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UCLA FOOTBALL UCLA Athletic Communications / J.D. Morgan Center / 325 Westwood Plaza / Los Angeles, CA 90095

Football Contacts: Steve Rourke / srourke@athletics.ucla.edu / o: (310) 206-8187; Andrew Sinatra / asinatra@athletics.ucla.edu; Liza David / ldavid@athletics.ucla.edu

UCLA vs. KANSAS STATE

COMING UP Tue. Dec. 26 - Kansas State vs. UCLA - 7 p.m. MST/ 6 pm PST (ESPN)

Venue: Chase Field (48,500) - Phoenix, Ariz. Kickoff Time: 7:00 p.m. MST / 6:00 p.m. PST Television: ESPN Jason Benetti (pbp), Jordan Rodgers (analyst), Olivia Harlan (reporter) Radio (UCLA Sports Network from IMG College): AM 570/1150 am

Bruin Bowl Notes

*The Cactus Bowl is UCLA’s 36th bowl game *This is UCLA’s 3rd bowl game in Arizona (Dec. ‘78 Fiesta - tied Arkansas; Jan. ‘85 Fiesta - defeated Miami) *The Bruins have an overall 16-18-1 record in bowl games *The Bruins have won two of their last three bowl games *The Bruins defeated Kansas State in the Jan. 2015 Valero Alamo Bowl in their last meeting against the Wildcats

2017 UCLA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE September Sun. 3 Texas A&M FOX Sat. 9 Hawai’i P12N Sat. 16 (25) at Memphis (nr/19) ABC Sat. 23 at Stanford* (nr/15) ESPN Sat. 30 Colorado* ESPN2 October Sat. 14 Sat. 21 Sat. 28 November Fri. 3 Sat. 11 Sat. 18 Fri. 24 December Tue. 26

GAME INFORMATION

Tuesday, December 26, 2017 – 7:00 p.m. (MST)/ 6:00 p.m. (PST) 29th Annual Cactus Bowl

W, 45-44 W, 56-23 L, 45-48 L, 34-58 W, 27-23

at Arizona* P12N Oregon* P12N at Washington* (12/12) ABC

L, 30-47 W, 31-14 L, 23-44

at Utah* Arizona State* at USC* (12/8) California*

FS1 P12 ABC FS1

L, 17-48 W, 44-37 L, 23-28 W, 30-27

Kansas State

ESPN

7 pm MST/6 PST

* Pac-12 Conference games; Times listed are Pacific

Pac-12 Post-Season Honors

All-Pac-12 1st-team - LB Kenny Young 2nd-team - QB Josh Rosen, OL Kolton Miller, DB Jaleel Wadood Honorable Mention - WR Darren Andrews, WR Jordan Lasley, OL Najee Toran, OL Scott Quessenberry, DL Jacob Tuioti-Mariner

All-Pac-12 Academic Team 2nd-team - LB Josh Woods Honorable Mention - OL Michael Alves, LS Johnny Den Bleyker, RB Giovanni Gentosi, WR Theo Howard, DB Nate Meadors, DL Marcus Moore, WR Christian Pabico, QB Josh Rosen, TE Jordan Wilson, LB Kenny Young

UCLA ON SOCIAL MEDIA Football Twitter: @UCLAFB Football Instagram: @UCLAFB Football Facebook: /UCLAFootball UCLA Athletics Twitter: @UCLAAthletics UCLA Athletics Instagram: @UCLAAthletics UCLA Athletics Facebook: /UCLAAthletics Athletics Snapchat: ucla.athletics #GoBruins

Josh Lewin (play-by-play),Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline) ESPN Radio: Mark Kestecher, Tom Ramsey SIRIUS/XM Radio: Sirius and XM Ch. 80; Internet Ch. 80

vs.

7-5, tied 4th Big 12

6-6, 4th P12 South

All-Time Series: UCLA leads 2-1 Bruins won last meeting in Jan. 2015 Alamo Bowl, 40-35.

