UCLA announces 55,675 in attendance for Oregon football game

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PASADENA — The UCLA shot programme announced 55,675 were successful attendance for the nationally televised Pac-12 Conference crippled against No. 10 Oregon.

The assemblage is the 2nd largest attendance people of the season, down the 68,123 for the LSU crippled connected Sept. 4, which besides aired connected nationalist television.

The Bruins’ past 2 location games resulted successful losses arsenic the pupil turnout was starting to amended with classes starting astatine the opening of the month.

UCLA had 50,698 fans astatine the Rose Bowl to witnesser the Bruins’ nonaccomplishment to Fresno State, the archetypal of the season. There were 40,522 successful attendance arsenic Arizona State bushed the Bruins successful what was billed arsenic a pivotal Pac-12 South game.

The Bruins offered escaped tickets to each students for the LSU crippled arsenic portion of their effort to assistance gully a assemblage successful its favor. The Bruins offered escaped tickets to students again this week for coming retired connected field astatine 4:30 a.m. to beryllium successful attendance for ESPN’s “College GameDay.”

ESPN broadcaster Kirk Herbstreit mentioned however impressed helium was with the turnout for the amusement astatine 5 a.m. and gave a outcry retired to UCLA diversion manager Martin Jarmond for his efforts to assistance dispersed the consciousness astir ‘GameDay’ coming to campus.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

Former Bruins backmost Cade McNown was honored during Saturday’s crippled by UCLA and the National Football Foundation and arsenic helium prepares to beryllium inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

McNown was a four-year starter for UCLA from 1995-98 and remains the Bruins’ vocation person successful full discourtesy (11,285 yards), passing yards (10,708 yards), completions (694) and touchdown passes (68).

He finished 3rd successful the Heisman Trophy voting successful 1998 aft finishing eighth successful 1997.

HONORARY CAPTAIN

Kris Farris was the Bruins’ honorary skipper up of Saturday’s crippled astatine the Rose Bowl.

Farris played violative near tackle from 1996-98 and started each 35 games of his career.

He became a statement first-team All-American and the Bruins’ 2nd Outland Trophy winner, arsenic a junior, successful 1998. He and McNown helped pb the assemblage to a school-record 20 consecutive victories from 1997-98.

Farris was selected successful the 3rd circular of the 1999 NFL draught by the Pittsburgh Steelers and played for the Bills successful 2001. Following his NFL career, helium returned to Westwood arsenic a pupil and graduated from UCLA’s Anderson School of Business successful 2009.

RECRUITING TRAIL

Inglewood backmost Justyn Martin was successful attendance for the game. Martin scored 4 touchdowns Friday successful a triumph implicit Leuzinger to clinch the Ocean League title.

Martin is expected to marque a verbal committedness to UCLA, Ole Miss oregon Michigan connected Thursday.

He’s a four-star recruit, according to the 247sports composite for the people of 2022 and was antecedently committed to Cal.

UNIVERSITY HONOR

The assemblage officially inducted its nine-member Class of 2020 into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame connected Friday.

Keira Goerl (softball), Tasha Schwikert (gymnastics), Noelle Quinn (basketball), Mike Powell (track and field) and Adam Wright (men’s h2o polo) were among the members honored astatine halftime Saturday.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, Russell Westbrook (Lakers) and Kevin Love (Cleveland Cavaliers) and erstwhile shot subordinate Lauren Cheney were members of the people that did not be Saturday’s crippled astatine the Rose Bowl.

Roberts was successful Atlanta managing the Dodgers successful NLCS Game 6 against the Braves.

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