2010 UCLA Bruins football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2010 UCLA Bruins football UCLA Bruins logo.svg 125 Pacific-10 Conference Pac-10 4–8 2–7 Rick Neuheisel 3rd Norm Chow 3rd Chuck Bullough 2nd Pro-style 3–4 Rose Bowl File:Pac-10-Uniform-UCLA-2010.png The 2010 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Coached by third-year head coach Rick Neuheisel, they opened the season on the road against the Kansas State Wildcats on September 4, 2010.Pac-10 and UCLA Announce 2010 Football Schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20120308171141/http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/010410aad.html 2012-03-08 , UCLA Department of Athletics, January 4, 2010 The next three games were against ranked opponents, and after a road win at #7 (AP) Texas, expectations for the Bruins dampened by their 0–2 start began to rise again. However, the season turned for the worse and included two three-game losing streaks against Pac-10 opponents, the latter to end the season on a three-game skid. The Bruins, coming off a bowl win the year before, found themselves ineligible for bowl play with their 4–8 overall record and finished ninth in the Pac-10. Player injuries and other attrition depleted UCLA of its roster depth, while true freshmen were forced into action and seniors who were previously reserves became starters; a quarterback who had attempted only 17 passes in his career became the starter.Neuheisel's reign tougher than expected July 28, 2011 ESPNLosAngeles.com https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/ncf/columns/story?id=6806935 July 28, 2011 Recruiting The first Wednesday in February was the start of signing day in college football, February 3, 2010 – April 1, 2010. For midyear junior college transfer, the period was December 16, 2009 to January 15, 2010. UCLA's recruits:UCLA rallies to a strong finish on signing day https://web.archive.org/web/20100208080912/http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_14330575 2010-02-08 , Los Angeles Daily News, February 3, 2010 yes no 2010 Darius Bell QB San Francisco City College of San Francisco 6 1 218 N/A July 13, 2010 2 NR Casey Griffiths OT Sacramento, California American River College 6 5 280 N/A July 13, 2010 NR Owamagbe Odighizuwa DE Portland, Oregon David Douglas High School 6 4 240 4.70 February 3, 2010 5 5 5 84 4 Dietrich Riley S La Cañada Flintridge, California St. Francis High School 6 1 195 4.50 February 3, 2010 4 4 4 81 4 Anthony Jefferson CB Los Angeles, California Cathedral High School 6 2 180 4.50 February 3, 2010 4 4 4 77 3 Jordan Zumwalt MLB Huntington Beach, California Edison High School 6 4 217 4.70 February 3, 2010 4 4 4 76 3 Sealii Epenesa DT Honolulu, HI Iolani High School 6 2 300 5.4 January 29, 2010 3 3 3 76 3 Cassius Marsh DT Westlake Village, California Oaks Christian High School 6 4 270 4.90 January 26, 2010 4 4 4 79 3 Anthony Barr OLB Torrance, California Loyola High School 6 4 225 4.55 January 21, 2010 4 4 4 81 4 Wade Yandall OG Carson, California Carson High School 6 4 290 5.40 January 10, 2010 3 3 3 73 2 Kip Smith K Broomfield, Colorado Legacy High School 6 1 205 N/A November 23, 2009 3 3 3 80 4 Aramide Olaniyan OLB Woodberry Forest, Virginia Woodberry Forest School 6 2 200 4.60 November 16, 2009 4 4 4 81 4 Jordon James RB Corona, California Corona High School 5 10 190 4.45 November 12, 2009 4 4 4 83 4 Eric Kendricks MLB Fresno, California Herbert Hoover High School 6 1 213 4.60 November 3, 2009 3 3 3 77 3 John Young TE Los Angeles, California Loyola High School 6 4 250 4.70 November 1, 2009 3 3 3 73 2 Kody Innes OT Scottsdale, Arizona Saguaro High School 6 3 273 4.90 October 29, 2009 3 4 3 77 3 Chris Ward OG Santa Ana, California Mater Dei High School 6 5 290 5.30 October 10, 2009 4 4 4 79 3 Malcolm Jones RB Westlake Village, California Oaks Christian High School 6 1 210 4.60 October 8, 2009 5 4 4 81 4 Derrick Bryant DE Columbus, Ohio Brookhaven High School 6 4 230 4.55 September 20, 2009 3 3 3 76 3 Wesley Flowers DT Fresno, California Edison High School 6 4 253 4.90 June 23, 2009 3 3 3 75 3 Tevin McDonald CB Fresno, California Edison High