (97 kg) | 4.60 | Nov 3, 2009 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (77) | ||||||
| John Young TE | Los Angeles, California | Loyola High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 250 lb (110 kg) | 4.70 | Nov 1, 2009 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (73) | ||||||
| Kody Innes OT | Scottsdale, Arizona | Saguaro High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 273 lb (124 kg) | 4.90 | Oct 29, 2009 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (77) | ||||||
| Chris Ward OG | Santa Ana, California | Mater Dei High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 290 lb (130 kg) | 5.30 | Oct 10, 2009 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (79) | ||||||
| Malcolm Jones RB | Westlake Village, California | Oaks Christian High School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | 4.60 | Oct 8, 2009 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (81) | ||||||
| Derrick Bryant DE | Columbus, Ohio | Brookhaven High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | 4.55 | Sep 20, 2009 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (76) | ||||||
| Wesley Flowers DT | Fresno, California | Edison High School | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 253 lb (115 kg) | 4.90 | Jun 23, 2009 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (75) | ||||||
| Tevin McDonald CB | Fresno, California | Edison High School | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | 4.60 | Jun 18, 2009 |
| Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (79) | ||||||
| Overall recruit ranking: Scout:14 Rivals:8 247Sports:10 ESPN:10 | ||||||
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| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 4 | 12:30 pm | atKansas State* | ABC/ESPN2 | L 22–31 | 51,059[4] | |
| September 11 | 7:30 pm | No. 25Stanford | ESPN | L 0–35 | 56,931[5] | |
| September 18 | 7:30 pm | No. 23Houston* |
| FSN | W 31–13 | 54,407[6] |
| September 25 | 12:30 pm | at No. 7Texas* | ABC/ESPN | W 34–12 | 101,437[7] | |
| October 2 | 12:30 pm | Washington State |
| FSPT | W 42–28 | 62,072[8] |
| October 9 | 12:30 pm | atCalifornia | FSN | L 7–35 | 61,664[9] | |
| October 21 | 6:00 pm | at No. 1Oregon | ESPN | L 13–60 | 59,372[10] | |
| October 30 | 12:30 pm | No. 15Arizona |
| FSN | L 21–29 | 53,408[11] |
| November 6 | 4:00 pm | Oregon State |
| Versus | W 17–14 | 64,330[12] |
| November 18 | 5:00 pm | atWashington | ESPN | L 7–24 | 62,347[13] | |
| November 26 | 12:30 pm | atArizona State | FSN | L 34–55 | 44,555[14] | |
| December 4 | 7:30 pm | USC |
| FSN | L 14–28 | 71,105[15] |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bruins | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 31 |
Last year, the Bruins defeated theWildcats 23-9 at theRose Bowl.
1st quarter scoring: KSU –Daniel Thomas 1 yd. run (A. Cantele kick).
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA –Kevin Prince 11 yd. run (Kai Forbath kick);Kai Forbath 44 yd. field goal.
3rd quarter scoring: KSU – William Powell 28 yd. run (Cantele, A. kick); UCLA – Kai Forbath 35 yd. field goal; KSU – A. Cantele 35 yd. field goal.
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Kai Forbath 42 yd. field goal; KSU – Brodrick Smith 5 yd. pass from Coffman; KSU – Carson (A. Cantele kick); UCLA – Ricky Marvray 29 yd. pass from Prince; UCLA – Kevin Prince (Kevin Prince pass failed); KSU – Daniel Thomas 35 yd. run (A. Cantele kick).
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| #25 Cardinal | 10 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 35 |
| Bruins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This game was the first time the Cardinal defeated the Bruins at the Rose Bowl since 1996.[16] This was the first homeshutout UCLA had suffered in the twenty-first century, since a 17–0 loss toCalifornia on October 16, 1999.[16] This was the first time Stanford had achieved a road shutout against an opponent since 1974.[16] This was the first time since 1941 that Stanford shutout UCLA.[17]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #23 Cougars | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 |
| Bruins | 7 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 31 |
UCLA upset No. 23 ranked Houston in front of the home crowd in theRose Bowl. Matt Hogan kicked a 29-yard field goal to give the Cougars the first quarter lead. Johnathan Franklin answered with an 11-yard run for a Bruins 7-3 lead. The Bruins scored two touchdowns in the second quarter.Kevin Prince ran for a 2-yard touchdown and Franklin added a 1-yard run touchdown.
