PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Winless in four games in which they never led, their head coach fired, two coordinators gone and No. 7 Penn State in town. UCLA couldn't get much lower.
“Nobody in the world expected us to win,” Bruins safety Key Lawrence said.
Indeed, the Bruins were 25 1/2-point underdogs. They went out and stunned the Nittany Lions 42-37 on Saturday, becoming the first 0-4 or worse team to beat a top-10 team in 40 years.
“You'd think it was Mardi Gras,” interim coach Tim Skipper said, describing the locker room atmosphere. “There was water flying everywhere, there's music, there's guys that can't dance that are dancing, there's coaches trying to be dancers. It was exciting.”
Nico Iamaleava ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more, helping UCLA earn its first win of the