2007 BRUIN FOOTBALL. UCLA (3-1,2-0) at Oregon State (2-2, 0-1) KICKOFF - 3:30 PM PDT TV - FSN SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

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1 2007 BRUIN FOOTBALL FOOTBALL CONTACTS: MARC DELLINS/STEVE ROURKE/STEPHANIE SAMPSON :: MDELLINS@ATHLETICS.UCLA.EDU, SROURKE@ATHLETICS.UCLA.EDU, SSAMPSON@ATHLETICS.UCLA.EDU SHIPPING ADDRESS - UCLA SPORTS INFO :: JD MORGAN CENTER :: 325 WESTWOOD PLAZA :: LOS ANGELES, CA KEY DATES Mon., Sept Dorrell Press Conference 1:30 pm/morgan Center Press Rm. Tue., Sept Last day to interview quarterbacks Wed., Sept Last day to interview players/coaches Thu., Sept Coach Dorrell meets media post-practice Fri., Sept No media availability Sat., Sept UCLA at Oregon State - 3:30 p.m. PDT THE 26TH YEAR The 2007 season marks the 26th year that the Rose Bowl has served as the home of the Bruins. UCLA moved from the L.A. Coliseum in the summer of 1982 and went in that first year, capping the season with a victory over Michigan in the Rose Bowl game. The 2006 season-opening win against Utah was UCLA s 100th at the Rose Bowl. The Bruins own a record of since moving to Pasadena, including a 3-2 record in Rose Bowl games. UCLA is 22-5 overall at home under head coach Karl Dorrell and 14-1 in the last two-plus seasons. In July of 2007, the Rose Bowl was selected the No. 1 sports venue by SI.com/SIonCampus. THIS WAY TO THE ROSE BOWL Free shuttle buses are available at the Parsons Engineering parking lot in downtown Pasadena (Walnut and Fair Oaks). There is a $9.00 charge for parking at the Parsons Lot. Shuttle service begins four hours prior to kickoff and runs up to one hour after the game. The Metro Gold Line will run from downtown Los Angeles (and points further) to downtown Pasadena (approx. one block from the Parsons Lot) on game days. Gold Line patrons are encouraged to use the free shuttle from the Parsons lot to and from the Rose Bowl. UCLA S FIRST TO 100 CELEBRATION Members of the UCLA s 100 NCAA championship teams over the years will be recognized at each Bruin home football game this season. UCLA (3-1,2-0) at Oregon State (2-2, 0-1) KICKOFF - 3:30 PM PDT TV - FSN SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 ** Bruins have won the last four meetings ** ** The Bruins lead the all-time series ** ** UCLA s fi rst trip to Corvallis since 2002 ** GAME #5 UCLA (3-1, 2-0 and in first place in Pac-10 play) takes to the road to play at Oregon State (2-2, 0-1) on Sept. 29 in a Pac-10 conference contest. Kickoff is slated for 3:30 p.m. PDT and the game will be televised by FSN (FSN West in Los Angeles) with Barry Tompkins, Petros Papadakis and Jim Watson calling the action. AM 570 (KLAC) and the Bruin Radio Network (Chris Roberts, Matt Stevens and Wayne Cook) will broadcast all of the Bruin games. Sirius satellite radio will air the game on channel 107. SERIES WITH OREGON STATE The Bruins lead the overall series, which dates back to 1930, by a count. UCLA has won the last four meetings including back-to-back home wins in the 2006 (25-7) and 2005 (51-28) seasons. The teams have not played in Corvallis,OR since the 2002 season when UCLA posted a win. The Bruins also won in Corvallis in the 2001 season by a score of UCLA and OSU did not meet in the 2003 and 2004 seasons. Oregon State s last win in the series came in the 2000 campaign when it pulled out a decision in the Rose Bowl. The Beavers last defeated the Bruins at home in UCLA s 25-7 win last season in the Rose Bowl over the Beavers snapped a four-game skid for the home team at the time. OSU led 7-6 at the half of last year s contest. On the initial possession of the third quarter, the Beavers, faced with a fourth-and-one near midfield, opted to go for it and were denied. On the ensuing play, quarterback Patrick Cowan connected with Marcus Everett on a 45-yard scoring play to put the Bruins in the lead for good at Cowan and Everett hooked up again early in the fourth quarter on an 11-yard scoring play and UCLA added a couple of field goals down the stretch for the 25-7 win. The Bruin defense recorded five sacks, limited OSU to 85 yards on the ground and forced four fumbles. In the last meeting played in Corvallis (2002), UCLA rallied from a 14-0 deficit to score 29 unanswered points and went on to defeat the Beavers After trailing at the half, UCLA took the lead for good on the first possession of the second half when Tyler Ebell ran in to the end zone from five yards out for a advantage. Cornerback Ricky Manning ruined OSU s first possession of the second half by returning an interception 33 yards for another score. UCLA withstood a 21-point Beaver fourth quarter to post the win. The Bruins totaled 625 yards of offense on the day, ninth-best in school history at the time (now 10th). Quarterback Cory Paus threw for a career-best 378 yards. Ebell came off the bench to pile up 203 rushing yards for the game, the second-most ever by a UCLA freshman. UCLA IN THE POLLS IN 2007 Pre-Season: USA Today 17, AP 14; Sept. 3: USA Today 14, AP 13; Sept. 10: USA Today 11, AP 11; Sept. 17: USA Today 29, AP 30; Sept. 24: USA Today 27, AP 29, Harris SEASON SCHEDULE There are six home games and six road matchups on the 2007 schedule. The Bruins play back-to-back home games on two occasions --- Oct. 6 vs. Notre Dame and (bye week in between) Oct. 20 vs. California (homecoming); and Nov. 10 vs. Arizona State and Nov. 24, following a bye week, vs SCHEDULE AND RESULTS DATE RANK OPPONENT RESULT/GAME TIME TV Sept. 1 14/17 at Stanford W, FSN Sept. 8 13/14 Brigham Young W, Versus Sept /11 at Utah L, 6-44 Versus Sept. 22 Washington W, FSN Sept. 29 at Oregon State 3:30 pm FSN Oct. 6 Notre Dame 5:00 pm ABC Oct. 20 California TBD TBD Oct. 27 at Washington State 3:30 pm FSN Nov. 3 at Arizona 12:30 pm (MDT) ABC Nov. 10 Arizona State TBD TBD Nov. 24 Oregon TBD TBD Dec. 1 at USC 1:30 pm ABC **note: rank is Associated Press / USA Today Coaches polls 1

