Saturday, November 22
Pasadena, CA
7:30 PM (PT)
UCLA
vs
Washington
RB Jalen Berger
Photo by: Ross Turteltaub
Football Hosts Washington on Senior Night Saturday
November 18, 2025 | Football
GAME INFORMATION
Venue: Rose Bowl Stadium (Pasadena, Calif.)
Kickoff Time: 7:36 p.m. (PT)
Television: NBC
TV Talent: Paul Burmeister (play-by-play), Yogi Roth (analyst), Caroline Pineda (sideline)
Local Radio (UCLA Bruins Audio Network): AM 790 (LINK)
Local Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline), Nick Koop (pre/post-game host)
SiriusXM: Ch. 85
Game Notes: PDF
Live Stats: LINK
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THE MATCHUP
The UCLA football team hosts Washington in its final home game of the 2025 season this Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Rose Bowl. Kickoff between the Bruins (3-7, 4-3 Big Ten) and Huskies (7-3, 4-3 Big Ten) in Pasadena, Calif. is scheduled for 7:36 p.m. (PT) on NBC. UCLA will be honoring its senior class as part of its pregame Senior Night ceremony. Fans in the greater Los Angeles region can listen live on AM 790, the new home of the UCLA Bruins Audio Network.
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COACHING CHANGE
Tim Skipper will serve as UCLA's interim head coach for the remainder of the 2025 season after DeShaun Foster was relieved of his head coaching duties on Sept. 14, 2025. Skipper previously served as the special assistant to the head coach under Foster earlier this season.
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Last season, Skipper became Fresno State's interim head coach in July of 2024 and guided the Bulldogs to a 6-7 record and a bowl appearance. Skipper was also the acting head coach for Fresno State at the 2023 New Mexico Bowl, which the Bulldogs won over New Mexico State, 37-10. Skipper's previous coaching experience includes stints as defensive coordinator, most recently at UNLV from 2018-19, and assistant head coach responsibilities at Colorado State, Central Michigan and Fresno State. He also coached running backs at Florida from 2015-16 and linebackers from 2017-18.
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UCLA DROPS 48-10 DECISION AT OHIO STATE
UCLA fell to No. 1-ranked Ohio State 48-10 in a Big Ten Conference contest at Ohio Stadium last Saturday, Nov. 15. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Luke Duncan made his first career start under center in front of 104,168 fans, completing 16-of-23 passes (70.0 percent) for 154 yards and a touchdown. Duncan was responsible for UCLA's longest pass of the season with a 51-yard completion to wide receiver Rico Flores Jr. in the third quarter. Two plays later, Duncan recorded his first career touchdown on an 18-yard strike to Kwazi Gilmer to score the Bruins' first points of the game.
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UCLA totaled 222 yards of offense against Ohio State's 440. Four of the Buckeyes' five touchdowns came via the rushing game. Bo Jackson recorded a game-high 112 rushing yards on 15 carries. James Peoples recorded two rushing TDs and true freshman Isaiah West added another. Quarterback Julian Sayin totaled 184 yards on 23-of-31 pass attempts with a touchdown.
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KEY NOTES ON UCLA
โข According to Big Ten Network Research, UCLA is just the third Big Ten team all-time to lose its first four games and then win its next three, joining 1963 Indiana and 2001 Penn State. The only power conference teams to do so in the BCS/CFP era are 2001 Penn State, 2021 Florida State, and 2025 UCLA.
โข UCLA won three straight games against No. 7 Penn State (Oct. 4), Michigan State (Oct. 11) and Maryland (Oct. 18) under interim head coach Tim Skipper. Across those three games, UCLA scored 100 points with 12 touchdowns and averaged 422.3 yards of total offense (233.3 rushing, 189.0 passing).
โข UCLA, led by an interim head coach and new offensive and defensive play-callers, defeated No. 7 Penn State, 42-37, at the Rose Bowl for its first win over an AP top-10 opponent since Sept. 24, 2010.
โข The Bruins lead the Big Ten Conference and rank fourth in the FBS in redzone efficiency with 27 scores on 28 trips for a 96.4 success rate (11 passing TDs, 6 rushing TDs and 10 FGs). UCLA has scored on 100 percent of its redzone trips in nine of 10 games this year, failing only once at Michigan State on a missed field goal attempt.
โข Quarterback Nico Iamaleava has averaged 184.3 passing yards per game on 165-of-259 passing (63.7%), including 12 touchdowns, over the first nine starts of his UCLA career. Iamaleava has accounted for 16 of UCLA's 21 total touchdowns this season. He also leads the team in rushing yards (474), rushing touchdowns (4) and carries (96). The Bruins' second-leading rusher trails Iamaleava by 180 yards (Jaivian Thomas, 294).
