2012 UCLA Bruins football team


The 2012 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by first year head coach Jim L. Mora and played its home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. They were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. The Bruins won the conference's South Division and played in the Holiday Bowl, where they lost 26–49 to Baylor.

Previous season

In the previous season, the Bruins were the South Division Champions, and played in the Pac-12 Conference Championship game, where they were defeated by Oregon. The team also played in the post season Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco, where they lost to Illinois.

Media

The radio broadcast team members on flagship station KLAC-AM 570 are Chris Roberts, play-by-play; Matt Stevens, analyst; and Wayne Cook, sidelines.

Spring practice

Rankings

Key players

Offense
Defense

Rice

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 ; UCLA – Jerry Johnson 11 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 74 Yd Run ; RICE – Luke Willson 8 Yd Pass From Taylor McHargue ; RICE – Chris Boswell 53 Yd FG
2nd quarter scoring: RICE – Taylor McHargue 1 Yd Run ; UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 27 Yd FG; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 78 Yd Run ; RICE – Sam McGuffie 2 Yd Pass From Taylor McHargue ; UCLA – Damien Holmes 44 Yd Fumble Return
3rd quarter scoring: None
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Joseph Fauria 4 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 22 Yd Run

Nebraska

Nebraska led the series 6–4 and UCLA was 3–2 at home against the Cornhuskers. Former player James McAlister was the game's honorary captain.
Johnathan Franklin rushed for 217 yards for an average of 8.3 yards per carry, which placed him at 7th place of the UCLA rushing record list.
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Joseph Fauria 27 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; NEB – Ameer Abdullah 6 Yd Run ; NEB – Taylor Martinez 92 Yd Run
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 35 Yd FG; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 4 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; NEB – Ameer Abdullah 17 Yd Run ; UCLA – Steven Manfro 49 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; NEB – Brett Maher 54 Yd FG
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 22 Yd FG; NEB – Brett Maher 43 Yd FG
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Taylor Martinez Tackled By Datone Jones In End Zone; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 9 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; 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

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, net yards rushing, net yards passing, and total offense yards. 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 ; UCLA – Datone Jones 7 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 35 Yd FG
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Jordon James 12 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 23 Yd; UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 33 Yd
4th quarter scoring: HOU – David Piland 86 Yd Run ; UCLA – Steven Manfro 14 Yd Run

Oregon State

UCLA leads the all-time series 41–15–4; Last Meeting, UCLA 27, Oregon State 19. Former quarterback Matt Stevens is the honorary captain.
1st quarter scoring: ORST – Trevor Romaine 22 Yd FG
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 22 Yd FG; ORST – Brandin Cooks 75 Yd Pass From Sean Mannion ; ORST – Markus Wheaton 42 Yd Pass From Sean Mannion ; UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 65 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley
3rd quarter scoring: ORST – Storm Woods 2 Yd Run
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 1 Yd Run ; ORST – Trevor Romaine 17 Yd FG; UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 35 Yd FG

Colorado

UCLA leads the series 5–2; UCLA won last year, 45–6, in the Rose Bowl.
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 12 Yd Run
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA -Darius Bell 17 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; COLO – Dustin Ebner 17 Yd Pass From Jordan Webb ; UCLA – Brett Hundley 1 Yd Run
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Joseph Fauria 8 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Jordon James 25 Yd Run ; UCLA – Damien Thigpen 23 Yd Run ; COLO – Nick Kasa 31 Yd Pass From Nick Hirschman

California

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 and in scoring offense 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.
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Cassius Marsh 4 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; CAL – Vincenzo D'Amato 26 Yd FG
2nd quarter scoring: CAL – C.J. Anderson 5 Yd Pass From Zach Maynard ; CAL – Keenan Allen 8 Yd Pass From Zach Maynard
3rd quarter scoring: CAL – Brendan Bigelow 32 Yd Pass From Zach Maynard ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 3 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; CAL – Keenan Allen 34 Yd Pass From Zach Maynard
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 29 Yd FG; CAL – Zach Maynard 1 Yd Run ; CAL – C.J. Anderson 68 Yd Run

Utah

1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 12 Yd Run ; UTAH – Ryan Lacy 0 Yd Fumble Return ; UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 64 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley
2nd quarter scoring: None
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 3 Yd Run
4th quarter scoring: UTAH – Dres Anderson 1 Yd Pass From Jon Hays