2 HONORS CANDIDATES #51 Reggie Carter Linebacker * Butkus Award Watch List * 2006 Freshman All-American * Ranked sixth on squad with 48 tackles, including six for loss, in 2006 * Fourth (tied) on the squad with 22 tackles this year #44 Bruce Davis Defensive End * Lott Trophy, Bednarik Award, Nagurski Trophy, Lombardi Award and Hendricks Award Watch Lists * 1st team Pre-Season All-Am. * Most sacks nationally among returning players (12.5 in 06) * 3.5 sacks in 2007 #93 Brigham Harwell Defensive End *Lombardi Award Watch List *Ranked fourth on team in tackles for loss in 2006 #14 Chris Horton Strong Safety *1st team Pre-Season All- American * Led Bruins in tackles in 2006 * Bednarik Award, Thorpe Award and Lott Trophy Watch Lists * Second on team with 25 tackles #60 Chris Joseph Center * Rimington Award Watch List * st team Academic All-American * Highest GPA (3.95) of all student-athletes at UCLA with at least two years in program * Has started 17 straight games #11 Dennis Keyes Free Safety * Thorpe Award Watch List * Pre-Season All-Conference, All-America honors *Leads team in tackles in 2007 * Made 60-yard interception return vs. Washington #28 Chris Markey Tailback * Maxwell Award Watch List * 11th 1,000-yard Bruin rusher * Pre-Season All-Conference selection * Rushed for 193 yards versus Washington #86 Logan Paulsen Tight End * Mackey Award Watch List * Pre-season All-Pac-10 pick #17 Aaron Perez Punter * Ray Guy Award Watch List * Averaged yards per punt in 2006 * This season, he ranks 15th in NCAA and fi rst in Pac-10 with average of 44.27, including nine inside the 20-yard line #33 Christian Taylor Linebacker *Butkus, Lombardi Award Watch Lists *Ranked second on team in tackles in 2006 *Ranked third on team in sacks and tackles for loss in 2006 * Ranks fourth on team with 22 tackles #71 Shannon Tevaga Offensive Guard * Lombardi Award Watch List *Had 34-game starting streak snapped vs. Washington * Pre-Season 2nd team All- America selection FAN ZONE Bruin fans should plan on arriving in the Arroyo Seco early to avoid traffic and picnic at the Rose Bowl. UCLA is sponsoring the Fan Zone in Area H. The Fan Zone contains the AM 570 KLAC stage, where fans can watch and hear the Bruin pre-game radio show. It also includes the Food Zone, which includes the following restaurants: American Pretzel, Baja Grill, Carl s Jr., Funnel Cakes Etc, Now You re Poppin, PSI Drinks, Robin s Wood Fire BBQ & Grill, Ralph s Grocery Company, South Street and Teri & Yaki. The Alumni Band will also be performing in the Fan Zone. Oregon. UCLA will play back-to-back road contests once this season, on Oct. 27 at Washington State and on Nov. 3 at Arizona. The Bruins posted a 6-5 record against teams it played in the 2006 season and will meet again in The Bruins will square off against five opponents who won at least 10 games in the 2006 season (BYU 11-2, USC 11-2, Notre Dame 10-3, California 10-3, Oregon State 10-4). Overall, UCLA will meet 10 opponents which won at least six contests last season (above teams, plus Utah 8-5, Arizona State 7-6, Oregon 7-6, Arizona 6-6, Washington State 6-6). Three opponents earned at least a share of a conference title (BYU - Mountain West champion; USC and California were co-champions of the Pac-10). The combined 2006 records of the teams that UCLA will play this season are (.601). The teams UCLA will meet on the road this season posted a record of (.553) last year. The combined record of the teams that the Bruins will host in the Rose Bowl this season was (.649). The combined record of the three nonconference opponents UCLA will meet in 2007 was (.744) last season (BYU 11-2, Notre Dame 10-3, Utah 8-5). Notre Dame makes just its second visit ever to the Rose Bowl this season on Oct. 6. The Irish last played in Pasadena in the Jan. 1, 1925 Rose Bowl game. Notre Dame s victory over Stanford that day earned the Irish and coach Knute Rockne the school s firstever national championship. LAST GAME -- UCLA broke a tie with two thirdquarter touchdowns en route to a victory over Washington at the Rose Bowl. The win was UCLA s ninth in the last 11 meetings between the two schools. Tied at halftime, the Bruins drove 71 yards following the opening kickoff and took a lead when Kahlil Bell scored from eight yards out. Later in the quarter, free safety Dennis Keyes scored the first touchdown of his career when he returned an interception 60 yards for a lead late in the third quarter. In the final 15 minutes, the two teams combined for 41 points. Following an interception, the Huskies pulled to within seven (24-17) with 13:10 remaining. On UCLA s ensuing possession, Chris Markey sped 72 yards for a score to give UCLA a two-touchdown lead. Washington countered with a 63-yard touchdown pass but Matthew Slater answered with an 85-yard kickoff return to make the score with 9:33 left. UCLA s next two possessions produced two Kai Forbath field goals sandwiched around a Husky touchdown for the 13-point win. In the final quarter, UCLA s offense ran the ball on 18 of its final 19 plays with reserve quarterback McLeod 2

3 BRUINS IN THE NFL On the opening weekend of the 2006 NFL season, 30 Bruins were listed on various rosters on regular rosters, three on the practice squad and one on injured reserve. The 26 Bruins ranked 12th (tied) nationally and tied for first in the Pac-10. On Opening Weekend of the 2005 National Football League season, 25 former Bruins were active on NFL rosters. That total led the Pacific-10 Conference and ranked 15th nationally. Here is the list of 27 Bruins that were on 2007 NFL opening day rosters: Arizona - Matt Ware-DB; Baltimore - Jonathan Ogden-OT; Matt Willis-WR (PS) Buffalo - Ryan Neufeld-TE; Carolina - DeShaun Foster-RB; Chicago - Brendon Ayanbadejo-LB, Ricky Manning Jr.