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UCLA vs. USC football game. The 1. 96. 7 UCLA vs.
USC football game was an American college football game played during the 1. November 1. 8, 1.
The UCLA Bruins, 7–0–1 and ranked number 1, with senior quarterback. Gary Beban as a Heisman Trophy candidate, played the USC Trojans, 8–1 and ranked number 4, with junior running back. O. J. Simpson also as a Heisman candidate. This game is widely regarded as the signature game in the UCLA- USC rivalry as well as one of the 2.
Games of the Century.[1][2][3] The 6. O. J. Simpson for the winning touchdown is regarded as one of the greatest run plays in college football.[4]Introduction[edit]1.
In 1. 96. 5, 6th ranked USC (led by Mike Garrett) met 7th ranked UCLA (led by All- Conference sophomore QB Gary Beban), with a berth in the 1. Rose Bowl on the line. The scoring opened with All- American Tailback Mel Farr running 4. Bruin touchdown. The extra point was blocked, Despite dominating in the statistics, USC led only 1. UCLA linebacker Dallas Grider hit USC quarterback Troy Winslow and caused a fumble. UCLA scored on a Beban touchdown pass to Dick Witcher and successfully converted a two- point conversion to make the score 1. A tie would have sent USC to the Rose Bowl, hence the reason UCLA went for two).
Then Grider then recovered an on- side kick and two plays later, Beban hit Kurt Altenberg, a decoy for Mel Farr, on a 4. In the final Poll, UCLA was ranked 4th in the AP and 5th in the UPI. UCLA went on to upset #1 ranked Michigan State in the 1. Rose Bowl, 1. 4–1. USC finished ranked #9 in the AP poll.[8][9] Mike Garrett would go on to win the Heisman Trophy, but would not ever get to play in the Rose Bowl.[1. In 1. 96. 6, due to uneven scheduling that left out new AAWU members Oregon and Oregon State, UCLA was 3–1 in conference games. The Bruins lost only one game, at Washington 1.
USC was 5–0, but lost out of conference to Miami (Florida). It was widely assumed that the winner of the 1. UCLA and 7th ranked USC would go to the 1. Rose Bowl. UCLA star QB Gary Beban was out with a broken ankle, but backup Norman Dow, making his first and only start at QB, led UCLA to a 1.
A vote the next Monday among the AAWU conference athletic directors put USC in the Rose Bowl. It was speculated that this was to make up for 1.
Oregon State was controversially voted in ahead of USC, and also because the directors believed Beban could not play for UCLA in the Rose Bowl due to the broken ankle, thereby giving the Big 1. Purdue) a better chance to win.[1. UCLA students protested by blocking the Northbound lanes of I- 4. Wilshire Boulevard.
A week after the vote, USC made the voters look really bad as they lost to Notre Dame 5. This still stands as the worst defeat in USC Trojan football history. USC entered the Rose Bowl unranked and lost to Purdue, 1. Ironically, Beban's ankle had healed and he could have played. UCLA finished fifth in both polls. In matches with the Rose Bowl on the line for both teams, UCLA was 6–1–1.
How to watch BYU vs. UCLA online: Live stream, TV, radio info. Make friends: Get to SB Nation’s team blog chats for this game at Bruins Nation (for UCLA fans) and Conquest Chronicles (for USC fans). Three big things. UCLA vs. USC, 1967 The 'Game of the Century' (1967 version) Conference Game.
USC and UCLA began the season ranked seventh and eighth respectively. USC had been ranked #1 for six weeks since beating #5 Texas and later Michigan State. USC notched a 2. 4–7 victory over #5 Notre Dame on October 1. UCLA also had been ranked in the top ten, reaching #2 before tying Oregon State 1.
November 4. A week later in a downpour in Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State would beat top- ranked USC 3–0, as O. J. Simpson could not get going on the muddy field. USC dropped to #2 in the UPI and #4 in the AP, while UCLA ascended to the top ranking after their 4. Washington. It was the first time since the 1. UCLA was ranked #1, and only the fourth AP weekly poll in the history of the school.
UCLA's tie and USC's loss were both inflicted by the Oregon State Beavers and their famed "Giant Killers" team. This same Oregon State team had defeated #2 ranked Purdue.
But a 1. 3–6 loss to Washington earlier in the season combined with the UCLA tie relegated the Beavers to second place.[1. What was at stake[edit]This game was for the championship of the AAWU (then informally known as the Pac- 8[1. Pac- 1. 2), a berth in the Rose Bowl game, and for the likelihood that the winner of the game would be the AP Poll. National Champion, as the final poll was published at the end of the regular season. The next year, the final poll would be published after the bowl games. Aside from conference standings, the top Heisman vote getter from the previous season, Beban, would meet Simpson, one of the most explosive running backs of that season.
