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SEATTLE — Maddeningly inconsistent, but victorious. Again.
UCLA rode Dorian Thompson-Robinson and Zach Charbonnet to different roller-coaster win, this clip beating Washington 24-17 connected Saturday nighttime successful a Pac-12 Conference crippled that answered fewer questions astir the inconsistent Bruins.
But a triumph is simply a win, and aft blowing a 17-3 lead, Thompson-Robinson and the Bruins (5-2, 3-1 Pac-12) were capable to enactment unneurotic a game-clinching thrust successful the 4th fourth to bushed the Huskies (2-4, 1-2).
Thompson-Robinson took the crippled successful manus successful the 4th quarter, completing 8 of 8 passes for 61 yards, including the game-clinching 9-yard scoring walk to Greg Dulcich midway done the quarter. It was a decisive 90-yard thrust that besides included 39 full yards from Charbonnet.
Cornerback Devin Kirkwood picked disconnected Washington’s Dylan Morris astatine the extremity enactment with 4:50 near successful the 4th – 1 of 2 UCLA interceptions – to extremity the Huskies’ last threat.
Thompson-Robinson completed 21 of 26 passes for 183 yards and 2 touchdowns with nary turnovers. He besides rushed for 87 yards successful the win, UCLA’s archetypal implicit Washington since 2014. They’ve won 2 successful a enactment and 3 of their past four.
Charbonnet added 131 yards rushing.
Thompson-Robinson deed 10 of 12 passes for 117 yards successful the archetypal fractional with 1 of those incompletions a spike to halt the clock. He besides rushed for 45 yards.
The backmost enactment the Bruins up 7-3 connected an exotic 17-yard surface walk to Kam Brown, who lined up wide near adjacent the sideline down near tackle Sean Rhyan and Dulcich. He caught the walk from Thompson-Robinson, divided the wedge created by his blockers and bushed a tackler to the extremity enactment with 29 seconds near successful the archetypal quarter.
Thompson-Robinson was particularly effectual connected UCLA’s precocious second-quarter scoring drive. He opened with a 22-yard tally and a 27-yard walk to Chase Cota to enactment the Bruins astatine the Huskies 7. Two plays aboriginal helium rushed to the 1, and Chip Kelly decided to spell for it connected 4th down.
Thompson-Robinson appeared to gaffe aft taking the snap, but dove into the scrum astatine the goal-line and aft respective seconds of pushing appeared to look successful the extremity portion astatine the bottommost of the pile. It took referees respective seconds to telephone the touchdown and it was upheld connected review, giving UCLA a 17-3 pb with 3:33 near successful the half.
Washington answered rapidly with a 69-yard scoring thrust connected the limb of Morris, however. He completed 4 of 5 passes connected the drive, hitting Rome Odunze for a 26-yard people to marque it 17-10. The thrust took 52 seconds and immoderate of UCLA’s momentum, though Thompson-Robinson did maneuver the squad into presumption for a failed 54-yard field-goal effort astatine the extremity of the half.
The Bruins outrushed the Huskies 133 to 4 successful the fractional with the assistance of Charbonnet’s 60 yards connected 8 carries. But Morris kept UW successful the crippled aft throwing an aboriginal interception to Quentin Lake. The cardinal to the play was the unit provided by blitzing linebacker Tyler Manoa, who was 1 of the fewer Bruins to deed Morris successful the half.
The Huskies committed to the tally connected their opening thrust of the 2nd half, rushing for 59 yards. Morris dove successful from the 1 connected 4th down to necktie the crippled astatine 17. But UCLA held Washington to conscionable 40 yards passing successful the 2nd half, finishing with 20 of 30 completions for 184 yards with 1 people and 2 picks. The Bruins held the Huskies to 83 full yards rushing, arsenic well.
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