-DB; Cincinnati - Tab Perry-WR; Green Bay - Spencer Havner-LB (PS); Houston - Mike Flanagan-C; Indianapolis - Bryan Fletcher-TE, Mike Seidman-TE (IR); Jacksonville - Maurice Jones-Drew-RB, Marcedes Lewis-TE; Kansas City - Donnie Edwards-LB, Justin Medlock-PK, Jarrad Page-S; Minnesota - Chris Kluwe-P; New Orleans - Rodney Leisle-DL; NY Giants - Jason Bell-CB (IR); NY Jets - Kenyon Coleman-DL; Oakland Raiders - Robert Thomas-LB; Pittsburgh - Travis Kirschke-DL; St. Louis - Drew Bennett-WR, Brandon Chillar-LB; Tampa Bay - Ryan Nece-LB; Washington - Ryan Boschetti-DT; 2006 UCLA RESULTS Sept. 2 UTAH W, Sept. 9 RICE W, Sept. 23 at Washington L, Sept. 30 STANFORD W, 31-0 Oct. 7 ARIZONA W, 27-7 Oct. 14 at Oregon L, Oct. 21 at Notre Dame L, Oct. 28 WASHINGTON STATE L, Nov. 4 at California L, Nov. 11 OREGON STATE W, 25-7 Nov. 18 at Arizona State W, Dec. 2 USC W, 13-9 Dec. 27 Fla. St. (Emerald Bowl) L, UCLA SCHEDULE (tentative) August 30 Fresno State September 6 Tennessee September 13 at Brigham Young September 27 Arizona October 4 Washington State October 11 at Oregon October 18 Stanford October 25 at California November 8 Oregon State November 15 at Washington November 22 at Arizona State December 6 USC Bethel-Thompson at the controls (the other play was a pass by Bell) and produced 157 yards, one touchdown and two field goals. On the day, UCLA produced 537 yards of total offense, 333 on the ground and 204 in the air. Markey came off the bench to rush for 193 yards on 14 carries, including a 72-yard touchdown, the longest run of his career, and a 66-yard non-scoring run. Bell rushed for 109 yards and one touchdown on 27 carries, giving the Bruins two 100-yard rushers in the same game for the first time since the second game of the 2006 season (Rice). Pat Cowan, playing for the first time this season, completed 17 of 30 passes for 147 yards and one touchdown before spraining his right knee while making a tackle following his only interception. Bethel-Thompson played the rest of the way. Dominique Johnson led the Bruins with five receptions for 32 yards, including a two-yard touchdown. Brandon Breazell added four catches for 30 yards and also completed a 57-yard pass to Terrence Austin. Defensively, UCLA allowed 340 yards in the air and 124 on the ground. Reggie Carter and Alterraun Verner each made six tackles and Dennis Keyes and Chris Horton added five each. Keyes also scored on a 60-yard interception return. Bruce Davis had 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss and Jess Ward also had 2.5 tackles for loss. On special teams, Matthew Slater scored on an 85- yard kickoff and also made four special teams tackles. UCLA PLAYER / COACH NOTES Redshirt senior BRUCE DAVIS is the nation s leading returning sack specialist, based on his sacks in the 2006 season. Davis ranked fourth (tied) in the NCAA and tied for first in the Pac-10 in sacks ( average) and 18th nationally and second in the Pac-10 in tackles for losses (1.35 average). In 2006, he was named first-team All-American by CollegeFootballNews.com and SI.com. On the year, Davis ranked tied for first on the team with 12.5 sacks and second on the team behind Justin Hickman with 17.5 tackles for loss. He made two tackles and recovered a fumble versus Stanford. Against BYU, he had two sacks, including one on which he caused a fumble, and made seven tackles, tying his career high. He had two tackles at Utah. Against Washington, he had 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss. He now has 20.5 career sacks to rank eighth in school history. Senior running back CHRIS MARKEY ranks seventh in UCLA history in career all-purpose yardage with 3,811 yards and 11th in career rushing with 2,364 yards. In 2006, he became the third Bruin and first since 1962 to lead the team in both rushing (1,107 yards) and receiving (35 receptions). He is just the 11th player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a season (it has been done a total of 18 times). Against Washington, he rushed for 193 yards on 14 carries, including a touchdown run of 72 yards and another run for 66 yards. He is just the fifth player in school history to rush for at least 190 yards in a game twice in a career. Redshirt senior safety CHRIS HORTON was the Bruins leading tackler in 2006 with 95 and was second on the team with three interceptions. He led the team (or tied for the lead) in tackles in four of the THE HEAD COACH Karl Dorrell 5th Season Record: The 2005 Pac-10 co-coach of the Year, Karl Dorrell is his fifth season as UCLA s head coach. His record is overall, in Pac-10 play. Dorrell is 20-9 in the last two-plus seasons. He is the 15th head coach in UCLA history. Dorrell has led the Bruins to a bowl game in each of his four seasons as head coach. In 2005, the Bruins compiled a record of 10-2 and finished the season with a victory in the Sun Bowl. They won their first eight games of the year and were ranked as high as No. 5 by the BCS and No. 7 on the Associated Press poll. A Bruin team won at least 10 games for only the seventh time in school history. Dorrell was a finalist for several national Coach of the Year awards. Dorrell returned home to Westwood, where he played on teams that won five consecutive bowl games, after serving as an assistant coach at both the collegiate and professional levels. He is the first UCLA coach to go to bowls in each of his first four seasons. He came to UCLA after working the previous three seasons for Mike Shanahan s Denver Broncos as an assistant coach in charge of wide receivers. Prior to his arrival in Denver, Dorrell coached 12 years on the collegiate level, including seven seasons as an offensive coordinator. During his career as a collegiate player and coach, Dorrell has participated in 16 bowl games, including three Rose Bowls, two Fiesta Bowls, two Cotton Bowls and this season s Emerald Bowl. He played on teams that won three Pacific-10 titles and defeated USC four times in five seasons. His 108 receptions still rank No. 11 (tied) on UCLA s career list and his total of 1,517 receiving yards rank No. 15. Dorrell s previous collegiate coaching experience includes six seasons at Colorado, two years at Northern Arizona, and one year each at UCLA, Washington, Arizona State and Central Florida. He earned his bachelor s degree from UCLA following the 1986 season and began his coaching career in the 1988 season as a Bruin graduate assistant. He became receivers coach at Central Florida the next season and moved on to Northern Arizona for the 1990 and 1991 seasons as offensive coordinator and receivers coach. He then embarked on the first of two stints at Colorado. Dorrell served as receivers coach in the seasons. During that tenure, receivers Charles Johnson and Michael Westbrook, became just the fourth pair of wideouts on the same team in NCAA history to accumulate more than 1,000 yards in the same season. Dorrell returned to the Pac-10 for the 1994 season as receivers coach at Arizona State before going back to Colorado for the campaigns as offensive coordinator and receivers coach. The Buffaloes won three bowl games in that four-year span and were victorious in 33 of 47 games. He spent the 1999 season at Washington, serving as offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. The former Bruin then moved to the professional ranks and served as receiving coach with the Broncos from 2000 until the time he took the UCLA job on December 18,