Arizona State

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 ; ASU – Marion Grice 2 Yd Run ; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 3 Yd Run ; UCLA – Devin Fuller 15 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley
2nd quarter scoring: ASU – Jon Mora 36 Yd FG; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 5 Yd Run
3rd quarter scoring: ASU – Jon Mora 31 Yd; UCLA – Damien Thigpen 65 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; ASU – Marion Grice 20 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 4 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley
4th quarter scoring: ASU – Marion Grice 8 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly ; UCLA – Damien Thigpen 20 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; ASU – Jon Mora 22 Yd FG; ASU – D. J. Foster 7 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly ; UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 33 Yd

Arizona

UCLA's homecoming game and honoring veterans day. UCLA leads the series 19–15–2. UCLA leads 11–4–2 in Los Angeles and Arizona leads 11–8 at Tucson.
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 37 Yd Run ; UCLA – Brett Hundley 6 Yd Run ; UCLA – Jordan Payton 17 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Damien Thigpen 1 Yd Run ; ARIZ – John Bonano 28 Yd FG; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 2 Yd Run ; Joseph Fauria 1 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 25 Yd FG; ARIZ – Ka'Deem Carey 2 Yd Run ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 28 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Steven Manfro 14 Yd Run ; UCLA – Melvin Emesibe 1 Yd Run

Washington State

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 ; WSU – Dominique Williams 6 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 16 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 9 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; UCLA – Connor Halliday Tackled By Anthony Barr In End Zone; UCLA – Devin Fuller 10 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ; UCLA – Eric Kendricks 40 Yd Fumble Return
3rd quarter scoring: WSU – Brett Bartolone 7 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday ; UCLA – Jordon James 2 Yd Run ; WSU – Marcus Mason 4 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday
4th quarter scoring: WSU – Dominique Williams 11 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday ; WSU – Kristoff Williams 3 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday

USC

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.
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 ; UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 23 Yd FG, UCLA – Joseph Fauria 17 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 16 Yd Run ; USC – Nelson Agholor 33 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley ; USC – Randall Telfer 2 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley
3rd quarter scoring: USC – George Uko Recovered Fumble In End Zone ; UCLA – Brett Hundley 3 Yd Run
4th quarter scoring: USC – Marqise Lee 14 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 29 Yd Run

Stanford

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.
1st quarter scoring: STAN – Drew Terrell 11-yard pass from Kevin Hogan ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria, 13-yard pass from Brett Hundley
2nd quarter scoring: STAN – Anthony Wilkerson 10-yard run ; STAN – Stepfan Taylor 49-yard run ; UCLA – Fairbairn 48-yard field goal
3rd quarter scoring: STAN – Taylor 1-yard run ; STAN – Amanam 11-yard fumble recovery ; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 11-yard run

Stanford (Pac-12 Conference Championship)

1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 51-yard run ; STAN – Kevin Hogan 2-yard run ; UCLA – Brett Hundley 5-yard Run
2nd quarter scoring: STAN – Stepfan Taylor 1-yard run ; STAN – Williamson 37-yard field goal
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Fairbairn 31-yard field goal; UCLA – Franklin 20-yard run
4th quarter scoring: STAN – Drew Terrell 26-yard pass from Hogan ; STAN – Williamson 36-yard field goal

Baylor (Holiday Bowl)

The Bruins played the Baylor Bears of the Big 12 Conference in the first meeting ever between the two teams.
1st quarter scoring: Baylor – Glasco Martin 4-yard run ; Baylor – Antwan Goodley 8-yard pass from Nick Florence
2nd quarter scoring: Baylor – Tevin Reese 55-yard pass from Florence ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 22-yard pass from Brett Hundley ; Baylor – Martin 26-yard run ; Baylor – Lache Seastrunk 43-yard run ; UCLA – Fairbairn 30-yard field goal
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Fairbairn 40-yard field goal; Baylor – Martin 1-yard run
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 24-yard pass from Hundley ; Baylor – Florence 1-yard run ; UCLA – Logan Sweet 34-yard pass from Hundley

Coaches

Awards and honors

Eight Bruins were selected to the 2012 Pac-12 Conference Football All-Academic team: