Nebraska mounts another scoring drive, stretches lead
Nebraska 21, UCLA 7, 1:47 left in the second quarter.
Nebraska started on its 38 after UCLA failed to convert on fourth down.
Emmett Johnson ran for two yards. TJ Lateef ran for seven yards. Heinrich Haarberg ran for two yards. Johnson ran for 12 yards. Isaiah Mozee ran for three yards. Lateef passed to Dane Key across the middle of the field for 29 yards, triggering the two-minute timeout. Johnson ran for one yard and then two yards, moving the ball to the UCLA 2. Johnson then spun in for the two-yard touchdown.
Nebraska hit the extra point to extend its lead.
UCLA fails to convert on fourth down, turns ball over
Nebraska 14, UCLA 7, 6:18 left in the second quarter.
UCLA started on its 21 after a kickoff return.
Nico Iamaleava passed to Titus Mokiao-Atimalala for seven yards. Anthony Woods ran for one yard and then another three yards. Jaivian Thomas ran for no gain. Iamaleava scrambled up the field for 21 yards. Thomas ran for three yards and another six yards. Iamaleava tossed an incomplete pass intended for Rico Flores Jr. On fourth-and-one on the Nebraska 38, Iamaleava ran for a loss of two and the Bruins turned the ball over on downs.
Emmett Johnson runs over UCLA defense, scores
Nebraska 14, UCLA 7, 11:01 left in the second quarter.
Nebraska started on its 25 after the touchback.
TJ Lateef passed for nine yards and then escaped from pressure before making a shovel pass for seven yards. Lateef passed to Emmett Johnson and he broke a tackle and got some key blocks for a 56-yard touchdown.
Nebraska hit the extra point.
UCLA mounts run-heavy touchdown drive, ties game
UCLA 7, Nebraska 7, 13:14 left in the second quarter.
UCLA started on its 25 after the touchback.
Jaivian Thomas ran for five yards. Nico Iamaleava ran for six yards. Iamaleava scrambled for another six yards. Iamaleava’s pass intended for Rico Flores Jr. was incomplete. Iamaleava ran for seven yards. Jalen Berger ran for four yards. UCLA was called for false start. On second-and-11, Anthony Woods ran for five yards. Escaping a collapsing pocket, Iamaleava ran for 11 yards. Thomas ran three yards. Iamaleava was hit while passing to Kwazi Gilmer for five yards. On third-and-two, Thomas ran for two yards to the Nebraska 26.
Iamaleava passed as he was hit to Jalen Berger for 13 yards. Berger ran for three yards as time expired at the end of the first quarter. Thomas ran for a loss of one yard. On third-and-nine, Iamaleava passed to Gilmer for eight yards. On fourth-and-one, Nebraska called timeout. Iamaleava ran for three yards and the first down at the Huskers’ 1. UCLA snapped the ball directly to Berger and he ran for a one-yard touchdown.
Mateen Bhaghani hit the extra point.
Nebraska scores on its opening drive
UCLA 0, Nebraska 7, 8:00 left in the first quarter.
Nebraska started on its 39 after the punt return.
Quarterback TJ Lateef ran for 14 yards. Emmett Johnson ran for 13 yards and then another three yards. Lateef passed for 16 yards to the UCLA 15. Johnson ran for five yards and another five yards to the Bruins’ 5. Johnson ran for one yard to the UCLA 4. On second-and-goal, Johnson ran for two yards. On third-and-goal, Lateef passed to Jacory Barney Jr. for a two-yard touchdown.
The Huskers hit the extra point.
Lateef, who grew up in Compton, is making his first start after Dylan Raiola broke his fibula and was knocked out for the season last week against USC.
UCLA goes three-and-out on its opening drive
UCLA 0, Nebraska 0, 13:19 left in the first quarter.
UCLA started on its 25 after the touchback.
Jaivian Thomas ran for one yard. Nico Iamaleava passed to Rico Flores Jr. for four yards. Iamaleava’s deep pass was incomplete.
On fourth-and-five at the UCLA 30, the Bruins punted to the Nebraska 22 and it was returned to the Huskers’ 39.
UCLA receives opening kickoff
UCLA 0, Nebraska 0, start of first quarter
Nebraska won the coin and deferred. UCLA received the opening kickoff, which was a touchback
UCLA vs. Nebraska to kick off at 6:15 p.m.
The actual start time for the UCLA vs. Nebraska game is at 6:15 p.m. (15 minutes later than announced) and it is set to air on Fox unless a college basketball game runs long.
Ben Bolch has more details:
UCLA-Nebraska might start on FS2 if Michigan State-Arkansas basketball doesn’t end before 6:15 p.m. PST. At least it’s not truck racing.
— Ben Bolch (@latbbolch) November 9, 2025
‘You didn’t see the strain.’ UCLA’s Tim Skipper saw major slippage against Indiana
UCLA interim coach Tim Skipper said the Bruins didn’t show their usual fanatical effort during a loss at Indiana Saturday.
(Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)
The standard wasn’t the standard.
After a month of disciplined, passionate football that included three consecutive wins and a feel-good vibe, UCLA did not exhibit those same characteristics while going splat against second-ranked Indiana.
“That would be like the most disappointing thing,” interim coach Tim Skipper said Monday, two days after his team’s 56-6 defeat, “is just our style of play wasn’t what it’s been — you didn’t see the strain, you didn’t see the fanatical effort, those type of things, and you’re going to need to play that way when you play these top teams like we just did.”
The only consistency the Bruins showed was in struggling across the board. Their offense didn’t score a touchdown for the first time this season. Their defense gave up a season high for points.
‘It’s part of the movie.’ Adversity made UCLA tailback Anthony Frias II’s success sweeter
UCLA running back Anthony Frias II pulls away from the Maryland defense on Saturday at the Rose Bowl.
(Ross Turteltaub / UCLA Athletics)
His father says it all the time.
Anthony Frias II will suffer a setback, like those scary months when the UCLA running back was stuck in transfer portal limbo, unsure if his college career was over, and he’ll hear those familiar words.
It’s part of the movie.
He’ll strain in anonymity, police repeatedly coming to the door of his home at 2:30 a.m. because neighbors kept complaining about the sound of weights slamming onto the floor of the garage after another sweaty deadlift, and here comes his father’s favorite phrase again.
Recap: UCLA reverts to its early-season, mistake-riddled form in loss to Indiana
Indiana defensive lineman Tyrique Tucker (95) sacks UCLA quarterback Nico Iamaleava in the first half Saturday.
(Darron Cummings / Associated Press)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — On UCLA’s first offensive play, quarterback Nico Iamaleva found himself swarmed by a pack of defenders for a sack.
On the next play, Iamaleava faced pressure again before throwing a pass that was intercepted and returned for a touchdown.
“That’s a rough start, man,” Iamaleava said.
It never got much better for the Bruins on a chilly, cloudy Saturday afternoon that was darker than the foreboding weather.
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Bruins running back Anthony Woods will be back on the field this weekend.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Well, it was fun while it lasted … wait, it’s not over?
There’s somehow at least four games left in a UCLA football season that feels like it’s already exhausted its story arc and run out of acts.
Act I: The fall of a proud Bruin.
Act II: The rise of a proud (Fresno State) Bulldog-turned-Bruin.
Act III: A 50-point implosion that sucked the air out of the season and didn’t please any Bruin.