4 last six games, including a career-high 12 stops versus Arizona State (Nov. 18) to earn Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Week honors. He made six stops versus Stanford and added five and a forced fumble against BYU and nine tackles at Utah. He added five tackles versus Washington and is second on the squad with 25 stops. Redshirt junior quarterback BEN OLSON s five touchdown passes versus Stanford is tied for second on UCLA s single-game list, one shy of Drew Olson s mark of six, set against Oregon State in Redshirt freshman KAI FORBATH s 52-yard field goal at Utah is the longest ever by a Bruin freshman and tied for fourth on the all-time list. True junior tailback KAHLIL BELL rushed for 195 yards in the opener versus Stanford. That is the highest total by a Bruin in an opener and the most in any game since Chris Markey ran for 208 against Rice in He added a team-high 79 yards versus BYU, a team best 59 at BYU and 109 yards versus Washington. He is third in the Pac-10 with an average of yards per game. When CHRIS MARKEY (193) and KAHLIL BELL (109) both rushed for over 100 yards against Washington, it was the first time a pair of Bruins broke the century mark since the same pair did it against Rice in the second game of the 2006 season. MATTHEW SLATER s 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown was UCLA s first since Brandon Breazell returned two for touchdowns in the 2005 Sun Bowl. True senior SHANNON TEVAGA had his games started streak snapped at 34 straight games when he sat out the Washington game with a knee injury. Redshirt senior cornerback TREY BROWN is now the player with the most consecutive starts (34). Others with starting streaks of note include OL Noah Sutherland (19), OL Chris Joseph (17), TE Logan Paulsen (13) on offense; on defense: DB Chris Horton (19), DL Bruce Davis (17), DB Dennis Keyes (17), DL Kevin Brown (16), LB Christian Taylor (11). Redshirt senior wide receiver JOE COWAN is one of just four players to have multiple career touchdown receptions of at least 77 yards. Danny Farmer had three and J.J. Stokes and Freddie Mitchell also had two. Bruin head coach KARL DORRELL helped guide the Bruin team to the seventh 10-win season in school history in Dorrell has been a part of three of the seven record-tying seasons. In 1982, he was a freshman wide receiver on a Bruin team that went and handed Michigan a loss in the Rose Bowl. In 1988, Dorrell served as a graduate assistant coach on the Bruin squad that went 10-2 and bested Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl. KARL DORRELL was named co-coach of the Year in the Pac-10 for the 2005 season. He was the fourth UCLA coach to receive the honor, joining Bob Toledo (1998), Terry Donahue (1993, 1985) and Dick Vermeil (1975). Redshirt senior linebacker CHRISTIAN TAYLOR made a total of 83 tackles to rank second on the team in 2006 and also ranked third with 4.5 sacks and 13.5 tackles for loss. He made eight tackles, including two for loss, in the Emerald Bowl. In the 2007 opener versus Stanford, he made six stops, including one for loss. He added six solo stops versus BYU, six tackles at Utah and four versus Washington. Redshirt senior safety DENNIS KEYES was third on the team with 79 tackles in 2006 and tied for the team lead in three of the last six games. He made six tackles in the 2007 opener versus Stanford. He led the Bruins with 10 tackles against BYU, had nine at Utah and five versus Washington. He also returned an interception 60 yards versus Washington for the first touchdown of his career. He leads the team with 30 tackles and his average of 7.50 is 15th in the Pac-10. The interception return for a touchdown against Utah in the 2006 opener by ALTERRAUN VERNER was the first by a UCLA true freshman since 1989, when Carlton Gray returned one 65 yards for a score versus Washington. Verner s 89-yard scoring return versus Arizona made him one of just six Bruins, the only freshman, to have two scoring interception returns in the same season. KARL DORRELL is the first Bruin head coach to lead his team into a bowl game in each of his first four years on the job (2003-Silicon Valley Classic; 2004-Las Vegas Bowl; 2005-Sun Bowl; 2006-Emerald Bowl). PATRICK COWAN s 78-yard touchdown pass to BRANDON BREAZELL in the 2006 Emerald Bowl was UCLA s longest offensive play from scrimmage and UCLA s longest since the 2005 Arizona State game, when Drew Olson and Joe Cowan combined for a 91-yard touchdown. PATRICK COWAN s 329 passing yards at California rank 23rd on UCLA s single-game list and fourth among sophomores. His 351 yards of total offense rank 19th on that single-game list and third among sophomores. Both totals were 2006 season highs for the Bruins. DID YOU KNOW... Two Bruins on the 2007 roster are the sons of former Bruin standouts DB Trey Brown (dad, Theotis, played running back from and rushed for 2,914 yards to rank No. 7 all-time at the school); LB Bruce Davis (dad, Bruce, played offensive line from and went on to a long NFL career, winning two Super Bowl titles). UCLA, at No. 14, entered a season with an Associated Press national ranking for the first time since the 2001 team was ranked #15. The last time a Bruin team was ranked higher by AP entering a season was a No. 6 ranking in UCLA has four sets of brothers -- the Bosworths (Kyle and Korey), the Cowans (Joe and Patrick), the Molines (Chase, Chad and Chane) and the Tevagas (Shannon and Sonny). Nine seniors on this year