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 Pacific - 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 . Key players . Offense Defense Game notes . 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 ( Pat Blocked ) ; UCLA – Jerry Johnson 11 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Pat Blocked ) ; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 74 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; RICE – Luke Willson 8 Yd Pass From Taylor McHargue ( Chris Boswell Kick ) ; RICE – Chris Boswell 53 Yd FG 2nd quarter scoring : RICE – Taylor McHargue 1 Yd Run ( Chris Boswell Kick ) ; UCLA – Ka ' imi Fairbairn 27 Yd FG ; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 78 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; RICE – Sam McGuffie 2 Yd Pass From Taylor McHargue ( Chris Boswell Kick ) ; UCLA – Damien Holmes 44 Yd Fumble Return ( Pat Blocked ) 3rd quarter scoring : None 4th quarter scoring : UCLA – Joseph Fauria 4 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Two - Point Pass Conversion Failed ) ; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 22 Yd Run ( Brett Hundley Pass To David Allen For Two - Point Conversion ) 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 ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; NEB – Ameer Abdullah 6 Yd Run ( Brett Maher Kick ) ; NEB – Taylor Martinez 92 Yd Run ( Brett Maher Kick ) 2nd quarter scoring : UCLA – Ka ' imi Fairbairn 35 Yd FG ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 4 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; NEB – Ameer Abdullah 17 Yd Run ( Brett Maher Kick ) ; UCLA – Steven Manfro 49 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; 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 ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; 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 ( 29 – 14 ) , net yards rushing ( 247 – 139 ) , net yards passing ( 320 – 249 ) , and total offense yards ( 567 – 388 ) . 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 ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; UCLA – Datone Jones 7 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 2nd quarter scoring : UCLA – Ka ' imi Fairbairn 35 Yd FG 3rd quarter scoring : UCLA – Jordon James 12 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; UCLA – Ka ' imi Fairbairn 23 Yd ; UCLA – Ka ' imi Fairbairn 33 Yd 4th quarter scoring : HOU – David Piland 86 Yd Run ( Two - Point Run Conversion Failed ) ; UCLA – Steven Manfro 14 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) Oregon State . UCLA leads the all - time series 41 – 15 – 4 ; Last Meeting , UCLA 27 , Oregon State 19 ( 2011 at Corvallis , Ore . ) . 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 ( Trevor Romaine Kick ) ; ORST – Markus Wheaton 42 Yd Pass From Sean Mannion ( Trevor Romaine Kick ) ; UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 65 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 3rd quarter scoring : ORST – Storm Woods 2 Yd Run ( Trevor Romaine Kick ) 4th quarter scoring : UCLA – Brett Hundley 1 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; 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 ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 2nd quarter scoring : UCLA - Darius Bell 17 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; COLO – Dustin Ebner 17 Yd Pass From Jordan Webb ( Will Oliver Kick ) ; UCLA – Brett Hundley 1 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 3rd quarter scoring : UCLA – Joseph Fauria 8 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 4th quarter scoring : UCLA – Jordon James 25 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; UCLA – Damien Thigpen 23 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; COLO – Nick Kasa 31 Yd Pass From Nick Hirschman ( Will Oliver Kick ) 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 ( 560 . 4 yards per game ) and in scoring offense ( 3rd ) 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 ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; CAL – Vincenzo D ' Amato 26 Yd FG 2nd quarter scoring : CAL – C . J . Anderson 5 Yd Pass From Zach Maynard ( Vincenzo D ' Amato Kick ) ; CAL – Keenan Allen 8 Yd Pass From Zach Maynard ( Pat Blocked ) 3rd quarter scoring : CAL – Brendan Bigelow 32 Yd Pass From Zach Maynard ( Vincenzo D ' Amato Kick ) ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 3 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; CAL – Keenan Allen 34 Yd Pass From Zach Maynard ( Pat Blocked ) 4th quarter scoring : UCLA – Ka ' imi Fairbairn 29 Yd FG ; CAL – Zach Maynard 1 Yd Run ( Vincenzo D ' Amato Kick ) ; CAL – C . J . Anderson 68 Yd Run ( Vincenzo D ' Amato Kick ) Utah . 1st quarter scoring : UCLA – Brett Hundley 12 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; UTAH – Ryan Lacy 0 Yd Fumble Return ( Coleman Petersen Kick ) ; UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 64 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 2nd quarter scoring : None 3rd quarter scoring : UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 3 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 4th quarter scoring : UTAH – Dres Anderson 1 Yd Pass From Jon Hays ( Coleman Petersen Kick ) 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 ( Alex Garoutte Kick ) ; ASU – Marion Grice 2 Yd Run ( Alex Garoutte Kick ) ; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 3 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; UCLA – Devin Fuller 15 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 2nd quarter scoring : ASU – Jon Mora 36 Yd FG ; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 5 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 3rd quarter scoring : ASU – Jon Mora 31 Yd ; UCLA – Damien Thigpen 65 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; ASU – Marion Grice 20 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly ( Two - Point Pass Conversion Failed ) ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 4 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 4th quarter scoring : ASU – Marion Grice 8 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly ( Alex Garoutte Kick ) ; UCLA – Damien Thigpen 20 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; ASU – Jon Mora 22 Yd FG ; ASU – D . J . Foster 7 Yd Pass From Taylor Kelly ( Alex Garoutte Kick ) ; 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 ( 8 – 4 – 1 in the Rose Bowl ) and Arizona leads 11 – 8 at Tucson . 