UCLA Hits Two 75-yard Touchdowns in Just over Five Minutes and Stays Unbeaten
Take away Aidan Mizell's two touchdowns and UCLA's 34 points become 20, which is exactly what Minnesota scored. That is the whole game. UCLA beat Minnesota 34-20 to stay 9-0, and Mizell did it with two catches, both of them 75 yards, both from Ty Dieffenbach.
Up to that point it was a back-and-forth. UCLA went up 10-0 on a 37-yard Mateen Bhaghani field goal and a 1-yard Wayne Knight run, Minnesota tied it 10-10 before the half on a 3-yard Darius Taylor run and a last-second Luke Drzewiecki field goal, and Noah Fox-Flores caught a 27-yarder from Dieffenbach for a 17-10 lead in the third. Then George Rohl caught a 4-yard pass from Drake Lindsey at 12:50 of the fourth to tie it at 17. Nine seconds of clock later, Mizell was in the end zone again. It was 24-17.
Minnesota kicked a field goal at 7:31 to make it 24-20, and ten seconds after that, Mizell caught his second 75-yarder. 31-20. Bhaghani added a 36-yard kick at 3:18 and that was that. Dieffenbach was 8 of 16 for 303 yards and three touchdowns with an interception, which is a lot of yards per completion (about 38, if you are counting). UCLA ran for 166 yards on 36 carries to Minnesota's 91 on 29, and finished with 469 total yards to 296. The turnovers were one interception each, plus a lost fumble for UCLA.
UCLA is 9-0. Minnesota is 5-4. For fantasy, Dieffenbach and Mizell both had season highs, 32.8 and 29.0 points, and Knight added 20.7 on 109 rushing yards and a touchdown. Minnesota was within four points with 7:31 left, and it still lost by two touchdowns, which is the sort of thing 75-yard plays do.