UCLA Runs Away from California in the Fourth, 45-24
Tied at 24-24 after three quarters, then 21-0 in the fourth. That is the whole story of UCLA's 45-24 win over California, and Wayne Knight wrote most of it.
Cal started it, with a 9-yard touchdown pass from Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele to Chase Hendricks with 10:28 left in the first quarter. UCLA answered when Nico Iamaleava ran 9 yards in at 7:00, making it 7-7. A Towns McGough field goal put Cal up 10-7, and a 31-yard Anthony Woods run put UCLA up 14-10. Knight's 8-yard touchdown made it 21-10, but Sagapolutele found Mason Mini from 8 yards with 13 seconds left in the half and it was 21-17. Mateen Bhaghani then kicked a 38-yard field goal with three seconds left, so UCLA went to the locker room up 24-17. Adam Mohammed got Cal even with a 1-yard run at 3:50 of the third quarter, and it was 24-24 going into the fourth.
Then UCLA ran away with it, by running. Knight ran 31 yards at 8:46 and 4 yards at 2:58 for his second and third touchdowns, and Woods broke off a 53-yarder with 1:17 left. The Bruins rushed for 279 yards on just 31 carries, about 9 a pop. Cal had the pass game (291 yards to UCLA's 184), but also two interceptions and a lost fumble to UCLA's one interception.
UCLA is 1-0 and California is 0-1. For fantasy, the Bruins backs took the headlines, but Mohammed had 28 carries for 120 yards and 7 catches for the losing team, and that was worth 29.6 points on its own.