Friday, December 21, 2007

Las Vegas Bowl UCLA vs. No. 17 BYU

UCLA lost to Florida State in last year's Emerald Bowl. The Bruins are 13-14-1 in bowl games.

BYU defeated Oregon in the Las Vegas Bowl last year and is 7-16-1 in bowl games.

UCLA is 7-1 against BYU and has won the past seven games in the series. The Bruins defeated the Cougars 27-17 on Sept. 8.

Although BYU (10-2) lost to UCLA (6-6) many things have changed since that game.
BYU's Max Hall threw for 3,617 yards and 24 touchdowns this season. Running back Harvey Unga rushed for 1,211 yards and 13 touchdowns and the Cougars finished the season with a nine-game winning streak.

Conversely UCLA finished the year losing three of their past four games and fired head coach Karl Dorrell. After playing BYU, UCLA will have lost four out of the past five games.

BYU 33, UCLA 17

The Players
QB
UCLA- Ben Olson 1,040 yards, 7 TD, 6 INT, 48.3%
BYU- Max Hall 3,617 yards, 24 TD, 12 INT, 60.1%

RB
UCLA- Chris Markey 598 yards, 4.0 ypc, 5 TD
BYU- Harvey Unga 1,211 yards, 5.3 ypc, 13 TD

WR
UCLA- Brandon Breazell 47 rec, 766 yards, 16.3 ypc, 3 TD

BYU- Dennis Pitta 54 rec, 775 yards, 14.4 ypc, 5 TD
BYU- Austin Collie 50 rec, 839 yards, 16.8 ypc, 6 TD

Defense
UCLA- Bruce Davis 9.5 sacks, 12 TFL
BYU- Jan Jorgensen 11.5 sacks, 18 TFL

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