BRUINS HEAD TO DESERT FOR CACTUS BOWL — UCLA (6-6) will meet Kansas State (7-5) in the 29th annual edition of the Cactus Bowl on Tuesday, December 26 in Chase Field, home of MLB’s Arizona Diamondbacks, at 7:00 p.m. MST/6:00 p.m. PST. The game will be televised by ESPN. The Bruin IMG Radio Network will radio broadcast the contest, which will also be aired over ESPN Radio and Sirius/XM. The Bruins lead the series with Kansas State, 2-1, with the last meeting taking place in January of 2015 at the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas. In that contest, quarterback Brett Hundley led then-No. 14 UCLA to a 31-6 halftime lead and the Bruins held off the No. 11 Wildcats for a 40-35 win. The win was UCLA’s 10th of the season, which matched the school record. It was the third win over a team ranked among the AP top-15 at the time of the contest, the most since 1952. It was also the 10th-straight Bruin win away from the Rose Bowl. Prior to that meeting, the two programs each split a home-and-home series in the 2010 and 2009 seasons, with the host team coming away with the win. In 2010 at Manhattan, Kansas, the Bruins took a 10-7 halftime lead, only to see Kansas State come back to take the lead on its first possession of the second half. Kai Forbath booted his third field goal of the contest to slice the KSU advantage to 17-16 with 6:28 left in the game. K-State moved down the field and scored with 2:03 remaining for a 24-16 lead. UCLA answered just 44 seconds later on a scoring pass from Kevin Prince to Ricky Marvray but failed to even the score on a two-point conversion. A late K-State score made the final margin 31-22. In 2009, at the Rose Bowl, quarterback Kevin Craft started in place of Kevin Prince, who had fractured his jaw against Tennessee. The Bruin run game was big, as freshman Johnathan Franklin recorded his first rushing performance over 100 yards (119). Kicker Kai Forbath was a perfect 3-for-3 on field goals to help the Bruins score a 23-9 victory. The UCLA defense held K-State to 3-of-14 on third down conversions and just 69 yards rushing. Tony Dye led the defense with nine tackles, while Akeem Ayers added two sacks. Alter- raun Verner had two interceptions in the game.

THE WATCH LIST— • This will be the first time the Bruins have played in the Cactus Bowl and the third time UCLA has played in a bowl game in Arizona - also the Jan. 1985 Fiesta Bowl UCLA 39, Miami 37; Dec. 1978 Fiesta Bowl UCLA 10, Arkansas 10. • The Bruins have played in a bowl game in 12 of the previous 15 seasons (not after 2008, 2010, 2016 seasons) -- 2015 Foster Farms Bowl, Jan. 2015 Alamo Bowl, 2013 Sun Bowl, 2012 Holiday Bowl, 2011 Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, 2009 EagleBank Bowl, 2007 Las Vegas Bowl, 2006 Emerald Bowl, 2005 Sun Bowl, 2004 Las Vegas Bowl, 2003 Silicon Valley Bowl, 2002 Las Vegas Bowl. • Top 20 Bruins in the NCAA Rankings/ Pac-12 Leaders --- Completions: Josh Rosen - 4th (25.64); Passing Tds: Rosen - 16th (26); Passing Yds: Rosen - 10th (3,717); Passing Yds per Game: Rosen - 3rd NCAA / P12 leader (337.9); Total Offense: Rosen - 9th NCAA / P12 leader; Pts. Responsible for Per G: Rosen - 20th NCAA / P12 leader (15.6); Receiving Tds: Darren Andrews - 15th NCAA / P12 leader (10); Receiving Yds Per G: Andrews - 22nd NCAA / P12 leader (85.9); Receptions Per G: Andrews - 9th NCAA / P12 leader (6.7); Receiving Yards: Jordan Lasley - 11th NCAA / P12 leader (1,136); Solo Tackles per G: Kenny Young - 18th (5.7). • Jordan Lasley’s 142.0 receiving yards per game average would be a school record total (current season leader Freddie Mitchell - 124.5 in 2000) ... Lasley’s average would lead the nation, but he has not played in 75% of this season’s games needed to qualify for the NCAA stats listing. • Senior linebacker Kenny Young will be the last Bruin football player to wear No. 42 on the gridiron. In 2014, on the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s arrival at UCLA, Athletics Director Dan Guerrero announced that the school was retiring number 42 across all sports. While he wore several numbers at UCLA, Jackie Robinson made the number 42 as iconic as the man himself. • UCLA is averaging 6.4 yards per play, which would approach a school record mark. The only other seasons (dating to 1945) in which UCLA has averaged more than 6.5 yards per play are 6.81 in 1998 and 6.62 in 1973. • Josh Rosen (3,756) has moved past Brett Hundley (3,740 in 2012) into first on all-time UCLA single-season passing yards list. • The record / ranking of teams which have beaten UCLA this season: 52-19 overall record (73%)-- #19 Memphis 10-1, #15 Stanford 9-3, Arizona 7-5, #12 UW 10-2, Utah 6-6, #8 USC 10-2 ... Each of these opponents will be playing a bowl game. • UCLA went 6-0 while playing in the Rose Bowl this season ... the last time the Bruins registered a perfect mark at home was in 2005 (6-0). Perfection in the Rose Bowl was also achieved in the 1987 (6-0) and 1985 seasons (5-0, including Rose Bowl game win). • WR Jordan Lasley owns the P12 lead with six 100-yard receiving games this season... He has 29 catches for 593 yards (20.4 yds/catch) in last 3 games (197.3 yds/g ave.) vs. ASU, USC, Cal ... Lasley and Caleb Wilson (208 vs. Texas A&M) own the only 200-yard receiving games by P12 players this season. • Josh Rosen ranks first in Pac-12 in passing yards per game (341.5) and total offense (332.6). The last Bruin to lead the Conference in passing yards/g and total offense was Tommy Maddox in 1990. Rosen is tied for P12 lead with a school-record seven 300-yard passing games this season. • LB Kenny Young leads the team in tackles (101), and his average per game of 9.2 is second in P12... S Adarius Pickett is second with 81 stops (18th in P12 with 6.8 avg.), S Jaleel Wadood is third with 70 overall tackles (15th in P12 7.0 avg.); CB Nate Meadors tops the team with 10 pass break-ups, which is tied for 8th in the P12; Young, DL Jacob Tuioti-Mariner and DL Chigozie Nnoruka lead with 7.5 TFLs; Tuioti-Mariner tops the team with 5.5 sacks (16th in P12 with 0.46 avg.) and had a career-best 10 stops vs. ASU ... He has 17 tackles in last three games. • WR Theo Howard leads the team with a reception in each of the last 15 games and had a career-high 11 receptions vs. USC. • With its 501-yard output vs. USC, UCLA equaled an all-time school season mark with its sixth such game of 2017 (also 2015) ... With its 595yard performance earlier this season at Stanford, UCLA set a school mark with its fourth consecutive 500-yard total offense games in a season. • Kenny Young (295 tackles) moved into 13th on the all-time UCLA tackle list after his career-high 15-tackle effort vs. Cal ... Jaleel Wadood (279) is also within range of moving into the all-time Bruin Top 20 tackle list. • CB Nate Meadors’ 27-yd interception return for a score vs. ASU was third TD by Bruin defense (T17th in NCAA, T1st in P12) this season. • LB Kenny Young had career-high 15 tackles vs. Cal and 12-tackles each at Stanford, vs. Colorado, vs. Oregon and at Utah this season. • Jordan Lasley (11 at Stanford, 10 vs. USC, 12 vs. Cal) became the first Bruin receiver to record as many as three double-digit reception games in the same season. He ties J.J. Stokes for the career lead at the school with three.

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