In the third quarter, UCLA had a 42-yard field goal byKai Forbath, the 2009 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award winner, and a touchdown again by Franklin (12 yards).Houston scored twice in the fourth quarter, onJames Cleveland's 10-yard pass from quarterbackTerrance Broadway and on Matt Hogan's 31-yard field goal. There were seven turnovers, including interceptions by UCLA'sRahim Moore andAkeem Ayers.
Two Houston quarterbacks,Case Keenum and Cotton Turner, were injured in the game and are out for the season.
Patrick Larimore, who had a career-high and team-high 11 tackles (10 solos), including three for loss, forced a fumble and broke up a pass in the game was named Pac-10 Conference defensive player of the week. He was also named theFWAA/Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bruins | 0 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| #7 Longhorns | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
Thirteen years after beating Texas on "Rout 66", the Bruins upended the No. 7 ranked Longhorns 34-12 with touchdowns by Johnathan Franklin andKevin Prince in front of a stadium-record crowd of 101,437 inAustin, Texas. Franklin scored an 11-yard touchdown on his 118-yard day, while Prince had two touchdowns, a 38-yard run and a 1-yard pass to Ricky Marvray. Kai Forbath kicked two field goals, 39 and 49 yards, and missed one for the Bruins. The final touchdown was made by UCLA's Derrick Coleman on a 29-yard run.
Justin Tucker kicked two field goals, 31 and 34 yards, and James Kirkendoll scored on a 5-yard pass fromGarrett Gilbert for Texas. Now the Bruins have beaten two teams from the State of Texas in consecutive weeks. The Longhorns turned the ball over to the Bruins five times during the contest.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Cougars | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Bruins | 7 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 42 |
The Bruins came from behind to score the final three touchdowns, one by quarterbackRichard Brehaut (1-yard run) and two by running back Derrick Coleman (1 and 4-yard runs) to defeat the Cougars at home.[18]
Quarterback Brehaut played in place of injured Kevin Prince and made 12 of 23 passes for 128 yards in his first career start. Coleman had a banner game, scoring three rush touchdowns and a 73-yard long run in the fourth quarter. Franklin accounted for 216 of UCLA's 437 rushing yards, his first. Kicker Kai Forbath now has kicked 80 field goals, including the 33-yard and 20-yard field goals in this game.
Winning with 565 total offense yards, UCLA has a 38-18-1 record on Washington State.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bruins | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Golden Bears | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
Cal has a record of 8-6 coming off a bye week inJeff Tedford's years at Cal and the Bears have beaten UCLA five consecutive times at home.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bruins | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| #1 Ducks | 15 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 60 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #16 Wildcats | 7 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 29 |
| Bruins | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Beavers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Bruins | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
The Bruins snapped a three-game losing streak with a 51-yard field goal byKai Forbath with one second left in the game to give UCLA a 17-14 victory over the visiting Beavers. With 1:17 left in the game, Forbath missed a 46-yard field goal, which went wide left. Originally, the field officials had ruled that UCLA had no time left, but the challenge gave the Bruins one more second left to set up the field goal try.
Richard Brehaut scored for UCLA in the first quarter with a seven-yard run and Joe Halahuni did the same for Oregon State with a 28-yard pass from Ryan Katz.
In the third quarter, Markus Wheaton ran for 22-yard touchdown for the Beavers lead and Johnathan Franklin scored from the 1-yard line for a Bruins touchdown to tie the game.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bruins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Huskies | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bruins | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| Sun Devils | 7 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 55 |
Arizona State quarterbackBrock Osweiler threw 4 touchdown passes while UCLA quarterbackRichard Brehaut had three. The defeat ended UCLA's hope of a bowl game in December.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Trojans | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Bruins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Jonathan Franklin ran for 109 yards and one touchdown in a loss to USC. The Bruins ended the season losing six of their last seven games.
Before kickoff, fans of both teams were involved in a fight which eventually led to two participants being stabbed. Violence occurred outside Rose Bowl in 2008 as well, when nearly 50 were arrested.[19]