s team are scheduled to graduate following the Fall Quarter - Kevin Brown, Trey Brown, Brigham Harwell, Chris Horton, Michael Pitre, Brian Rubinstein, Matthew Slater, William Snead and Noah Sutherland. UCLA will once again be hosting the I m Going To College program for local area school districts at selected football games. The next game is scheduled for Nov. 10 versus Arizona State. UCLA and Stanford are the only Pac-10 teams playing three non-conference opponents who each won at least eight games a year ago. UCLA is the only school to produce six quarterbacks Troy Aikman, Steve Bono, Billy Kilmer, Tommy Maddox, Tom Ramsey, Jay Schroeder to have played that position on a Super Bowl team. During the last 25 years, UCLA has been ranked in the final Associated Press Top 25 on 12 occasions, second only to USC (13) among Pac-10 schools. Washington is next with 10 rankings. The selection of tight end Marcedes Lewis by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first round of the 2006 NFL draft marked the 29th time a UCLA player has been taken in round one. Drew Olson finished eighth in the 2005 Heisman Trophy balloting. It marked the 21st time that a Bruin has finished in the top 10 of the Heisman Trophy voting. UCLA has had at least one former player participate in 27 of the last 28 Super Bowl games. The only three-time consensus All-Americans in Pac-10 history are Bruins (LB Jerry Robinson and S Kenny Easley). UCLA has 12 former players currently working in the broadcast media - Troy Aikman, Wayne Cook, Randy Cross, Terry Donahue, David Norrie, Ron Pitts, Tom Ramsey, Floyd Reese, Matt Stevens, J.J. Stokes, Rick Walker, James Washington. On May 13, 2007 UCLA became the first school in history to win 100 NCAA team championships. 4

5 UCLA ON THE RADIO The 2007 season is UCLA s 11th with Clear Channel and the games will be aired on AM 570 KLAC. The Los Angeles all-sports station s broadcast includes a two-hour pre-game show and a post-game show. Chris Roberts, a four-time Golden Mike Award winner, is in his 16th season as the voice of the Bruins. Former Bruin quarterback Matt Stevens is in his 11th year on the broadcast team and his seventh as the analyst in the booth. Former Bruin quarterback Wayne Cook is in his sixth season as sideline reporter. Stevens and Cook host the one and one-half hour local pre-game show while Roberts, Stevens and Cook host the one-half hour network pre-game and network post-game shows. AM 570 KLAC also provides ancillary programming, including coach Karl Dorrell and player interviews during game weeks. Bruin games are also available nationally through an agreement with Sirius Satellite Radio, the Official Satellite Radio Partner of UCLA Athletics. Games can also be heard via the internet at uclabruins.com (a UCLA All-Access pass is needed). Fans can also hear the game for as little as 10 cents per minute by dialing (ext. 5929) to listen to the broadcast on the phone. TEAM NOTES The crowd of 72,986 at the BYU game (Sept. 8) was the highest for a home opener since the 2001 opener versus Ohio State (73,723). It was also UCLA s best non-conference crowd since that Ohio State game. UCLA drew 72,124 against Washington on Sept. 22. UCLA s 624 yards of total offense in the 2007 opener versus Stanford was the 11th highest total in school history. It is the most ever in a Bruin season opener and the most in any game since the 2005 Arizona State game (660 yards). In two Pac-10 games, UCLA is averaging yards of total offense, on the ground and in the air, and 44.5 points. UCLA s 45 points versus Stanford were the most in a season opener since 1998 when it scored 49 to open the season versus Texas at the Rose Bowl. It is also the most points scored by UCLA in a season opener on the road (UCLA scored 44 at San Diego State in 2005). The last time the Bruins scored more points in a Pac-10 road game was the 1998 Arizona contest (52-28). UCLA s 338 rushing yards against Stanford were the most by the team since the 2004 Washington contest (424 yards). UCLA s six touchdown drives vs. Stanford measured 60, 92, 97, 80, 45 and 65 yards. Only one took longer than 2:20. One took 57 second and another just 1:19. The two touchdown drives versus BYU measured 47 (1:41) and 45 (3:40) yards. UCLA s three touchdown drives against Washington measured 76, 71 and 83 yards. Against Washington, 18 of UCLA s final 19 offensive plays (all in the fourth quarter) were runs and those plays produced 157 yards, one touchdown and two field goals. Eight of UCLA s 2007 opponents played in a bowl game following the 2006 season. Only Florida had more regular-season opponents earn bowl berths (10). UCLA ended USC s streak of 63 straight games of scoring 20 or more points on Dec. 2, 2006 when it held the Trojans to nine points in a 13-9 victory. UCLA ON TELEVISION Fox Sports Net (FSN West in Los Angeles) will broadcast the Oregon State game. Barry Tompkins and Petros Papadakis will call the action from the booth and Jim Watson will roam the sidelines. Heading into the Oregon State game, 163 of UCLA s last 171 games have been televised live, including each of the last 32 dating back to Nine games have been selected for live television in 2007: ABC (10/6 Notre Dame, 11/3 Arizona, 12/1 USC), Fox Sports Net (9/1Stanford, 9/22 Washington, 9/29 Oregon State, 10/27 Washington St.), Versus (9/8 BYU, 9/15 Utah). In 2006, all 13 Bruin games were televised live -- four by ABC (at Oregon, Washington St., at Cal and USC), three by Fox Sports Net (Utah, Stanford and at Arizona St.), one by ESPN (vs. Florida St. /Emerald Bowl), one by TBS (at Washington), one by NBC (at Notre Dame) and three by FSN Prime Ticket (Rice, Arizona, Oregon State). In addition, UCLA is featured every Monday night on FSN Prime Ticket. At 10:30 p.m., the station airs Bruin Rewind, a one-half hour highlight show of the previous game. At 11:00 p.m., FSN Prime Ticket airs a one-half hour show highlighting head coach Karl Dorrell s Monday afternoon media conference. UCLA ON THE WEB UCLA releases, player information and results can be found on the school s official website: For information on honors candidates, go to: spec-rel/07-fb-honors-page.html Stanford converted just four of 18 third-down conversion attempts while BYU was six of 16 and Utah was five of 16. Washington converted just four of 16 attempts. In four games, opponents have converted 19 of 66 (28.8%) third down opportunites -- first in the Pac-10 and 17th (tied) in the nation. UCLA ranked fifth nationally in third-down conversion defense (28.4%) in 2006, having allowed 13 opponents to convert 50 of 176 third-down opportunities. UCLA has held its four opponents to 342 net rushing yards on 120 attempts (2.8 average) and ranks 17th in the nation (85.5). The Bruins allowed Stanford 52 net yards rushing on 26 attempts (2.0 average), BYU just 44 net yards on 25 attempts, Utah 122 on 37 attempts and Washington had 124 on 32 attempts. In 13 games in the 2006 season, UCLA allowed 91.1 yards per game (tied for ninth in the NCAA and tied for first in the Pac-10) and just nine touchdowns on the ground. Under Karl Dorrell, UCLA s home record is 22-5 (.808). The.815 percentage ranks 19th in Football Bowl Subdivision for home record during the last four-plus years ( ). UCLA s 10-game home winning streak in was its longest since , when it won 13 consecutive home games. The Bruins have captured wins in 14 of the last 15 games played at home in the Rose Bowl (loss 10/28/06 - Washington State). UCLA s 31-0 shutout of Stanford on Sept. 30, 2006 was its first since 2004, when it shut out Stanford, UCLA is 20-2 when it wins the turnover battle under head coach Karl Dorrell, including 2-0 (Stanford, BYU) in It is when it ties or loses the turnover battle, including 1-1 (Utah, Washington) in UCLA is 6-1 all-time in overtime, including a couple of 2005 wins in extra time --- a single overtime win at Stanford and a single overtime win at Washington State. Head coach Karl Dorrell is 3-0 in overtime, defeating California in 2003 and Washington State and Stanford in In the last seven seasons ( ), UCLA has produced seven consensus All-Americans (2000, WR Freddie Mitchell; 2001, LB Robert Thomas; 2003 DE Dave Ball; 2005 TE Marcedes Lewis and KR Maurice Drew; 2006 DE Justin Hickman and PK Justin Medlock). Only one other school (USC) in the Pac-10 has produced more and UCLA s total is two ahead of third-place California. UCLA has produced 16 consensus All-America selections in the last 15 years ( ), just two fewer than USC and eight more than No. 3 Arizona. UCLA was one of eight schools to have two or more consensus All-Americans (Justin Hickman and Justin Medlock) in 2006 and the only school not ranked in the final Top 25. The others schools were: Michigan and Ohio State, three each; California, Tennessee, Texas, USC and West Virginia, two each. FRESHMEN Two true freshman, long snapper Christian Yount and defensive tackle Brian Price, have played thus far in Eight true freshmen played for the Bruins in the 2006 season. Seven played in the opener against Utah (DB Alterraun Verner, DB Jeremy McGee, WR Terrence Austin, WR Dominique Johnson, DB Christian Ramirez, RB Chane Moline, OL Micah Kia). DL Jerzy Siewierski made his debut against Stanford. 5

6 Thirty-six true freshmen have now played for coach Karl Dorrell during his fourplus seasons as head coach. A school-record 12 played for the Bruins in Nine played in the 2005 season and five saw the field in FIRST ACTION Ten players saw action in their first game in the 2007 seasonopener at Stanford (DL Tom Blake, LB Joshua Edwards, PK Kai Forbath, TE Tyler Holland, DB Chris Meadows, WR Osaar Rasshan, LS Christian Yount, DT Darius Savage, DB Matt Culver, QB McLeod Bethel-Thompson). DT Brian Price made his debut versus Washington. FIRST STARTS Place kicker Kai Forbath, offensive tackle Micah Kia and tight end Scott Glicksberg made the first starts of their careers in the 2007 opener at Stanford. Cornerback Alterraun Verner made his first non-nickel back start versus BYU. Fullback Brian Theriot, defensive end Tom Blake, defensive tackle Jess Ward and cornerback Michael Norris all made their first career start at Utah. Offensive guard P.J. Irvin, tailback Kahlil Bell and defensive end Korey Bosworth made their first starts versus Washington. ACADEMICS Twenty-three members of the 2007 Bruin football squad were listed on the Athletics Director s Honor Roll for the Spring 07 quarter. To qualify, student-athletes had to post at least a 3.0 grade point average. Nine seniors on this year s team are scheduled to graduate following Fall Quarter Kevin Brown, Trey Brown, Chris Horton, Michael Pitre, Brian Rubenstein, Matthew Slater, William Snead, Noah Sutherland and Aaron Whittington. S eventy-three of the 80 freshmen in Dorrell s first four classes (this does not include the 2007 class) are still in school and progressing towards a degree are still active players and four others are injuredretired but still in school. Fifteen of the 19 members of Karl Dorrell s first recruiting class (2003) are still in school (one is already playing in the NFL) are active players and two others are injured retired). In 2006, offensive guard Chris Joseph earned first-team Academic All- America honors on the ESPN the Magazine team. He was joined by Kenneth Lombard on the All-District VIII team. Eight Bruins were selected to the 2006 Pac-10 All-Academic team. Joseph and Lombard were first-team selections for the second straight year, offensive tackle Aleksey Lanis and fullback/special teams performer Dan Nelson were named to the second team and quarterback Ben Olson, wide receiver Andrew Baumgartner and tight ends Logan Paulsen and Ryan Moya earned honorable mention. The UCLA football program has produced 16 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship winners, 15 first-team Academic All-Americans (26 overall), eight National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Post-Graduate Scholarship recipients, one Rhodes Scholar and three members of the Academic All-America Hall of Fame. In 2005, Chris Joseph was selected to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District-8 team. Joseph and Kenneth Lombard were named first-team Pac-10 All-Academic. Offensive guard Bob Cleary and defensive back Michael