1st quarter scoring : UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 37 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; UCLA – Brett Hundley 6 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; UCLA – Jordan Payton 17 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 2nd quarter scoring : UCLA – Damien Thigpen 1 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; ARIZ – John Bonano 28 Yd FG ; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 2 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; Joseph Fauria 1 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 3rd quarter scoring : UCLA – Ka ' imi Fairbairn 25 Yd FG ; ARIZ – Ka ' Deem Carey 2 Yd Run ( John Bonano Kick ) ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 28 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 4th quarter scoring : UCLA – Steven Manfro 14 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; UCLA – Melvin Emesibe 1 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 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 ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; WSU – Dominique Williams 6 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday ( Andrew Furney Kick ) 2nd quarter scoring : UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 16 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 9 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; UCLA – Connor Halliday Tackled By Anthony Barr In End Zone ; UCLA – Devin Fuller 10 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; UCLA – Eric Kendricks 40 Yd Fumble Return ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 3rd quarter scoring : WSU – Brett Bartolone 7 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday ( Andrew Furney Kick ) ; UCLA – Jordon James 2 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; WSU – Marcus Mason 4 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday ( Andrew Furney Kick ) 4th quarter scoring : WSU – Dominique Williams 11 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday ( Andrew Furney Kick ) ; WSU – Kristoff Williams 3 Yd Pass From Connor Halliday ( Connor Halliday Pass To Dominique Williams For Two - Point Conversion ) 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 ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; UCLA – Ka ' imi Fairbairn 23 Yd FG , UCLA – Joseph Fauria 17 Yd Pass From Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 2nd quarter scoring : UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 16 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) ; USC – Nelson Agholor 33 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley ( Andre Heidari Kick ) ; USC – Randall Telfer 2 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley ( Andre Heidari Kick ) 3rd quarter scoring : USC – George Uko Recovered Fumble In End Zone ( Pat Failed ) ; UCLA – Brett Hundley 3 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 4th quarter scoring : USC – Marqise Lee 14 Yd Pass From Matt Barkley ( Matt Barkley Pass To Robert Woods For Two - Point Conversion ) UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 29 Yd Run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn Kick ) 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 ( Jordan Williamson kick ) ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria , 13 - yard pass from Brett Hundley ( Ka ' i Fairbairn kick ) 2nd quarter scoring : STAN – Anthony Wilkerson 10 - yard run ( Williamson kick ) ; STAN – Stepfan Taylor 49 - yard run ( Williamson kick ) ; UCLA – Fairbairn 48 - yard field goal 3rd quarter scoring : STAN – Taylor 1 - yard run ( Williamson kick ) ; STAN – Usua Amanam 11 - yard fumble recovery ( Williamson kick ) ; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 11 - yard run ( Fairbairn kick ) Stanford ( Pacific - 12 Conference Championship ) . The winner of this game will likely earn a berth in the 2013 Rose Bowl . 1st quarter scoring : UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 51 - yard run ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn kick ) ; STAN – Kevin Hogan 2 - yard run ( Jordan Williamson kick ) ; UCLA – Brett Hundley 5 - yard Run ( Fairbairn kick ) 2nd quarter scoring : STAN – Stepfan Taylor 1 - yard run ( Williamson Kick ) ; STAN – Williamson 37 - yard field goal 3rd quarter scoring : UCLA – Fairbairn 31 - yard field goal ; UCLA – Franklin 20 - yard run ( Fairbairn kick ) 4th quarter scoring : STAN – Drew Terrell 26 - yard pass from Hogan ( Williamson kick ) ; STAN – Williamson 36 - yard field goal Baylor ( Holiday Bowl ) . The Bruins played the Baylor Bears ( 7 – 5 ) of the Big 12 Conference in the first meeting ever between the two teams . 1st quarter scoring : Baylor – Glasco Martin 4 - yard run ( Aaron Jones kick ) ; Baylor – Antwan Goodley 8 - yard pass from Nick Florence ( Jones kick ) 2nd quarter scoring : Baylor – Tevin Reese 55 - yard pass from Florence ( Jones kick ) ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 22 - yard pass from Brett Hundley ( Ka ' Imi Fairbairn kick ) ; Baylor – Martin 26 - yard run ( Jones kick ) ; Baylor – Lache Seastrunk 43 - yard run ( Jones kick ) ; UCLA – Fairbairn 30 - yard field goal 3rd quarter scoring : UCLA – Fairbairn 40 - yard field goal ; Baylor – Martin 1 - yard run ( Jones kick ) 4th quarter scoring : UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 24 - yard pass from Hundley ( two - point pass conversion failed ) ; Baylor – Florence 1 - yard run ( Jones kick ) ; UCLA – Logan Sweet 34 - yard pass from Hundley ( Fairbairn kick ) Awards and honors . Eight Bruins were selected to the 2012 Pac - 12 Conference Football All - Academic team :