2011 UCLA Bruins football team The 2011 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California , Los Angeles in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team was coached during the regular season by fourth year head coach Rick Neuheisel and played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena , California . Mike Johnson was named the interim head coach for the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl after Neuheisel was fired . On November 25 , 2011 , with Colorado ' s defeat of Utah , the Bruins were declared the South Division champions . On November 28 , 2011 , UCLA announced that it had fired Neuheisel but would allow him to coach his final game in the first Pacific - 12 Football Championship Game on December 2 , 2011 . The Bruins were then defeated 49 - 31 in that game by Oregon at Autzen Stadium . The season concluded with a loss to Illinois , 20 - 14 , in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl and completed a 6 – 8 overall record ( 5 – 4 in the Pac - 12 ) . With the loss to Illinois , UCLA became the first bowl - eligible team to ever lose eight games . The radio broadcast team members on flagship station KLAC - AM 570 were Chris Roberts , play - by - play ; Matt Stevens , analyst ; and Wayne Cook , sidelines . Recruitment . UCLA ' s recruits : Game notes . Houston . At game time , UCLA led the series with Houston 3 – 2 , which started on September 17 , 1977 in the Astrodome . Last year , the Bruins defeated the Cougars 31 – 13 in the Rose Bowl . 1st Quarter scoring : HOU – Michael Hayes 1 - yard run ( Matt Hogan kick ) ; HOU – Hogan 35 - yard field goal 2nd Quarter scoring : UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 18 - yard run ( Kip Smith kick ) ; HOU – Bryce Beall , 12 - yard run ( Hogan kick ) ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 5 - yard pass from Richard Brehaut ( Smith kick ) ; HOU – Hayes 34 - yard run ( Hogan kick ) ; HOU – Tyron Carrier 23 - yard pass from Case Keenum ( Hogan kick ) 3rd Quarter scoring : UCLA – Derrick Coleman 1 - yard run ( Smith kick ) ; UCLA – Brehaut 1 - yard run ( Smith kick ) 4th Quarter scoring : HOU – Chris Thompson 0 - yard fumble recovery ( Hogan kick ) ; UCLA – Anthony Barr 11 - yard pass from Brehaut ( Smith kick blockd ) San Jose State . The two teams met for the first time in football . The Spartans ' Brandon Rutley provided the highlight of the game with a 65 - yard run in the third quarter to tie the score , 17 – 17 . But the Bruins scored a field goal and a Derrick Coleman touchdown in the fourth quarter to come out with their first victory for the 2011 season , their sixth of the last seven home opener victories . 1st Quarter scoring : UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 1 - yard run ( Kip Smith kick ) . 2nd Quarter scoring : SJSU – David Freeman 1 - yard run ( Harrison Waid kick ) ; UCLA – Johseph Fauria 14 - yard pass from Richard Brehaut ( Smith kick ) . 3rd Quarter scoring : SJSU – Waid 25 - yard field goal ; UCLA – Smith 38 - yard field goal ; SJSU – Brandon Rutley 65 - yard run ( Waid kick ) . 4th Quarter scoring : UCLA – Smith 20 - yard field goal ; UCLA – Derrick Coleman 24 - yard run ( Smith kick ) . Texas . The two teams are meeting for the sixth time , with the Bruins holding a 3 – 2 edge . The Longhorns are going back to the Rose Bowl for the fourth time in eight years , including a win in the 2005 Rose Bowl against Michigan , a win in the 2006 Rose Bowl against USC for the 2005 National Championship and a loss in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game against Alabama . 1st Quarter scoring : UT – D . J . Grant 45 - yard pass from Case McCoy ( Justin Tucker kick ) ; UT – Fozz Whittaker 8 - yard run ( Tucker kick ) . 2nd Quarter scoring : UT – Malcolm Brown 16 - yard run ( Tucker kick ) ; UCLA – Derrick Coleman 1 - yard run ( Jeff Locke kick ) ; UT – Grant 2 - yard pass from McCoy ( Tucker kick ) ; UCLA – Locke 51 - yard field goal . 