Norris were named to the second team while receiver Andrew Baumgartner and linebacker Dan Nelson earned honorable mention. COACHING MOVES The Bruins welcomed four new assistant coaches to the staff during the off-season. Jay Norvell is the new offensive coordinator. He spent the previous three seasons in that capacity at the University of Nebraska. He spent two seasons on the staff of the Oakland Raiders prior to joining the Nebraska staff. Bob Connelly joined the staff from the University of Alabama and will serve as the new offensive line coach. Connelly spent the last four seasons tutoring the Crimson Tide offensive linemen. Angus McClure joins the Bruin staff as tight ends coach after spending last season at the University of Buffalo and the two seasons prior to that at the University of Nebraska. Eric Scott, a former Bruin player ( ), also has joined the staff as the coach of the wide receivers. Scott made 27 career receptions as a wide receiver for the Bruins and also played on special teams as a punt returner. Returning running backs coach Dino Babers has been named assistant head coach for the 2007 season. In addition, returning safeties coach Gary DeLoach will take charge of the special teams units. Mike Rutenberg is in his first season as a defensive graduate assistant coach. NUMBER CHANGES The following players have changed numbers from last season s media guide for the 2007 season: #18 TE William Snead was #48; #24 RB Christian Ramirez was #21; #24 RB Ryen Carew was #35; #90 DL Jerzy Siewierski was #56; #61 C Andy Keane was #94. BOWLING The Bruins have qualified to play in a bowl game in nine of the last 10 seasons. UCLA has played in a bowl in each of the last five seasons (only USC among Pac-10 schools has a streak as long). UCLA has played in a bowl game in 18 of the last 25 years. It has compiled a record of 11-7 in its last 18 appearances. UCLA s 11 bowl wins in the last 25 years rank No. 1 in the Pac-10. Only Florida State, Miami, Penn State, Georgia, Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama, and Michigan have won more bowl games than the Bruins in that span. UCLA leads all Pac-10 schools in bowl victories during that span, two more than USC and Washington (nine each). THE OFFENSE QUARTERBACKS Redshirt sophomore BEN OLSON (#7) has completed 49 of 97 passes for 702 yards, with five touchdowns and four interceptions in three games. He sat out the game versus Washington due to headaches. He is fifth in the league in passing yards (234.00). He enjoyed a productive opener at Stanford. He completed 16 of 29 passes for 286 yards and a career-high five touchdowns in the contest with no interceptions. The five touchdowns rank second (tied) on UCLA s single-game list and all five went to wide receivers -- two to Joe Cowan (77 and 19 yards) and one each to Brandon Breazell (15 yards), Gavin Ketchum (six yards) and Dominique Johnson (four yards). The 77-yard pass was also the longest completion of his career. He was named Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts. Against BYU, Olson completed 13 of 28 passes for 126 yards with one interception. At Utah, he completed 20 of 40 passes for 290 yards with three interceptions. He had completions of 50 yards to Marcus Everett and 49 yards to Brandon Breazell. Olson started the first five games of the 2006 season, before he suffered a knee injury in the first half of the Arizona game. He completed 64% of his passes during those five contests and totaled five scoring passes. Olson s performance in the 2007 Spring practices merited his return to the starting lineup. Olson made the most of his first career start in the 2006 opener against Utah. Under center to open a game for the first time since his senior year in high school (2001), he led the Bruins on a 79-yard touchdown drive on the first possession of the game. On the afternoon, Olson completed 25 of 33 passes for 318 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. He completed passes to 10 different receivers, had four completions of at least 20 yards, and 14 of at least 10 yards.olson completed his first nine passes. His 318 passing yards rank No. 3 on UCLA s all-time list for quarterbacks starting their first game and were the most-ever in a victory. Steve Bono passed for 399 yards in his first start (a loss to BYU in 1983) and Tommy Maddox passed for 353 in a loss at Michigan in At Washington, in his first career road start, he completed 18 of 31 passes for 135 yards but had two intercepted, including one that was returned for a touchdown. In the win over Stanford, he connected with eight different receivers on his 20 completions. He completed passes of at least 20 yards to three different receivers and produced 12 first downs. Against Arizona, he completed three of four passes prior to suffering a tear of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee on UCLA s second series. He returned to practice on Nov. 7 but did not appear in a game the remainder of the season. On the year, he completed 79 of 124 passes (63.7%) for 822 yards with five touchdowns and five interceptions. In 2005, he played in two games as the backup quarterback. He made his debut late in the fourth quarter of the Oregon State game (game seven) and threw his first career pass. He also played the final series at Arizona and completed two of three passes for 11 yards. He was sidelined for the first three games of the 2005 season due to a small fracture in his left (throwing) hand. Olson entered UCLA in January of 2005 following his transfer from Brigham Young University. Olson was on a church mission for two seasons (2003 and 2004) after redshirting as a true freshman at BYU during the 2002 season. During his prep career at Thousand Oaks High, he completed 421 of 702 passes for 6,401 yards and 54 touchdowns. As a prep senior, he threw for 2,989 yards and 32 touchdowns. Varsity Statistics - B. Olson 2007 Passing Oppt. Att Comp Int Yds TD BYU* Washington Injured Totals