โข N. Iamaleava accounted for all of UCLA's five touchdowns (three rushing, two passing) and recorded 296 yards of total offense (166 passing, 128 rushing) in its 42-37 upset victory over Penn State. Iamaleava's three rushing touchdowns tied a UCLA QB single-game record; the last time a Bruins quarterback ran for three touchdowns was Rick Bashore against Washington State on Oct. 14, 1978. Former All-American QBs Gary Beban and John Sciarra (twice) also accomplished the feat.
โข Running back Anthony Frias II recorded a career-high 97 rushing yards on four carries (24.3 yards per carry), including his first career touchdown, in UCLA's 20-17 win over Maryland. Frias' score came on a 55-yard rush in the second quarter, which was good for UCLA's longest scoring play of the season. The Turlock, Calif. native also recorded a 35-yard rush during the Bruins' final drive of the game to put UCLA at the Maryland 5-yard line and set up the game-winning field goal.
โข A total of seven non-specialists have started every game this season for UCLA: WR Kwazi Gilmer, OL Sam Yoon, DB Key Lawrence, DT Gary Smith III, LB JonJon Vaughns, DB Rodrick Pleasant and DB Cole Martin.
โข Wide receiver Titus Mokiao-Atimalala logged the first 100-yard receiving game of his career versus Maryland with 102 yards on six catches. Mokiao-Atimalala shares the team lead with three receiving touchdowns this season.
โข Linebacker JonJon Vaughns leads the Big Ten and ranks 12th in FBS with 9.7 tackles per game this season. Vaughns has recorded the first five double-digit tackle performances of his career in his final campaign in Westwood. He has led UCLA in tackling a team-high six games, including four straight.
โข Wide receiver Kwazi Gilmer has recorded a catch in 20 straight games. Gilmer leads the Bruins' receiving corps with 432 yards and 37 catches (11.7 yards per catch). Gilmer scored UCLA's first points in its upset win over Penn State on an 11-yard pass on the first drive of the game
โข Running back Jalen Berger recorded a career-high-tying three touchdowns (two receiving, one rushing) and 89 rushing yards on 12 carries in his return to Michigan State. In doing so, Berger became the first UCLA running back with multiple receiving TDs since Demetric Felton did so against USC in 2020.
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Venue: Rose Bowl Stadium (Pasadena, Calif.)
Kickoff Time: 7:36 p.m. (PT)
Television: NBC
TV Talent: Paul Burmeister (play-by-play), Yogi Roth (analyst), Caroline Pineda (sideline)
Local Radio (UCLA Bruins Audio Network): AM 790 (LINK)
Local Radio Talent: Josh Lewin (play-by-play), Matt Stevens (analyst), Wayne Cook (sideline), Nick Koop (pre/post-game host)
SiriusXM: Ch. 85
Game Notes: PDF
Live Stats: LINK
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THE MATCHUP
The UCLA football team hosts Washington in its final home game of the 2025 season this Saturday, Nov. 22 at the Rose Bowl. Kickoff between the Bruins (3-7, 4-3 Big Ten) and Huskies (7-3, 4-3 Big Ten) in Pasadena, Calif. is scheduled for 7:36 p.m. (PT) on NBC. UCLA will be honoring its senior class as part of its pregame Senior Night ceremony. Fans in the greater Los Angeles region can listen live on AM 790, the new home of the UCLA Bruins Audio Network.
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COACHING CHANGE
Tim Skipper will serve as UCLA's interim head coach for the remainder of the 2025 season after DeShaun Foster was relieved of his head coaching duties on Sept. 14, 2025. Skipper previously served as the special assistant to the head coach under Foster earlier this season.
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Last season, Skipper became Fresno State's interim head coach in July of 2024 and guided the Bulldogs to a 6-7 record and a bowl appearance. Skipper was also the acting head coach for Fresno State at the 2023 New Mexico Bowl, which the Bulldogs won over New Mexico State, 37-10. Skipper's previous coaching experience includes stints as defensive coordinator, most recently at UNLV from 2018-19, and assistant head coach responsibilities at Colorado State, Central Michigan and Fresno State. He also coached running backs at Florida from 2015-16 and linebackers from 2017-18.