3rd Quarter scoring : UCLA – Locke 49 - yard field goal ; UT – Grant 5 - yard pass from Jaxon Shipley ( Tucker kick ) ; UCLA – Coleman 1 - yard run ( Locke kick ) ; UT – Whittaker 36 - yard run ( Tucker kick ) 4th Quarter scoring : UT – Cody Johnson 7 - yard run ( Tucker kick ) Oregon State . UCLA leads the series 40 – 15 – 4 that began in 1930 and played in Los Angeles , Corvallis , Portland and Tokyo ( 1980 Mirage Bowl ) . The Bruins won last year 17 – 14 on Kai Forbath ' s 51 - yard field goal on the last play of the game . First Quarter scoring : OSU – Trevor Romaine 25 - yard field goal ; UCLA – Taylor Embree 22 - yard pass from Richard Brehaut ( Jeff Locke kick ) Second Quarter scoring : UCLA – Brehaut 5 - yard run ( Locke kick ) ; UCLA – Jordon James 4 - yard run ( Locke kick ) ; OSU – Jordan Poyer 85 - yard punt return ( Romaine kick ) Third Quarter scoring : OSU – Romaine 30 - yard field goal ; OSU – Jordan Bishop 45 - yard pass from Sean Mannion ( Two - point pass conversion failed ) Fourth Quarter scoring : UCLA – Anthony Barr 1 - yard run ( PAT blocked ) Stanford . UCLA leads Stanford 45 – 33 – 3 in a series that dates back to 1925 . For games played at Stanford , both teams have the same 19 – 19 – 2 record . First Quarter scoring : STAN – Coby Fleener 18 - yard pass from Andrew Luck ( Jordan Williamson kick ) Second Quarter scoring : STAN – Stepfan Taylor 2 - yard run ( Williamson kick ) ; STAN – Williamson 23 - yard field goal ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 12 - yard pass from Richard Brehaut ( Jeff Locke kick ) Third Quarter scoring : STAN – Fleener 51 - yard pass from Luck ( Williamson kick ) ; UCLA – Fauria 13 - yard pass from Brehaut ( Locke kick failed ) ; STAN – Tyler Gaffney 16 - yard run ( Williamson kick ) Fourth Quarter scoring : UCLA – Josh Smith 7 - yard run ( Locke kick failed ) ; STAN – Taylor 1 - yard run ( Williamson kick ) ; STAN – Chris Owusu 5 - yard pass from Luck ( Williamson kick ) Washington State . UCLA leads Washington State 38 – 18 – 1 in this series started in 1928 . At the Rose Bowl , the Bruins are 8 – 5 on the Cougars . First Quarter scoring : WSU – Andrew Furney 21 - yard field goal Second Quarter scoring : WSU – Furney 26 - yard field goal ; UCLA – Derrick Coleman 1 - yard run ( Tyler Gonzalez Kick ) ; WSU – Furney 21 - yard field goal Third Quarter scoring : UCLA – Coleman 1 - yard run ( Gonzalez Kick ) ; WSU – Jared Karstetter 8 - yard pass from Marshall Lobbestael ( Furney kick ) Fourth Quarter scoring : WSU – Rickey Galvin 21 - yard pass from Lobbestael ( PAT Blocked ) ; UCLA – Josh Smith 9 - yard pass from Kevin Prince ( Two - point conversion failed ) ; WSU – Furney 47 - yard field goal ; UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 7 - yard pass from Prince ( Prince pass to Nelson Rosario two - point conversion ) Arizona . Since 1927 , UCLA is ahead of Arizona 19 – 14 – 2 in this series . The Wildcats have a 10 – 8 advantage in games played in Tucson , including the last three wins in the Desert . Before halftime , a streaker dressed as a referee and ran off the field , and a fight ensured , leading to two players being ejected , and six Bruins players being suspended . First Quarter scoring : ARIZ – Juron Criner 4 - yard pass from Nick Foles ( John Bonano kick ) ; ARIZ – Ka ' Deem Carey 18 - yard run ( Bonano kick ) ; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 16 - yard pass from Kevin Prince ( Tyler Gonzalez kick ) Second Quarter scoring : ARIZ – Criner 7 - yard pass from Foles ( Bonano kick ) ; ARIZ – Taimi Tutogi 1 - yard run ( Bonano kick ) ; ARIZ – Criner 25 - yard pass from Foles ( Bonano kick ) ; ARIZ – Tutogi 8 - yard run ( Bonano kick ) Third Quarter scoring : ARIZ – Bonano 41 - yard field goal Fourth Quarter scoring : ARIZ – Bonano 22 - yard field goal ; UCLA – Glenn Love safety ; UCLA – Gonzalez 42 - yard field goal California . Homecoming . First Quarter scoring : CAL – Isi Sofele 1 - yard run ( Giorgio Tavecchio kick ) Second Quarter scoring : UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 11 - yard run ( Tyler Gonzalez kick ) ; UCLA – Gonzalez 32 - yard ; UCLA – Derrick Coleman 2 - yard run ( Gonzalez kick ) Third Quarter scoring : CAL – C . J . Anderson 1 - yard run ( Tavecchio kick ) Fourth Quarter scoring : UCLA – Coleman 20 - yard run ( Gonzalez kick ) ; UCLA – Coleman 24 - yard run ( Gonzalez kick ) Arizona State . First Quarter scoring : UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 11 - yard run ( Tyler Gonzalez