Caleb Komolafe rushed for 119 yards and a landing as Northwestern slipped previous winless UCLA 17-14 on Saturday afternoon in Massive Ten play at Evanston, Unwell.
Preston Stone accomplished 12 of 18 passes for 115 yards and a landing with out an interception, guiding a balanced assault for Northwestern (2-2, 1-1 Massive Ten).
Joseph Himon II carried eight instances, accounting for 58 of the Wildcats’ 199 yards on the bottom in opposition to the nation’s worst dashing protection amongst energy convention faculties.
Whereas it was an unsuccessful debut for interim head coach Tim Skipper, UCLA (0-4, 0-1) made an impressed comeback after trailing by 17 factors late within the first half.
Skipper changed DeShaun Foster after the Bruins’ 35-10 loss at dwelling to New Mexico two weeks in the past.
Tennessee switch Nico Iamaleava led the rally, finishing 19 of 27 passes for 180 yards and a landing. He additionally rushed for a team-high 65 yards.
Iamaleava drew the Bruins shut with a 29-yard landing go to Kwazi Gilmer with 6:19 left within the recreation. Iamaleava adopted with a two-point conversion go to Anthony Wooden to make it 17-14.
UCLA obtained the ball two extra instances however produced only one first down.
Northwestern took management early, scoring on its first three possessions. Within the first quarter, the Wildcats ran greater than 9 minutes off the clock with a 17-play, 74-yard march which arrange a 33-yard subject objective by Jack Olsen.
On two possessions within the first quarter, UCLA gained only one first down. The Bruins have but to attain this season within the opening interval and haven’t but led in a recreation.
Himon opened the second quarter with a 24-yard burst. Two performs later, Komolafe mishandled a pitchout however gathered the bouncing ball in stride and scored on a 9-yard run to increase the Wildcats’ result in 10-0.
Stone highlighted Northwestern’s subsequent possession with three completions to Griffin Wilde protecting 41 yards, together with the final 10 for a landing and a 17-0 benefit.
Wilde completed with seven receptions for 98 yards.
Within the third quarter, UCLA’s Kechaun Bennett was ejected for a helmet-to-facemask hit on Stone. Bennett was referred to as for concentrating on and can sit out the primary half of subsequent week’s recreation at dwelling in opposition to Penn State.
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