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Arizona wide receiver Stanley Berryhill III (1) is tackled by UCLA antiaircraft backmost Qwuantrezz Knight (24) during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, successful Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Coduto)
Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson #1 of the UCLA Bruins celebrates with choky extremity Greg Dulcich #85 aft scoring connected a 3-yard touchdown reception during the archetypal fractional of the NCAAF crippled astatine Arizona Stadium connected October 09, 2021 successful Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Tight extremity Greg Dulcich #85 of the UCLA Bruins catches a 3-yard touchdown reception against the Arizona Wildcats during the archetypal fractional of the NCAAF crippled astatine Arizona Stadium connected October 09, 2021 successful Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Tight extremity Greg Dulcich #85 of the UCLA Bruins catches a 3-yard touchdown reception against the Arizona Wildcats during the archetypal fractional of the NCAAF crippled astatine Arizona Stadium connected October 09, 2021 successful Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson #1 of the UCLA Bruins throws a 3-yard touchdown reception during the archetypal fractional of the NCAAF crippled against the Arizona Wildcats astatine Arizona Stadium connected October 09, 2021 successful Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Head manager Chip Kelly of the UCLA Bruins talks with backmost Dorian Thompson-Robinson #1 during the archetypal fractional of the NCAAF crippled against the Arizona Wildcats astatine Arizona Stadium connected October 09, 2021 successful Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Running backmost Brittain Brown #28 of the UCLA Bruins rushes the shot against the Arizona Wildcats during the archetypal fractional of the NCAAF crippled astatine Arizona Stadium connected October 09, 2021 successful Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Arizona backmost Jordan McCloud (4) warms up earlier the commencement of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against the UCLA connected Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, successful Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Coduto)
UCLA backmost Dorian Thompson-Robinson (1) warms up earlier the team’s NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Arizona connected Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, successful Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Coduto)
Arizona manager Jedd Fisch, left, talks with UCLA manager Chip Kelly earlier an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, successful Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Coduto)
Arizona wide receiver Boobie Curry (2) is tackled by UCLA linebacker Mitchell Agude (45) and different defender during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, successful Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Coduto)
UCLA moving backmost Zach Charbonnet (24) is brought down during the archetypal fractional of the team’s NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Arizona connected Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, successful Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Coduto)
Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson #1 of the UCLA Bruins throws a walk during the archetypal fractional of the NCAAF crippled against the Arizona Wildcats astatine Arizona Stadium connected October 09, 2021 successful Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
UCLA choky extremity Greg Dulcich (85) celebrates a 3-yard touchdown against Arizona with wide receiver Chase Cota during the archetypal 4th of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, successful Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Coduto)
Arizona moving backmost Michael Wiley (6) celebrates with teammates Donovan Laie (78) and Josh Donovan (56) aft scoring a 10-yard touchdown during the 2nd 4th of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, successful Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Coduto)
Arizona manager Jedd Fisch watches the archetypal fractional of the team’s NCAA assemblage shot crippled against UCLA connected Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, successful Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Coduto)
UCLA backmost Dorian Thompson-Robinson (1) celebrates with Brittain Brown aft a touchdown during the archetypal fractional of the team’s NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Arizona connected Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, successful Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Coduto)
UCLA antiaircraft backmost Qwuantrezz Knight (24) tackles Arizona wide receiver Stanley Berryhill III (1) during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, successful Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Chris Coduto)
TUCSON, Ariz. — Things looked bleak for UCLA connected Saturday nighttime erstwhile it held a slim one-point borderline astatine halftime implicit winless Arizona, accumulating much punishment yards than passing yards astatine that point.
UCLA manager Chip Kelly seemed perturbed by the calls, saying, “I can’t remark connected the penalties.”
In the archetypal fractional of the 34-16 triumph implicit Arizona astatine Arizona Stadium, the Bruins had 4 penalties for 50 yards, portion Dorian Thompson-Robinson completed lone 1 of 8 passes for 3 yards with an interception.
Two costly penalties by UCLA helped Arizona successful its lone touchdown-scoring drive, culminating with a 10-yard walk from receiver Jamarye Joiner to Michael Wiley connected a instrumentality play that chopped UCLA’s pb to 14-13.
Joiner took a lateral walk and connected with Wiley successful the extremity zone.
UCLA had 2 facemask penalties called connected Caleb Johnson and Qwuantrezz Knight and a walk interference telephone connected Jay Shaw that importantly aided Arizona’s possession.
“Sometimes you drawback a guy’s facemask, that happens,” Kelly said. “Sometimes … I don’t person an reply for immoderate of those.”
A newsman asked, “Reading betwixt the lines, you’re saying those were not penalties?”
“I did not accidental a word,” Kelly answered.
THOMPSON-ROBINSON’S STRUGGLE
Kelly seemed to beryllium not acrophobic astir Thompson-Robinson’s performance, arsenic helium finished completing 8 of 19 passes for 82 yards with a touchdown and interception.
Some of that had to bash with UCLA not needing the passing crippled — the Bruins rushed for 329 yards, their astir successful a crippled successful 8 seasons — and that Kelly has assurance successful his elder backmost nary substance what.
“Sometimes the crippled expresses itself successful antithetic ways,” Kelly said. “Today arsenic the crippled unfolded, we realized we had to tally the shot and we responded that way.
A newsman asked if the show is wounded related, to which Kelly answered, “No, he’s our starting quarterback. It’s going to instrumentality a batch to get Dorian disconnected the field. He’s specified a pugnacious competitor.”
PECULIAR SIDELINE SIGHTING
Five radical connected UCLA’s sideline held up body-length shiny metallic flimsy boards down each UCLA manager successful an effort to support Arizona’s coaches successful the booth upstairs from stealing signs erstwhile the Bruins were calling violative plays.
Kelly has not utilized this maneuver before, though helium is known for discussions astir signs.
When helium was coaching the Philadelphia Eagles, helium utilized boards showing Rocky Balboa and the Phillie Phanatic arsenic a mode to disguise plays.
INJURY UPDATE
Safeties Quentin Lake and Kenny Churchwell III were constricted aboriginal successful the week astatine signifier due to the fact that of injuries but some played against Arizona.
Churchwell registered a tackle and Lake had two.
Defensive backmost Mo Osling III was sidelined during signifier this week, and did not play for the 2nd consecutive week. He was constricted to idiosyncratic workouts passim signifier past week earlier the Arizona State game.
Kelly ruled halfway Sam Marrazzo “unavailable” for signifier earlier this week and helium was not listed successful UCLA’s two-deep roster entering the game.
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