UCLA 2022 football schedule starts Sept. 3 with Bowling Green

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Coach Chip Kelly and UCLA shot don’t cognize what their roster volition look similar for the 2022 play arsenic respective cardinal decisions person not been made, but the Bruins present person an thought of what their docket volition look like.

The Bruins commencement the 2022 schedule, which was announced Thursday, akin to this past play with a three-game nonconference homestand to commencement the year. Kickoff times and tv accusation volition beryllium announced successful the weeks starring up to each game.

Bowling Green of the Mid-American Conference volition question to UCLA for the Sept. 3 play opener astatine the Rose Bowl.

The Bruins play their archetypal HBCU squad successful programme history, erstwhile Alabama State comes to Pasadena connected Sept. 10.

The day for this crippled was announced successful February erstwhile UCLA diversion manager Martin Jarmond posted a video connected Twitter signing a contract. When UCLA starts that game, USC and Notre Dame volition go the lone Football Bowl Subdivision programs to person ne'er played against a Football Championship Series opponent.

UCLA volition adjacent retired nonconference play against South Alabama the pursuing week. The Bruins volition question to Colorado connected Sept. 24 to unfastened Pac-12 play against erstwhile UCLA manager Karl Dorrell and the South Division rival Buffaloes.

The Bruins volition person their archetypal bye week earlier playing Washington and caller manager Kalen DeBoer connected Oct. 1. DeBoer led Fresno State to a 40-37 nonconference triumph implicit UCLA astatine the Rose Bowl successful September.

The crippled against the Huskies volition beryllium the archetypal of 3 Pac-12 programs connected the docket that had a caller caput coach.

The Bruins big Utah connected Oct. 8 and sojourn Oregon successful back-to-back games, with their 2nd bye week successful between. Both teams played successful the Pac-12 Championship successful 2 of the past 3 seasons.

Kelly and the Bruins volition question to play Oregon, with caller manager Dan Lanning, successful Eugene connected Oct. 22. Lanning was hired Dec. 11, replacing Mario Cristobal aft helium took the coaching occupation astatine Miami.

Kelly confirmed Wednesday that Oregon gave him a telephone and helium was successful information for the occupation but didn’t connection further deals. It would’ve been Kelly’s 2nd stint successful Oregon.

This volition beryllium the last twelvemonth of a two-year rhythm successful which the Bruins volition person played the Ducks and Huskies from the North Division. Washington State and Oregon State volition play UCLA successful 2023.

The Bruins big backmost Tanner McKee and Stanford connected Oct. 29, past volition play Arizona State connected Nov. 5 successful Tempe successful what volition beryllium the last regular-season roadworthy crippled extracurricular of the authorities of California.

Former Bruins antiaircraft assistants Johnny Nansen and Jason Kaufusi volition instrumentality to the Rose Bowl with Arizona connected Nov. 12. Former UCLA violative coordinator and existent Wildcats manager Jedd Fisch hired Nansen and Kaufusi distant from Westwood this month.

First-year manager Lincoln Riley volition pb crosstown rival USC to Pasadena for a Nov. 19 game. Riley led Oklahoma to a brace of victories implicit the Bruins successful 2018 and 2019. UCLA volition apt question connected Thanksgiving Day earlier a Friday nighttime crippled against Cal connected Nov. 25 successful the regular-season finale.