UCLA 42, Memphis 35
When: 10:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 6, 2014
Where: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Temperature:
91°
Head Official:
Mike Mothershed
Attendance:
72098
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No. 11 UCLA 42, Memphis 35: Brett Hundley passed for 396 yards and three touchdowns as the Bruins held off a stiff challenge from the visiting Tigers.
Thomas Duarte caught four passes for 110 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score early in the fourth quarter. Paul Perkins rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns to pace the ground attack for UCLA (2-0).
Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch completed 27-of-41 passes for 304 yards and a touchdown. Doroland Dorceus rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown and the 6-7, 230-pound Lynch added another rushing score for the Tigers (1-1).
Duarte caught his second touchdown pass with 10:52 remaining, a 33-yard reception on a seam route that gave the Bruins a 42-35 lead. The Tigers trailed by 14 points entering the final quarter, but Fritz Etienne’s 17-yard interception return with 13:44 left tied the score at 35.
Memphis took its only lead 14-13 on a 7-yard run by Sam Craft with 10:39 left in the first half, but the Bruins needed less than a minute to retake the lead as Duarte snared a 14-yard touchdown pass from Hundley. Perkins scored on his second touchdown run with 4:39 remaining in the second quarter and Hundley’s two-point pass to Tyler Scott extended the lead to 28-14.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The fourth-quarter interception charged to Hundley was his first in 147 attempts. … UCLA did not force a turnover for the first time in its last 13 games. … Memphis played without DE Martin Ifedi, one of the nation’s sack leaders last season who suffered a left ankle injury in the season opener last weekend against Austin Peay.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Memphis
|
469 |
164 |
305 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
4.0 |
1 |
UCLA
|
540 |
144 |
396 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1.0 |
0 |