School 5 11 180 4.60 June 18, 2009 4 3 3 79 3 2010 UCLA 2010 Football Commitments 2010 UCLA Recruits 14 8 10 10 February 16, 2015 no Spring practice Week one – April 1 (4:00 p.m.), April 2 (4:00 p.m.) and April 3 (12:00 noon) Week two – April 6 (4:00 p.m.), April 8 (4:00 p.m.), April 9 (4:00 p.m.) and April 11 (11:00 a.m.) Week three – April 12 (4:00 p.m.), April 13 (4:00 p.m.), April 15 (4:00 p.m.) and April 16 (4:00 p.m.) Week four – April 19 (4:00 p.m.), April 20 (4:00 p.m.), April 22 (2:30 p.m.) Spring game – April 24, 7 p.m., Rose Bowl Pre-season practice Monday, August 9 – 3:00-6:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 10 – 10:00 am-1:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 11 – 3:00-6:00 p.m. Thursday, August 12 – 10:00 am-1:00 p.m. Friday, August 13 – 4:00-6:00 pm (First day of full pads) Saturday, August 14 – 9:00-11:00 a.m. and 4:00-6:00 p.m. Sunday, August 15 -3:00-5:15 p.m. Monday, August 16 – 9:00-11:00 a.m. and 4:00-6:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 17 -3:00-5:15 p.m. Wednesday, August 18 – 9:00-11:00 a.m. and 4:00-6:00 p.m. Thursday, August 19 – 3:00-5:15 p.m. Friday, August 20 – 9:00-11:00 a.m. and 4:00-6:00 p.m. Saturday, August 21 – 5:00 p.m. (Scrimmage at Drake Stadium) Notes Quarterback Kevin Prince changed his uniform number to No. 4 to match Brett Favre's number. 23 UCLA alumni on the preseason rosters of 15 National Football League teams, including: Jacksonville Jaguars LB Kyle Bosworth, RB Maurice Jones-Drew, and TE Marcedes Lewis; and Washington Redskins WR/KR Terrence Austin, S Chris Horton, and TE Logan Paulsen. Key players OffensiveQB – 4 Kevin Prince TB – 23 Johnathan Franklin F – 7 Morrell Presley SE – 83 Nelson Rosario LT – 72 Sean Sheller LG – 77 Darius Savage C – 66 Ryan Taylor RG – 62 Eddie Williams RT – 73 Micah Kia TE – 87 Cory Harkey FL – 82 Taylor Embree Special teamsPK – 25 Kai Forbath P – 18 Jeff Locke KO – 18 Jeff Locke KO ret – 3 Josh Smith P ret – 82 Taylor Embree H – 39 Danny Rees LS – 52 Christian Yount DefensiveLE – 89 Nate Chandler DT – 99 Justin Edison DT – 85 David Carter RE – 97 Damien Holmes SLB – 10 Akeem Ayers MLB – 42 Patrick Larimore WLB – 11 Sean Westgate LCB – 22 Sheldon Price FS – 3 Rahim Moore SS – 6 Tony Dye RCB – 21 Aaron Hester Schedule 2010 AP Pacific September 4 12:30 pm l y y Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium Manhattan, KS ABC/ESPN2 22–31 51,059https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=302472306 UCLA Bruins vs. Kansas State Wildcats Box Score ESPN September 4, 2010 September 4, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100907022704/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302472306 September 7, 2010 live September 11 7:30 pm l Stanford 25 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA rivalry ESPN 0–35 56,931https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=302540026 Stanford Cardinal vs. UCLA Bruins Box Score ESPN September 11, 2010 September 12, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100914040246/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302540026 September 14, 2010 live September 18 7:30 pm w y Houston 23 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA FSN 31–13 54,407https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=302610026 Houston Cougars vs. UCLA Bruins Box Score ESPN September 18, 2010 October 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100922135817/http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302610026 September 22, 2010 live September 25 12:30 pm w y y Texas 7 Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX ABC/ESPN 34–12 101,437https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=302680251 UCLA Bruins vs. Texas Longhorns Box Score ESPN September 25, 2010 October 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100928044725/http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302680251 September 28, 2010 live October 2 12:30 pm w Washington State Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA FSPT 42–28 62,072https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=302750026 Washington State Cougars