First, The Bears intercepted The loss prevented Stanford from becoming bowl-eligible since 2001, The Bears played their final regular season game at home against the winless Huskies in Cal scored on its first possession when Jahvid Best was able to break free for a 60-yard touchdown run. In the early third quarter, Derrick Coleman scored a touchdown for UCLA, but the Ducks answered with a LeGarrette Blout touchdown within 90 seconds. Best ran for 116 yards, with one touchdown.
There were no UCLA turnovers for the first time since their game at Arizona on November 3, 2007. The 2008 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 2008 UCLA Football Schedule. The game was a public safety appreciation game. The Bruins played s 15 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll. Before the season, this game garnered interest in seeing how coach A fumble recovery turned into a pass reception touchdown by Kahlil Bell in the beginning of the game was all the scoring by the Bruins in this the latest cross-town rivalry game. In the same quarter Cal's Brett Johnson intercepted Colorado State's Billy Farris' pass for a 43-yard touchdown. The Bears tied it up with a 67-yard by Jahvid Best, who played his first game since dislocating his left shoulder three weeks prior against Colorado State. Best was able to break free for a 65-yard touchdown run to keep the Bears within a score at 27–21. The Wildcats came storming back in the third quarter, starting with a 56-yard touchdown pass from Best finished with 107 yards rushing, while Antolin ran for 149 yards, marking the first time that Cal had allowed a rusher to go for over 100 in the season.The Bruins led the series, 49–28–1, on the Golden Bears. The 2008 California Golden Bears football team represented the University of California, Berkeley in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Sanchez threw for 238 yards, including two touchdowns, while Longshore went for 79 and Riley threw for 59. Hart would later admit he made the whole thing up.The Bears had last played the Spartans in Michigan in 2002, defeating them 46–22 in Tedford's first year as head coach. 2018 UCLA Football Depth Chart; CFB Recruiting Team Rankings; CBK Recruiting Team Rankings; ... Class of 2008. Oregon capitalized on an interception at midfield on Cal's first possession with a 17-yard run by quarterback Best had his second fumble of the game in the second quarter, but Sean Cattouse then intercepted Masoli to negate it. The Cougars were intercepted in the Cal red zone, setting up an 86-yard touchdown run by Best.Cal used its commanding lead in the fourth quarter to give more of its backup players some experience. In the fourth quarter, Cal's offense finally clicked when Longshore hit Jeremy Ross for an 11-yard touchdown and Cameron Morrah for another 16-yard touchdown. Tight end Cameron Morrah caught his fourth touchdown pass of the season, the most by a tight end since Garrett Cross in 2004.The Bears put their new #25 ranking on the line against the Wildcats on the road, where they had lost in 2006, with Longshore getting his second start in a row for the season. Following an interception by the Golden Bears, Nate Longshore stepped in for Kevin Riley in the second quarter for his final regular season game at Cal; Best scored with a two-yard touchdown run, followed a 20-yard run. A Sun Devils field goal attempt in the final minute of the quarter missed.
Aundre Dean; RB / 6-1 / 200 ; 0.9638 . Riley threw for 202 yards with 2 touchdowns.
The Bruins took their only lead of the game at the beginning of the second quarter by managing to block a punt attempt by The victory continued Cal's win streak against UCLA at Memorial Stadium, having not lost to the Bruins at home since 1998.The Bears hosted the Ducks on a rainy day at Memorial Stadium with Riley as the starter. UCLA running back Chane Moline (#42) had 72 yards rushing and Arizona's wide receiver Mike Thomas (#10) caught for 112 yards. Former BYU quarterback Ben Olson did not play due to injuries. With the score tied at 17 apiece, late in the fourth quarter linebacker Zack Follett was able to force a fumble on Harris, which the Bears recovered.
A school record was set when Aaron Perez punted eight times for a total career punt yards mark and Terrence Austin ran for 188 all purpose yards, 131 yards in kickoff returns.USC led the series, 42–28–7, but UCLA had an 8-5 record over the Trojans in the Rose Bowl. Terrapins quarterback Chris Turner threw a touchdown pass to open the second quarter.In the third quarter, Cal recovered a Maryland fumble, but failed to score and turned the ball over on downs. They opened the season at home against Tennessee under new head coach Rick Neuheisel, at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California. The Bears defense was able to shut out the Sun Devils in the fourth quarter, intercepting Carpenter for a second time and forcing a fumble that forced them to punt.