kick failed ) ; ASU – A . J . Pickens 35 - yard pass from Brock Osweiler ( Alex Garoutte kick ) Second Quarter scoring : ASU – C . Marshall 14 - yard run ( Garoutte kick ) ; UCLA – Gonzalez 43 - yard field goal ; UCLA – Derrick Coleman 1 - yard run ( Gonzalez kick ) Third Quarter scoring : UCLA – Nelson Rosario 76 - yard pass from Kevin Prince ( Gonzalez kick ) ; ASU – Jamal Miles , Jamal 9 - yard pass from Osweiler ( Garoutte kick ) Fourth Quarter scoring : ASU – Osweiler 1 - yard run ( Garoutte kick ) ; UCLA – Coleman 1 - yard run ( Prince pass failed ) Utah . First Quarter scoring : UCLA – Tyler Gonzalez 30 - yard field goal Second Quarter scoring : UTAH – John White 1 - yard run ( Colem Petersen kick ) Third Quarter scoring : UTAH – White 13 - yard pass from Jon Hays ( Petersen kick ) ; UTAH – White 22 - yard run ( Petersen kick ) Fourth Quarter scoring : UCLA – Gonzalez 35 - yard field goal ; UTAH – Conroy Black 67 - yard interception return ( Petersen kick ) ; UTAH – Petersen 38 - yard field goal Colorado . First Quarter scoring : UCLA – Shaqell Evans 54 - yard pass from Kevin Prince ( Tyler Gonzalez kick ) ; UCLA – Johnathan Franklin 14 - yard run ( Gonzalez kick ) ; UCLA – Joseph Fauria 5 - yard pass from Prince ( Gonzalez kick ) Second Quarter scoring : CU – Toney Clemons 20 - yard pass from Tyler Hansen ( Will Oliver kick failed ) Third Quarter scoring : UCLA – Gonzalez 22 - yard field goal Fourth Quarter scoring : UCLA – Fauria 15 - yard pass from Prince ( Gonzalez kick ) ; UCLA – Nelson Rosario 11 - yard pass from Prince ( Gonzalez kick ) ; UCLA – Malcolm Jones 1 - yard run ( Gonzalez kick ) USC . Although UCLA and USC had worked out an arrangement to allow each team to wear home uniforms for the rivalry game , in 2011 UCLA debuted an all - white uniform for this game . First Quarter scoring : USC – Marqise Lee 42 - yard pass from Matt Barkley ( Andre Heidari kick ) ; USC – Curtis McNeal 73 - yard run ( Heidari kick ) Second Quarter scoring : USC – Randall Telfer 1 - yard pass from Barkley ( Xavier Grimble pass from Barkley ) ; USC – Rhett Ellison 3 - yard pass from Barkley ( Heidari kick ) Third Quarter scoring : USC – Marqise Lee 52 - yard pass from Barkley ( Heidari kick ) ; USC – Robert Woods 4 - yard pass from Barkley ( Heidar kick ) Fourth Quarter scoring : USC – Woods 41 - yard pass from Barkley ( Heidari kick ) Oregon ( Pacific - 12 Conference Championship ) . Head coach Rick Neuheisel coached his final game for the Bruins . First Quarter scoring : ORE – LaMichael James 30 - yard run ( Alejandro Maldonado kick ) ; UCLA – Patrick Larimore 35 - yard interception return ( Tyler Gonzalez kick ) ; ORE – Darron Thomas 10 - yard run ( Maldonado kick ) ; ORE – Colt Lyerla 7 - yard pass from Thomas , Darron ( Maldonado kick ) Second Quarter scoring : UCLA – Nelson Rosario 37 - yard pass from Kevin Prince ( Gonzalez kick ) ; ORE – James 3 - yard run ( Maldonado kick ) ; ORE – Daryle Hawkins 25 - yard pass from Thomas ( Maldonado kick ) ; UCLA – Gonzalez 44 - yard field goal Third Quarter scoring : UCLA – Prince 1 - yard run ( Gonzalez kick ) ; ORE – James 5 - yard run ( Maldonado kick ) ; ORE – David Paulson 22 - yard pass from Thomas ( Maldonado kick ) Fourth Quarter scoring : UCLA – Nelson Rosario 19 - yard pass from Prince ( Gonzalez kick ) Illinois ( Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl ) . Despite a losing record , the Bruins ( 6 – 7 ) were granted a waiver to play in a bowl game by the NCAA on November 30 , 2011 , after the Pac - 12 conference did not have enough eligible teams to fill its bowl commitments . The Bruins were coached by interim head coach Mike Johnson , who replaced Rick Neuheisel , while the Fighting Illini were coached by interim head coach Vic Koenning , replacing Ron Zook . First Quarter scoring : No score Second Quarter scoring : UCLA – Taylor Embree 16 - yard pass from Kevin Prince ( Tyler Gonzalez kick ) ; ILL – Derek Dimke 36 - yard field goal Third Quarter scoring : ILL – T . Hawthorne 39 - yard interception return ( Dimke kick ) Fourth Quarter scoring : ILL – Dimke 37 - yard field goal ; ILL – A . J . Jenkins 60 - yard pass from N . Scheelhaase ( Dimke kick ) ; UCLA – Nelson Rosario 38 - yard pass from Prince ( Gonzalez kick ) ,