And as with all USC- UCLA games, the "championship" of Los Angeles and bragging rights within the city were also at stake. USC was the established football power with seven national championships, the most recent in 1. UCLA was regarded as an upstart, but had one national championship in 1. Home" game[edit]Both teams played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum until 1. UCLA first went outside the city of Los Angeles to play at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
The 1. 96. 7 game would be a USC "home" game, which meant that USC fans sat on the North side of the Coliseum, while the UCLA fans sat on the South (press box) side of the Coliseum. Both teams also wore their home uniforms when meeting at the Coliseum, UCLA in Powderkeg blue and USC in Cardinal. National television coverage[edit]The American Broadcasting Company began showing College football on television in color the previous season.
By the NCAA rules, only 8 national and 5 regional telecasts were allowed during the season. This game would be the ABC- TV game of the week and would be presented live in color and feature the ABC sports "Slo Mo replay".
ABC's number one broadcast team of Chris Schenkel and Bud Wilkinson called the action. Scoring[edit]UCLA opened the scoring when running back Greg Jones scored on a 1. Sophomore Zenon Andrusyshyn kicked the extra point to make it 7–0. After a USC punt, Beban had the Bruins on the move again at the USC 4. The next play, Beban took a one step drop and faked a sideline pass to the right, then wheeled around and blindly threw a pass in the left flat intended for running back Greg Jones. However, USC linebacker Pat Cashman was not fooled by the fake to the right and jumped in front of Jones to take an interception return 5.
USC touchdown. Rikki Aldridge kicked the extra point to tie the game. While O. J. Simpson's 6.
Cashman turned the game around. In the second quarter, after a UCLA missed field goal, Earl Mc. Cullouch would run 5. This set up O. J. Simpson for a weaving 1. UCLA defensive unit.
He dragged two tacklers to the end zone. In the third quarter Gary Beban hit George Farmer for a touchdown pass for 5. UCLA continued to dominate in the second half, despite the fact Beban had to be helped off the field numerous times after getting hit on his badly bruised ribs. Twice he drove the Bruins into field goal range. However, USC head coach John Mc. Kay had noticed that UCLA kicker Andrusyshyn kicked with a low trajectory, so he put 6'8" Bill Hayhoe in the middle of the line on the Trojans field goal defense unit; Hayhoe blocked two field goals to keep the game tied.
With the game tied 1. Beban gamely threw a touchdown pass to Dave Nuttall. The extra point attempt by Andrusyshyn was tipped by Hayhoe and went wide, resulting in a 2.
UCLA lead. The big play[edit]With 1. USC faced a 3rd and 7 from its own 3. Trojan quarterback Toby Page, who had replaced an ineffective Steve Sogge, called a pass play, then saw the Bruin linebackers drop back into pass coverage. He changed the signals before the snap, calling an audible ("2.
Simpson. Simpson would later recall standing in his halfback position, hearing the audible and thinking to himself "Toby, it's 3rd and 7; this is a terrible call."[4] Simpson veered to the left sideline, got a key block from fullback Dan Scott, and then cut back to the middle to run 6. Rikki Aldridge kicked the extra point, and the Trojans led, 2. John Mc. Kay stated, "I believe it was the most exciting college run I've ever seen." By now Beban could barely move or breathe, and UCLA never crossed midfield again as USC won. Other key players were Ron Yary, Tim Rossovich, and Adrian Young for the Trojans. Aftermath[edit]Playing with badly bruised ribs, Beban passed for 3. Simpson had a phenomenal run and finished with two touchdowns, 1. Commenting on Beban's heroic effort playing through injury, Famed L.
A. Times columnist Jim Murray wrote among other things that he was "glad he didn't go to the opera after all," and if "Gary Beban wins the Heisman Trophy, they ought to fill it with aspirin"[1. Keith Jackson, who was in his first year in ABC football broadcasting narrating the taped highlights of the game, declared it many years later to be the greatest game he has ever seen.[1] So did Giles Pellerin, a USC graduate who attended every game USC played from 1. USC- UCLA game at the Rose Bowl, 7. Both Beban and Simpson were featured on the cover of the November 2. Sports Illustrated magazine.[1. UCLA had still beat the point spread, they were a three point underdog despite being ranked number 1. UCLA vs. Syracuse[edit]With Beban out due to the rib injury, a disheartened UCLA would lose the next week to Larry Csonka led Syracuse 3.