vs. UCLA Bruins Box Score ESPN October 2, 2010 October 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101006065255/http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302750026 October 6, 2010 live October 9 12:30 pm l y California California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA rivalry FSN 7–35 61,664https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=302820025 UCLA Bruins vs. California Golden Bears Box Score ESPN October 9, 2011 October 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101012234608/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302820025 October 12, 2010 live October 21 6:00 pm l y Oregon 1 Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR ESPN 13–60 59,372https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=302942483 UCLA Bruins vs. Oregon Ducks Box Score ESPN October 21, 2010 October 21, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101024221300/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302942483 October 24, 2010 live October 30 12:30 pm l y Arizona 15 Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA FSN 21–29 53,408https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=303030026 Arizona Wildcats vs. UCLA Bruins Box Score ESPN October 30, 2010 October 30, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101101131555/http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=303030026 November 1, 2010 live November 6 4:00 pm w Oregon State Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA Versus 17–14 64,330https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=303100026 Oregon State Beavers vs. UCLA Bruins Box Score ESPN November 6, 2010 January 3, 2011 November 18 5:00 pm l y Washington Husky Stadium Seattle, WA ESPN 7–24 62,347https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=303220264 UCLA Bruins vs. Washington Huskies Box Score ESPN November 18, 2010 January 3, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101125183845/http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=303220264 November 25, 2010 live November 26 12:30 pm l y Arizona State Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ FSN 34–55 44,555https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=303300009 UCLA Bruins vs. Arizona State Sun Devils Box Score ESPN November 26, 2010 November 26, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101201130810/http://espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=303300009 December 1, 2010 live December 4 7:30 pm l USC Victory Bell Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA FSN 14–28 71,105https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=303380026 USC Trojans vs. UCLA Bruins Box Score ESPN December 4, 2010 December 4, 2010 Game summaries Kansas State Bruins 0 10 3 9 Wildcats 7 0 10 14 2010 Kansas State Wildcats football team Last year, the Bruins defeated the Wildcats 23-9 at the Rose Bowl. 1st quarter scoring: KSU – Daniel Thomas 1 yd. run (A. Cantele kick). 2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Kevin Prince 11 yd. run (Kai Forbath kick); Kai Forbath 44 yd. field goal. 3rd quarter scoring: KSU – William Powell 28 yd. run (Cantele, A. kick); UCLA – Kai Forbath 35 yd. field goal; KSU – A. Cantele 35 yd. field goal. 4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Kai Forbath 42 yd. field goal; KSU – Brodrick Smith 5 yd. pass from Coffman; KSU – Carson (A. Cantele kick); UCLA – Ricky Marvray 29 yd. pass from Prince; UCLA – Kevin Prince (Kevin Prince pass failed); KSU – Daniel Thomas 35 yd. run (A. Cantele kick). Stanford thumb|left|Stanford Cardinal visits UCLA Bruins in the Rose Bowl #25 Cardinal 10 3 15 7 Bruins 0 0 0 0 2010 Stanford Cardinal football team Stanford–UCLA football rivalry This game was the first time the Cardinal defeated the Bruins at the Rose Bowl since 1996.https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/12/AR2010091202905.html Saturday's late show The Washington Post Yanda Steve September 12, 2010 September 13, 2010 This was the first home shutout UCLA had suffered in the twenty-first century, since a 17–0 loss to California on October 16, 1999. This