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UCLA’s Kyle Philips (2) runs backmost a punt-return against the Stanford during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, successful San Francisco, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
UCLA moving backmost Zach Charbonnet (24) scores a touchdown past Stanford cornerback Kyu Blu Kelly (17) during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, successful San Francisco, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
UCLA backmost Dorian Thompson-Robinson (1) celebrates with wide receiver Chase Cota (23) aft scoring a touchdown against the Stanford during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, successful San Francisco, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
UCLA backmost Dorian Thompson-Robinson (1) hands disconnected to moving backmost Zach Charbonnet (24) against Stanford during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, successful San Francisco, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
Stanford backmost Tanner McKee (18) throws a walk against the UCLA during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, successful San Francisco, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
Stanford caput manager David Shaw, left, talks with UCLA caput manager Chip Kelly, right, earlier an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, successful San Francisco, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
Stanford caput manager David Shaw, left, talks with UCLA caput manager Chip Kelly earlier an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, successful San Francisco, Calif. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
Dorian Thompson-Robinson #1 of the UCLA Bruins warms up during pregame lukewarm ups anterior to the commencement of his crippled against Stanford Cardinal astatine Stanford Stadium connected September 25, 2021 successful Stanford, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
Tanner McKee #18 of the Stanford Cardinal warms up during pregame lukewarm ups anterior to the commencement of his crippled against the UCLA Bruins astatine Stanford Stadium connected September 25, 2021 successful Stanford, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
Head coaches David Shaw of the Stanford Cardinal and Chip Kelly of the UCLA Bruins basal and speech during pregame lukewarm ups anterior to their crippled astatine Stanford Stadium connected September 25, 2021 successful Stanford, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
STANFORD — A week aft a grueling location nonaccomplishment to Fresno State, No. 24 UCLA fended disconnected Stanford 35-24 successful its archetypal roadworthy contention of the play to footwear disconnected Pac-12 play acknowledgment to a gritty show by backmost Dorian Thompson-Robinson.
A hobbled Thompson-Robinson returned from a play disconnected aft helium was deed on the sideline and sealed the triumph with a third-down, 5-yard touchdown walk to Kyle Phillips to enactment UCLA up 2 scores precocious successful the 4th quarter. He took different deed connected the play, ending up connected his backmost arsenic his teammates celebrated successful the extremity zone.
Thompson-Robinson besides rushed for 2 touchdowns, punctuating a balanced UCLA violative attack. The Bruins had 216 yards connected the crushed and Thompson-Robinson threw for 252. successful the air. Running backmost Zach Charbonnet led the tally onslaught with 118 yards.
UCLA’s secondary gave up 2 large plays successful the 2nd fractional arsenic a 21-7 pb evaporated acknowledgment to 2 agelong touchdown throws by Stanford’s quarterback, Corona Centennial High merchandise Tanner McKee. The archetypal was a 56-yard walk implicit the mediate for Elijah Higgins and the 2nd a 46-yard propulsion to Bryce Farrell, who raced to the close pylon to necktie the crippled aboriginal successful the 4th quarter.
But UCLA answered connected the adjacent play from scrimmage, with backmost Dorian Thompson-Robinson uncovering Kyle Phillips successful betwixt 2 defenders implicit the mediate for a 75-yard people to reclaim the lead, 28-21.
UCLA’s defence — which a week agone was picked isolated by Fresno State’s Jake Haener for 455 yards successful the aerial — had held up successful the archetypal half. Stanford didn’t grounds a archetypal down until midway done the 2nd quarter, connected its sixth drive. UCLA held the Cardinal abbreviated of the sticks for the full archetypal 4th for the archetypal clip since 2018.
UCLA went up 21-7 earlier halftime connected a thrust wherever Charbonnet was targeted 4 much times, mounting up Thompson-Robinson for a people connected a 2-yard transportation disconnected a fake handoff.
The Bruins led by 2 scores arsenic good successful the archetypal quarter, scoring aboriginal aft a beardown Philipps punt instrumentality acceptable the Bruins up successful the reddish portion pursuing a three-and-out by Stanford to commencement the game. Thompson-Robinson carried it successful himself connected 3rd-and-goal from the 1-yard line.
Then, the Bruins engineered an 18-play, 88 gait thrust implicit the span of 8 minutes, capped disconnected by a Charbonnet 5-yard touchdown run. Charbonnet, aft getting conscionable six carries past week, had 14 carries for 63 yards successful the archetypal 4th unsocial connected Saturday.
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