UCLA would not be invited to any bowl games due to the exclusive Big Ten/AAWU Rose Bowl agreement – only the conference champions could go to a bowl game until 1. UCLA finished second in the AAWU tied with Oregon State at 4–1–1, ranked 1. Coaches' poll. Heisman trophy[edit]Despite the losses, Gary Beban would win the Heisman Trophy.[2.
O. J. Simpson would win the Heisman trophy the next season. The most common reason given is that Simpson was a junior, and would have a chance the next year. At the time, the Heisman trophy was rarely given to an underclassman. UCLA became the first school to have a top winner in both basketball and football in the same year with Gary Beban winning the Heisman Trophy and Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul- Jabbar) winning the U.
The Mourning After, Part 6: UCLA vs. Stanford. We may have seen this one coming, but another Mora- era loss to Stanford deepens concern that Jim Mora may not be able to deliver on his promise of making UCLA Football elite. I woke up in a good mood this morning. You see, unlike the rest of you, I didn't watch the game last night, so when I climbed out of bed this morning, I didn't have a case of Mora- era post- Stanford blues. Now, lest you assume that I'm writing about a game that I didn't see, let me explain my situation. I live in London. I'm eight hours ahead of Pacific Coast time.
Over here, kickoff was at 3: 3. AM. I've been told that only a "bizarrely obsessive" individual would wake up in the middle of the night several times a week to watch college football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, and softball. That analysis is courtesy of an ex- boyfriend who for reasons that I couldn't understand, refused to tolerate the quirkiness of someone with a deep, life- long attachment to UCLA Athletics. Of course, none of that explains why I didn't watch the game last night. My reason—or, if you prefer, my excuse—for not waking last night to watch the Bruins once again get bulldozed by the Cardinal is that I'm suffering from post- concussion syndrome. Per instructions from my physician, I'm required to be in bed from midnight until 7 AM with the lights out and my eyes closed. No exceptions, even for UCLA football games.
Consequently, I did the next best thing: I recorded the game stream on my laptop and started watching the "replay" within minutes of arising this morning. With limited time before needing to leave for work, I started to prepare breakfast while I watched the opening minutes. Loss of appetite and depression are two symptoms of post- concussion syndrome. Loss of appetite and depression are also two symptoms caused by UCLA- Stanford games during the Mora- era. By the time my breakfast was ready—about eight minutes into the first quarter—the Bruins were down by 1. Nevertheless, I managed to get through the entire 6.
Another three- touchdown loss to the Cardinal. It wasn't the same game as last year's three- touchdown defeat, nor was it the same as the two- touchdown defeat in 2. We were out- played, out- muscled, out- classed.
Another year, another hugely disappointing, decisive loss. In his postgame comments, Coach Mora emphasized that each year's team is a "new team," and that it's the media and fans, not the players, that find a troubling pattern in the string of defeats against Stanford. I agree. This year's team isn't responsible for the losses that came before. However, the same isn't true of the coaches. For the most part, the coaches have been the same year after year.
Coach Mora has been at the helm for each of the last five losses to Stanford. Noel Mazzone and Adrian Klemm have been at his side for each of those losses. So have Angus Mc.
Clure, Demetrice Martin, Eric Yarber and Taylor Mazzone. Any explanation for the annual hiccup against Stanford has to start and end with the coaching staff. What I have to say next will probably get me in trouble, but I'm going to say it anyway. I agree with Coach Mora's assessment that this is a team that is "still developing." For starters (no pun intended), this isn't anywhere near the same team that opened against Virginia. Eddie Vanderdoes is gone. So are Myles Jack and Fabian Moreau. At the start of the season, it appeared that our defense could win games for us.
Now, with key starters missing and other starters being asked to play different positions to accommodate backups forced into starting roles, the defense is in flux. In fact, I'll go so far as to say that it's naive to see Coach Bradley's defense as anything but "still developing."Let's face it: UCLA's defense isn't going to win games for us. That should have been apparent after the Arizona game, and doubly so after the loss to Arizona State. Stanford's 3. 16 rushing yards against UCLA's defense last night confirms that Coach Bradley's unit is "still developing."Moreover, the fact that UCLA's defense is struggling to adapt quickly to personnel losses has placed a much heavier burden on the offense and its freshman quarterback.
While it's certainly true that there are plenty of veteran players among the UCLA starters, it's also undeniably true that Josh Rosen is "still developing." After all, he's a true freshman who just started the sixth game of his collegiate career. Rosen is only 1. 8; if he's not "still developing," then there's a serious problem. It goes without saying that a freshman quarterback will make mistakes.