was the first time Stanford had achieved a road shutout against an opponent since 1974. This was the first time since 1941 that Stanford shutout UCLA.http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/11/SPV81FBTTT.DTL Stanford punishes UCLA 35-0 in Pac-10 opener San Francisco Chronicle Fitzgerald Tom September 11, 2010 September 13, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100915034106/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2010%2F09%2F11%2FSPV81FBTTT.DTL September 15, 2010 dead Houston #23 Cougars 3 0 0 10 Bruins 7 14 10 0 2010 Houston Cougars football team UCLA upset No. 23 ranked Houston in front of the home crowd in the Rose Bowl. Matt Hogan kicked a 29-yard field goal to give the Cougars the first quarter lead. Johnathan Franklin answered with an 11-yard run for a Bruins 7-3 lead. The Bruins scored two touchdowns in the second quarter. Kevin Prince ran for a 2-yard touchdown and Franklin added a 1-yard run touchdown. In the third quarter, UCLA had a 42-yard field goal by Kai Forbath, the 2009 Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicker Award winner, and a touchdown again by Franklin (12 yards). Houston scored twice in the fourth quarter, on James Cleveland's 10-yard pass from quarterback Terrance Broadway and on Matt Hogan's 31-yard field goal. There were seven turnovers, including interceptions by UCLA's Rahim Moore and Akeem Ayers. Two Houston quarterbacks, Case Keenum and Cotton Turner, were injured in the game and are out for the season. Patrick Larimore, who had a career-high and team-high 11 tackles (10 solos), including three for loss, forced a fumble and broke up a pass in the game was named Pac-10 Conference defensive player of the week. He was also named the FWAA/Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week. Texas Bruins 0 13 14 7 #7 Longhorns 3 0 3 6 2010 Texas Longhorns football team Thirteen years after beating Texas on "Rout 66", the Bruins upended the No. 7 ranked Longhorns 34-12 with touchdowns by Johnathan Franklin and Kevin Prince in front of a stadium-record crowd of 101,437 in Austin, Texas. Franklin scored an 11-yard touchdown on his 118-yard day, while Prince had two touchdowns, a 38-yard run and a 1-yard pass to Ricky Marvray. Kai Forbath kicked two field goals, 39 and 49 yards, and missed one for the Bruins. The final touchdown was made by UCLA's Derrick Coleman on a 29-yard run. Justin Tucker kicked two field goals, 31 and 34 yards, and James Kirkendoll scored on a 5-yard pass from Garrett Gilbert for Texas. Now the Bruins have beaten two teams from the State of Texas in consecutive weeks. The Longhorns turned the ball over to the Bruins five times during the contest. Washington State Cougars 0 14 14 0 Bruins 7 13 8 14 2010 Washington State Cougars football team The Bruins came from behind to score the final three touchdowns, one by quarterback Richard Brehaut (1-yard run) and two by running back Derrick Coleman (1 and 4-yard runs) to defeat the Cougars at home.Final Stats, UCLA Department of Athletics, October 2, 2010 Quarterback Brehaut played in place of injured Kevin Prince and made 12 of 23 passes for 128 yards in his first career start. Coleman had a banner game, scoring three rush touchdowns and a 73-yard long run in the fourth quarter. Franklin accounted for 216 of UCLA's 437 rushing yards, his first. Kicker Kai Forbath now has kicked 80 field goals, including the 33-yard and 20-yard field goals in this game. Winning with 565 total offense yards, UCLA has a 38-18-1 record on Washington State. California Bruins 0 0 7 0 Golden Bears 14 14 0 7 2010 California Golden Bears football team California–UCLA football rivalry Cal has a record of 8-6 coming off a bye week in Jeff Tedford's years at Cal and the Bears have beaten UCLA five consecutive times at home. Oregon 2010 Oregon Ducks football team Bruins 0 3 3 7 #1 Ducks 15 17 14 14 Arizona 2010 Arizona Wildcats football team #16 Wildcats 7 12 7 3 Bruins 7 0 7 7 Oregon State 2010 Oregon State Beavers football team Beavers 7 0 7 0 Bruins 7 0 7 3 The Bruins snapped a three-game losing streak with a 51-yard field goal by Kai Forbath with one second left