Brett Hundley UCLA bounce back with narrow win over Cal
Memorial Stadium in Berkeley has been a bit of a house of horrors for UCLA the past 15 years. It almost was again on Saturday afternoon.The Bruins used a couple of key calls, a few lucky bounces and a strong offensive showing from quarterback Brett Hundley to squeak past the Golden for their first win at Cal since 1998.Hundley went 31-of-42 for 330 yards, two touchdowns and an interception through the air while also leading the team in rushing with 96 yards and a score. Although he still displayed a few traits that NFL scouts will knock him for -- holding on to the ball too long, throwing behind receivers
Chris Chiozza Jersey -- he did enough to keep his team afloat in the Pac-12 South and help the Bruins roll up 567 yards of offense.Turnovers were one of the few i sues the team had on the offensive end, losing two fumbles in addition to Hundley's pa s that was picked off on a throw he would have liked back late in the fourth quarter.Cal's Jared Goff had pedestrian numbers -- by his standards -- with just 303 yards pa sing with two touchdowns and a pick against an active UCLA defense that forced eight punts and held the ' offense to just 4-of-15 on third down. The front seven, led by defensive end Owamagbe Odighizuwa, also limited Cal to just 1.8 yards per carry on a grand total of 56 rushing yards.Still, UCLA nearly suffered another heartbreak in Strawberry Canyon.After Hundley scampered 15 yards to score a touchdown to take the lead at the end of the third, Cal mounted a comeback, jump-started by an interception as the Bruins were driving on their next series. Thanks to a great catch in the end zone between defenders by Kenny Lawler, the re-took the lead but failed to score the two-point conversion that would have given them a three-point lead.Hundley moved the team 55 yards to set up Ka'imi Fairbairn, who mi sed a game-winning kick against Utah, for the eventual winner. Cal moved down inside the UCLA 40, but Goff was
Andre Roberson Jersey picked off on a questionable decision by the Pac-12 refs as Marcus Rios appeared to be bobbling the ball out of bounds.It didn't seem to matter, as Jim Mora's team survived and moves on to keep their slim Pac-12 title hopes afloat in just another strange game in one of the craziest conferences in the country.You can follow Bryan Fischer on Twitter at .