Some of them will be costly. We saw an example of that last night. That's not to say that the Bruins loss can be attributed to inexperience. UCLA lost to a better team. It's that simple. But if we search for explanations for UCLA's dip in performance over the past couple of weeks, one of the main reasons is that the Bruins haven't yet adapted to the loss of several stars. So in that sense, the Bruins are definitely "still developing."While I see this as a significant contributing factor to UCLA's loss, others may see it as an excuse.
After all, in the aftermath of the loss to the Sun Devils, when asked about the loss of key defensive starters Jim Mora insisted that "you have to find a way to get it done." Against Stanford, the Bruins didn't get it done. In my opinion, a lot of development will be necessary if the Bruins are going to get it done against Cal next Thursday. Of course there are plenty of other factors that contributed to the Bruins' failure. Some will point to the dreadful performance of the officiating crew. I have to admit that I thought the officials were horrible, and that in the first half at least, the Bruins were hit harder by bad calls and no calls.
For instance, I'm baffled that the first quarter hold on Deon Hollins wasn't flagged as it was in plain view of an official. I didn't think much of the first quarter offensive pass interference call either. Then there was the ruling that a clear backwards pass by Kevin Hogan was an incomplete pass rather than a live ball. At least that call was overturned upon review, but it's shocking that a review was required at all.
And the ejection of Kenneth Walker for a targeting penalty on a block was questionable based on my understanding of the rule, although I'll defer judgment on that to IE Angel. In my opinion, although the officiating was dismal, citing it as a factor in the Bruins' loss is an excuse, not a reason.
Speaking of penalties, as happens all too often, the Bruins made things harder for themselves by committing too many penalties. Last night the total was 1. I've been harping on this problem since week 1—in spite of relatively recent acknowledgement by Coach Mora that the Bruins have to play with more discipline and need to cut down on the number of penalties they commit, there's no evidence so far of improvement: UCLA is committing penalties and being assessed penalty yards at the same rate as last year. However, despite penalties being an ongoing problem, they were at most a small contributing factor to the loss. Although I haven't read the game threads yet, I imagine that the usual suspects—most notably, Noel Mazzone—took some heat for some of the team's failures against Stanford. I'll be the first to admit that there were some odd, ill- judged plays called by Mazzone, but far too many other things went wrong last night to hold him primarily responsible for the embarrassment.
It wasn't Mazzone's unit that allowed a 9. While there's no doubt that Mazzone's fingerprints are on yesterday's defeat, he wasn't the architect of it. One person's reasons are another person's excuses. We can argue endlessly about how to explain another disheartening loss to Stanford.
Excuses or reasons? It doesn't matter.
Examining yesterday's failure through a microscope means that we lose sight of the bigger picture: four years of losses to Stanford. What went wrong yesterday shares common elements with all of the other losses. If we don't acknowledge the pattern, we can't understand the problem. What needs to be fixed didn't just happen yesterday. In trying to identify what went wrong against Stanford, Coach Mora said "there's never a singular thing." I'm absolutely confident that he's right, but identifying precisely what went wrong and finding solutions starts with making a series of singular changes. Unlike our Athletic Director who boasts of his unwillingness to change, Coach Mora has to embrace change if UCLA is going to become an elite football power. More of the same isn't working.
I have great respect for Coach Mora's work ethic, but in my opinion, the program shortcomings that are holding the Bruins back aren't going to be solved by working harder. To get the program to where we want it to be, Coach Mora has to make some hard choices. Meaningful change requires hard choices; good intentions are not enough. As Coach Mora acknowledged after the loss to ASU, "It starts with me and our staff.."There is no doubt that Coach Mora has lifted the program. In the process, he also raised expectations.
We are waiting for the program to take the next step, to become elite, to beat Stanford, Oregon, Utah, and any other program that stands between UCLA and the Pac- 1. Clearly we still aren't there yet. Something fundamental has to change, and Coach Mora has to make it happen.
It's his responsibility. There are hard choices to be made. As far as offering a remedy for the "steadily depressing, low down mind messing" annual post- Stanford blues, all I can say is that the only cure is a win. At this juncture, it seems highly unlikely that the Bruins will get an opportunity to face Stanford again in 2. Whatever it takes, Coach Mora has to find a way to get it done.
No excuses. Finally, for the vast majority of you who are mourning the absence of a post- game sermon from Greg for the second straight week in addition to mourning another bad loss to Stanford, let me assure you that Greg will be back next week.