in the game to give UCLA a 17-14 victory over the visiting Beavers. With 1:17 left in the game, Forbath missed a 46-yard field goal, which went wide left. Originally, the field officials had ruled that UCLA had no time left, but the challenge gave the Bruins one more second left to set up the field goal try. Richard Brehaut scored for UCLA in the first quarter with a seven-yard run and Joe Halahuni did the same for Oregon State with a 28-yard pass from Ryan Katz. In the third quarter, Markus Wheaton ran for 22-yard touchdown for the Beavers lead and Johnathan Franklin scored from the 1-yard line for a Bruins touchdown to tie the game. Washington Bruins 7 0 0 0 Huskies 0 7 3 14 2010 Washington Huskies football team Arizona State Bruins 17 3 7 7 Sun Devils 7 14 17 17 2010 Arizona State Sun Devils football team Arizona State quarterback Brock Osweiler threw 4 touchdown passes while UCLA quarterback Richard Brehaut had three. The defeat ended UCLA's hope of a bowl game in December. USC Trojans 7 7 0 14 Bruins 7 0 0 7 2010 USC Trojans football team Victory Bell (UCLA–USC) Jonathan Franklin ran for 109 yards and one touchdown in a loss to USC. The Bruins ended the season losing six of their last seven games. Before kickoff, fans of both teams were involved in a fight which eventually led to two participants being stabbed. Violence occurred outside Rose Bowl in 2008 as well, when nearly 50 were arrested.https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ap-usc-ucla-stabbings 2 stabbed in Rose Bowl brawl before USC-UCLA game Yahoo! Sports Beacham Greg October 5, 2010 December 5, 2010 Awards and honors September 20 – UCLA linebacker Patrick Larimore, who had a career-high and team-high 11 tackles (10 solos), including three for loss, forced a fumble and broke up a pass in the upset of No. 23 Houston on September 18 was named the FWAA/Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week and Pacific-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Week. UCLA's Larimore nabs Nagurski Player of the Week honors, sportswriters.net, September 21, 2010 September 27 – Center Ryan Taylor and linebacker Sean Westgate were named Pac-10 Players of the Week. Akeem Ayers named Lott IMPACT Player of the Week. The team was named the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl National Team of the Week for games of the weekend of Sept. 25. Nine Bruins received All-Pacific-10 honors: First team – Junior safety Rahim Moore and junior linebacker Akeem Ayers; Second team – Senior place kicker Kai Forbath, sophomore running back Johnathan Franklin and sophomore punter Jeff Locke; Honorable mention – Junior running back/special teams performer Derrick Coleman, junior safety Tony Dye, senior center Ryan Taylor and junior linebacker Sean Westgate. December 9, 2010 – Linebacker Akeem Ayers was named to the Walter Camp Football Foundation second-team All-America.Walter Camp Football Foundation Announces https://web.archive.org/web/20121112150256/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ucla/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/WalterCampTeam.pdf 2012-11-12 , Walter Camp Football Foundation, December 9, 2010 All-America teams Linebacker Akeem Ayers and safety Rahim Moore, Associated Press, third-team Punter Jeff Locke and Akeem Ayers, Sports Illustrated, honorable mention Akeem Ayers, Phil Steele's Magazine, second-team Long-snapper Christian Yount and Rahim Moore, Steele's, fourth-team All-America Free safety Rahim Moore, Sporting News magazine, first-team Coaches thumb|Head coach Rick Neuheisel Rick Neuheisel – Head coach Chuck Bullough – Def. coordinator Norm Chow – Offensive coordinator Frank Gansz, Jr. – Special teams Todd Howard – Defensive line Tim Hundley – Secondary Clark Lea – Linebackers Reggie Moore – Wide receivers Wayne Moses – Running backs Bob Palcic – Offensive line Philip Rauscher – Graduate assistant/Offense Daronte Jones – Graduate assistant/Defense References Bibliography UCLA Bruins football media guide 2010 Edition (preseason information) UCLA Category:UCLA Bruins football seasons UCLA Bruins football Category:21st century in Pasadena, California