 bounced back from their first loss of the season two weeks ago at Arizona State by running through the worst run defense in the country. Quarterback Jake Browning was mostly a nonfactor because he didn't need to throw; Gaskin and his friends had more than enough success on the ground. ''It felt good. Usually it's the other way,'' Gaskin said. ''It was a good feeling. Kind of laugh at Jake a little bit handing the ball off to us. It just worked out like that today. '' Washington finished with 333 yards rushing as a team, averaging 5. 7 yards per carry. Gaskin finally found the end zone late in the third quarter on a 6-yard run. Coleman scored on runs of 1, 33 and 13 yards, and Browning added a 1-yard quarterback sneak early in the second quarter after it appeared Gaskin had scored on the previous play. UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen was 12 of 21 passing for 93 yards and was sacked four times. Rosen was pulled midway through the third quarter and later was on the sideline in sweats. UCLA coach Jim Mora said it was multiple things that caused him to pull Rosen, who was limping after being sacked in the second quarter by Washington's Austin Joyner. Rosen threw a 7-yard TD pass to Jordan Wilson in the second quarter, but Washington scored the next 27 points. ''He took some hits, he's beat up, some multiple things going on,'' Mora said. The Bruins (4-4, 2-3) entered the day with the worst run defense in the country, and Washington did its part in making those numbers even worse. Washington was the fourth team this season to rush for at least 300 yards against the Bruins. It was the first time since beating Oregon last season the Huskies topped 300 yards rushing. Browning finished just 8 of 11 passing for 98 yards, a career low in passing yards and attempts. ''We looked at their stats coming in and they hadn't been great against the run, so we thought we would run the ball a little bit,'' Browning said. ''We started gashing them early and kept doing it. '' It was a fairly methodical performance by the Huskies, in which the passing game was muted and the most explosive plays came from freshman Salvon Ahmed on kickoff returns. Ahmed had an 82-yard kickoff return early in the second quarter after UCLA scored to pull within 10-9. Ahmed's return gave the Huskies a short field and two plays later, Coleman scored for a 17-9 lead. Ahmed added a 40-yard return in the fourth quarter and had a 34-yard run on a reverse. Even before Rosen left, UCLA's offense was struggling. After pulling within 10-9, the Bruins ran just one play in Washington territory - from the 49 - over the next seven drives and gained a total of 41 yards. Backup QB Devon Modster threw a 4-yard TD pass to Darren Andrews in the fourth quarter. Osa Odighizuwa returned a fumble 50 yards for a TD in the closing moments for UCLA. THE TAKEAWAYUCLA: The Bruins have now lost eight straight away from the Rose Bowl and lately they've mostly been blowouts. The Bruins have lost by at least 17 points in four of their past five road defeats. Washington: Key injuries continue to build for the Huskies. After losing starting left tackle Trey Adams and cornerback Jordan Miller in the loss to Arizona State, the Huskies watched freshman standout tight end Hunter Bryant limp off the field after a 17-yard reception in the first half. Bryant appeared to be hit directly on his left knee. He did not return. UP NEXTUCLA: The Bruins have a short week and will travel to Utah on Friday night. Washington: The Huskies stay at home and will host rival Oregon next Saturday. ---More college football: http://collegefootball. ap. org and https://twitter. com/-Top25)
Oct 24, 2017 Washington is attempting to rebound from a damaging defeat, and coach Chris Petersen isn't thrilled at who will be placing his eyes on the Huskies' injury ravaged secondary. UCLA standout quarterback Josh Rosen has an NFL future waiting and he will be looking to riddle the Washington defense when the Bruins visit the No. 12 Huskies in Saturday's Pac-12 contest in Seattle. Rosen, a junior, ranks second nationally in passing yardage with 2,620 and is tied for eighth with 19 touchdown passes. Meanwhile, Washington (6-1, 3-1 Pac-12) is preparing three true freshmen and a former running back to help fill the void at cornerback against one of the nation's top gunslingers. "I think UCLA has a lot of weapons, they always have," Petersen said at a press conference. "They have a lot of speed, and probably the top guy in college football throwing the ball. He's tremendous for sure. "So this is going to be a really big test. We certainly haven't seen anybody that can throw the ball like he throws it and how they throw it. " The Bruins (4-3, 2-2) have lost seven consecutive road games and possess a leaky defense that has allowed more than 40 points on four occasions this season. In three road defeats this season -- at Memphis, Stanford and Arizona -- UCLA has allowed an average of 51 points. Coach Jim Mora doesn't have any answers for the away-game issues. "Nothing I can put my finger on and we're looking for everything," Mora told reporters. "What we try to do is create consistency within the last 24 hours leading up to kickoff. It's a little bit difficult on the road, a little bit more difficult, but we just have to play better. " The Rosen-led offense averages 38. 3 points and looks to keep the points flowing against a Washington defense that lost junior cornerback Jordan Miller (broken ankle) in a 13-7 loss to Arizona State on Oct. 14. The Huskies are also without redshirt freshman Byron Murphy (foot), who was the other starter opposite Miller prior to his mid-September injury. Sophomore cornerback Myles Bryant stepped in as a starter after Murphy's injury but the loss of Miller prompted a cornerback derby during the bye week following the loss to the Sun Devils. True freshmen Elijah Molden, Keith Taylor and Brandon McKinney are all in the mix as well as Jomon Dotson, a junior who began his career as a running back. Dotson had a 68-yard interception return for touchdown earlier this season. Having so much inexperience on the field greatly worries Petersen against a player as talented as Rosen. "He gets the ball out fast. He throws it short, he throws it intermediate, he throws it deep," Petersen said. "They do it all. They do a great job scheme-wise, and they have a guy who can make all the throws. He can just sit there on his back leg and throw a comeback to the wide side of the field. So he can make all the throws. We will see it all. " Rosen (8,203) became the fourth player in UCLA history to go over 8,000 career passing yards during last Saturday's 31-14 victory over Oregon. What hasn't been happening enough is his stellar performances resulting in victories. But Rosen is hoping the win over the Ducks will prove to be the start of a strong second half. "We have a team we believe in," Rosen said. "We've done some incredible things this year and not-so incredible things this year -- you try to pull more from the positive side than the negative. I think we have a lot of guys that really enjoy this sport and enjoy each other. That's all you can really ask for. " Senior receiver Darren Andrews has proven to be a top-flight target with 49 receptions for 634 yards and eight touchdowns. Andrews ranks sixth in UCLA history with 151 career receptions. Washington is averaging 37. 9 points per game but is still stinging from scoring just seven in the dreadful loss to Arizona State. The Huskies lost standout junior left tackle Trey Adams (knee) in that contest and junior quarterback Jake Browning struggled to get the ball downfield. Browning passed for a season-low 139 yards and failed to throw a touchdown pass for the first time this season. The setback badly damaged Washington's College Football Playoff aspirations and Petersen addressed the situation with his club during the bye week. He felt the message was received. "I think it was good. We haven't just let this thing go like, 'Oh well those games happen,'" Petersen said while referencing the unexpected setback. "That will never happen around here. So we've had some really heart-felt talks. Not in a way again like pointing fingers at all. . . . "So to me, it's kind of a reset time and those guys understand that. " UCLA has won 13 of the past 16 meetings. The Bruins won the most recent matchup 44-30 in 2014.
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