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UCLA DROPS 48-10 DECISION AT OHIO STATE
UCLA fell to No. 1-ranked Ohio State 48-10 in a Big Ten Conference contest at Ohio Stadium last Saturday, Nov. 15. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Luke Duncan made his first career start under center in front of 104,168 fans, completing 16-of-23 passes (70.0 percent) for 154 yards and a touchdown. Duncan was responsible for UCLA's longest pass of the season with a 51-yard completion to wide receiver Rico Flores Jr. in the third quarter. Two plays later, Duncan recorded his first career touchdown on an 18-yard strike to Kwazi Gilmer to score the Bruins' first points of the game.
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UCLA totaled 222 yards of offense against Ohio State's 440. Four of the Buckeyes' five touchdowns came via the rushing game. Bo Jackson recorded a game-high 112 rushing yards on 15 carries. James Peoples recorded two rushing TDs and true freshman Isaiah West added another. Quarterback Julian Sayin totaled 184 yards on 23-of-31 pass attempts with a touchdown.
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KEY NOTES ON UCLA
โข According to Big Ten Network Research, UCLA is just the third Big Ten team all-time to lose its first four games and then win its next three, joining 1963 Indiana and 2001 Penn State. The only power conference teams to do so in the BCS/CFP era are 2001 Penn State, 2021 Florida State, and 2025 UCLA.
โข UCLA won three straight games against No. 7 Penn State (Oct. 4), Michigan State (Oct. 11) and Maryland (Oct. 18) under interim head coach Tim Skipper. Across those three games, UCLA scored 100 points with 12 touchdowns and averaged 422.3 yards of total offense (233.3 rushing, 189.0 passing).
โข UCLA, led by an interim head coach and new offensive and defensive play-callers, defeated No. 7 Penn State, 42-37, at the Rose Bowl for its first win over an AP top-10 opponent since Sept. 24, 2010.
โข The Bruins lead the Big Ten Conference and rank fourth in the FBS in redzone efficiency with 27 scores on 28 trips for a 96.4 success rate (11 passing TDs, 6 rushing TDs and 10 FGs). UCLA has scored on 100 percent of its redzone trips in nine of 10 games this year, failing only once at Michigan State on a missed field goal attempt.
โข Quarterback Nico Iamaleava has averaged 184.3 passing yards per game on 165-of-259 passing (63.7%), including 12 touchdowns, over the first nine starts of his UCLA career. Iamaleava has accounted for 16 of UCLA's 21 total touchdowns this season. He also leads the team in rushing yards (474), rushing touchdowns (4) and carries (96). The Bruins' second-leading rusher trails Iamaleava by 180 yards (Jaivian Thomas, 294).
โข N. Iamaleava accounted for all of UCLA's five touchdowns (three rushing, two passing) and recorded 296 yards of total offense (166 passing, 128 rushing) in its 42-37 upset victory over Penn State. Iamaleava's three rushing touchdowns tied a UCLA QB single-game record; the last time a Bruins quarterback ran for three touchdowns was Rick Bashore against Washington State on Oct. 14, 1978. Former All-American QBs Gary Beban and John Sciarra (twice) also accomplished the feat.
โข Running back Anthony Frias II recorded a career-high 97 rushing yards on four carries (24.3 yards per carry), including his first career touchdown, in UCLA's 20-17 win over Maryland. Frias' score came on a 55-yard rush in the second quarter, which was good for UCLA's longest scoring play of the season. The Turlock, Calif. native also recorded a 35-yard rush during the Bruins' final drive of the game to put UCLA at the Maryland 5-yard line and set up the game-winning field goal.
โข A total of seven non-specialists have started every game this season for UCLA: WR Kwazi Gilmer, OL Sam Yoon, DB Key Lawrence, DT Gary Smith III, LB JonJon Vaughns, DB Rodrick Pleasant and DB Cole Martin.
โข Wide receiver Titus Mokiao-Atimalala logged the first 100-yard receiving game of his career versus Maryland with 102 yards on six catches. Mokiao-Atimalala shares the team lead with three receiving touchdowns this season.
โข Linebacker JonJon Vaughns leads the Big Ten and ranks 12th in FBS with 9.7 tackles per game this season. Vaughns has recorded the first five double-digit tackle performances of his career in his final campaign in Westwood. He has led UCLA in tackling a team-high six games, including four straight.
โข Wide receiver Kwazi Gilmer has recorded a catch in 20 straight games. Gilmer leads the Bruins' receiving corps with 432 yards and 37 catches (11.7 yards per catch). Gilmer scored UCLA's first points in its upset win over Penn State on an 11-yard pass on the first drive of the game
โข Running back Jalen Berger recorded a career-high-tying three touchdowns (two receiving, one rushing) and 89 rushing yards on 12 carries in his return to Michigan State. In doing so, Berger became the first UCLA running back with multiple receiving TDs since Demetric Felton did so against USC in 2020.
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