7 2006 Passing Oppt. Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Utah* Rice* Stanford* Arizona* Dame Injured WSU Injured Oregon State State DNP USC DNP Florida State DNP Totals Career Passing Statistics - B. Olson Oppt. Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Totals , Passing Yards: 318 vs. Utah, 2006 Completions: 25 vs. Utah, 2006 Touchdown Passes: 5 vs. Stanford, 2007 Passing Attempts: 40 vs. Uath, 2007 Rushing Yards: 16 vs. Stanford, 2006 Redshirt junior PATRICK COWAN (#12) (brother of wide receiver Joe) saw his first action of the 2007 season against Washington. Cowan injured his left hamstring in practice on Aug. 20 and had not suited up for the first three games of the season versus Stanford, BYU and Utah. In the Washington game, Cowan started and completed 17 of 30 passes for 147 yards and one touchdown, a two-yard score to Dominique Johnson. He also carried the ball five times for 10 net yards. In the fourth quarter, he suffered a sprained right knee making a tackle following his only interception of the night. In 2006, he took over the starting duties following an injury to Ben Olson in the fifth game of the year against Arizona. He played in all 13 games and started the final eight contests. In the 2006 opener against Utah, he entered the game on the third series of the fourth quarter, played nine snaps and threw his first career pass. Against Rice, he attempted one pass from field goal formation but did not play quarterback. He performed the holding chores at Washington. Against Stanford, he played the final series and completed the first pass of his career. Against Arizona, Cowan entered the game in the first quarter, in place of an injured Ben Olson, and went on to complete 20 of 29 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns. He also netted 16 yards rushing. He gave UCLA its first lead with a seven-yard scoring pass to Marcus Everett and his 15-yard strike to Matt Willis, with 7:25 left in the first half, gave the Bruins the lead for good, He made his first career start at Oregon and completed 16 of 31 passes for 112 yards. He grossed 20 rushing yards. At Notre Dame, he completed 16 of 32 passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns. In the second quarter, he connected with Everett for a 54-yard scoring play. Later in the quarter, he found William Snead over the middle for a 36-yard score and a 14-7 lead. Both of his touchdown passes came on third down situations (third-and-10 and third-and-seven). Against Washington State, he completed 17 of 37 passes for 252 yards with one touchdown (36 yards to Junior Taylor). He had five completions of at least 24 yards. At California, he completed 22 of 40 passes for 329 yards -- all career highs. He completed passes to 10 different receivers and threw nine completions of at least 15 yards. He netted 22 yards on four carries, including a 12-yard touchdown run. On third down, he completed six of 11 passes for 117 yards, including 35 yards to J. Taylor, 24 yards to Willis and 29 yards to Logan Paulsen. His 329 passing yards at California ranked 23rd on UCLA s single-game list and fourth among sophomores. His 351 yards of total offense ranked 19th on that single-game list and third among sophomores. In the win over Oregon State, he completed 12 of 23 passes for 126 yards and two touchdowns, both to Everett. On third down, he completed six of eight passes for 47 yards and a touchdown. At Arizona State, Cowan completed 14 of 24 passes for 187 yards with two touchdowns. Both scoring passes were to Brandon Breazell yards to give UCLA a 7-0 lead and 35 yards with 6:41 remaining in the game with the Bruins leading In the win over USC, he completed 12 of 21 passes for 114 yards. In addition, he was the team s leading rusher with 55 net yards on 10 carries and scored UCLA s only touchdown. On the 91-yard touchdown drive, UCLA s longest of the year, he ran for 55 yards on four carries, including runs of 29 and 16 yards, and scored on a one-yard run. He completed both of his pass attempts (19 yds.) on the drive. In the Emerald Bowl versus Florida State, he completed 15 of 36 passes for 240 yards and two touchdowns. His first touchdown was a first-quarter 78-yard catch-and-run strike down the middle to Breazell. It was the longest play of Cowan and Breazell s career. It was also UCLA s longest offensive play of the year and the 15th (tied) longest pass play in school history. Cowan also threw a seven-yard touchdown pass to J. Taylor in the second quarter. On the year, he completed 145 of 276 passes (52.5%) for 1,782 yards, 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions. His 145 completions rank No. 17 (tied) on UCLA s single-season list. Cowan had seen his first career action in the fourth quarter of the 2005 game against Rice, but did not attempt a pass. It was his only quarterback action of that season. Varsity Statistics - P. Cowan 2007 Passing Oppt. Att Comp Int Yds TD Injured BYU Injured Washington* Totals Passing Oppt. Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg Utah Rice Held On Placements Only Stanford Arizona Dame* WSU* OSU* USC* Florida St.* Totals , Career Passing Statistics - P. Cowan Oppt. Att Comp Int Yds TD Lg , Totals , Passing Yards: 329 at California, 2006 Completions: 22 at California, 2006 Touchdown Passes: 2, five times, last vs. Florida State, 2006 Passing Attempts: 40 at California, 2006 Rushing Yards: 55 yards vs. USC, 2006 Redshirt freshman McLEOD BETHEL-THOMPSON (#14) made his debut in the 2007 opener at Stanford, playing UCLA s final offensive series, but did not attempt a pass. He did not play against BYU or Utah. In the fourth quarter against Washington, he played UCLA s final four series of the game and engineered one touchdown drive and two field goal drives without throwing a pass. UCLA ran out the clock on the fourth possession. Last season, he made trips to contests against Oregon, Notre Dame, Cal and Florida State (Emerald Bowl) but did not see game action. He lettered three seasons at Balboa High School in San Francisco,CA before enrolling at UCLA in the fall of 2006 as a walk-on. Bethel-Thompson threw for 2,100 yards and had 22 touchdowns and six interceptions as a prep senior. Following his senior campaign, he was selected first-team All-City, Player of the Year and All-Metro. As a junior, 7