76TH ANNUAL BRUT SUN BOWL
72nd Annual Sun Bowl
UCLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Northwestern . . . . . . . . . . 38 DATE Friday, December 30, 2005 WEATHER Sunny & Clear, 56º, Wind NW-7 C.M. HENDRICKS CO MVPS Kahlil Bell, RB, UCLA Chris Markey, RB, UCLA JIMMY ROGERS, JR. TROPHY Kevin Mims, DE, Northwestern JOHN H. FOLMER TROPHY Brandon Braezell, WR/KR, UCLA HEAD COACHES Northwestern . . . . . . . . . . Randy Walker UCLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karl Dorrell ATTENDANCE 50,426 (Sellout) PAYOUT PER TEAM $1,575,000 NETWORK / TV RATING / SHARE CBS / 2.6 / 7%
UCLA came back from a Sun Bowl-record 22-point deficit to upend Northwestern, 50-38, in the highest scoring Sun Bowl ever. The game featured two defensive touchdowns for Northwestern and two on-side kicks for touchdowns for UCLA, as the two teams combined for over 1,000 yards of offense on the day. UCLA dugs itself in a whole early, when Drew Olsen threw a pair of first quarter interceptions that were returned for touchdowns. The irony is Olsen had only thrown three picks all season and had the highest touchdown to interceptions ration in the nation — 25:3. Special teams lapses seemed to be the demise of Northwestern, as the Wildcats gave up a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter when UCLA’s Brandon Braezell took two on-side kicks for touchdown runs of 42 and 45 yards, respectively. Northwestern also failed to convert three point-after attempts in the game. Wildcat quarterback Brett Basanez had a banner day, completing a Sun Bowl record 38 passes on 70 attempts for 416 yards and two touchdowns. UCLA’s Kahlil Bell and Chris Markey were named the C.M. Hendricks Co-Most Valuable Players after they helped the Bru- UCLA’s Kahlil Bell was named Co-MVP of ins pound out 310 yards rushing on the day. Bell finished with the 2005 Vitalis Sun Bowl. 136 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries, while Markey had a game-high 161 yards on 24 carries.
1st Northwestern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 UCLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2nd 0 22
3rd 3 7
4th 13 14
Final 38 50
SCORING SUMMARY Q 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4
TEAM Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA Northwestern Northwestern UCLA Northwestern UCLA
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PLAY SCORE Joel Howells 33-yard field goal ...............................................................................................3-0 Kevin Mims 30-yard interception return (kick blocked) ..........................................................9-0 Mark Philmore 19-yard run (kick failed) ...............................................................................15-0 Nick Roach 35-yard interception return (Joel Howells kick) .................................................22-0 Kahlil Bell 5-yard run (Jimmy Rotstein kick) ..........................................................................22-7 Ryan Moya 58-yard pass from Drew Olson (Jimmy Rotstein kick) ......................................22-14 Kahlil Bell 6-yard run (Marcedes Lewis pass from Drew Olson) ..........................................22-22 Marcus Everett 8-yard pass from Drew Olson (Jimmy Rotstein kick) ..................................22-29 Michael Pitre 5-yard pass from Drew Olson (Jimmy Rotstein kick).....................................22-36 Amado Villarreal 31-yard field goal ....................................................................................25-36 Mark Philmore 8-yard pass from Brett Basanez (conversion failed) ...................................31-36 Brandon Breazell 42-yard kickoff return (Brian Malette kick) .............................................31-43 Shaun Herbert 5-yard pass from Brett Basanez (Amado Villarreal kick) .............................38-43 Brandon Breazell 45-yard kickoff return (Jimmy Rotstein kick)...........................................38-50
NORTHWESTERN ............................................TEAM STATISTICS ................................................................. UCLA 33...............................................................................First Downs ................................................................................24 32-168 ..........................................................Rushing Attempts-Net Yards ............................................................50-310 416........................................................................ Net Yards Passing .........................................................................143 70-38-2 .......................................... Passing (Completions-attempts-interceptions) ........................................... 24-10-3 102-584 .................................................................. Total Net Yards ...........................................................................453 4-1 ........................................................................... Fumbles-Lost .............................................................................2-1 5-31.0 ..................................................................... Punts-Average........................................................................5-40.4 5-12 .....................................................................Punt Returns-Yards .......................................................................1-20 6-74 ................................................................... Kickoff Returns-Yards ...................................................................6-156 30:50 .....................................................................Possession Time .......................................................................29:10 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING – NU: Tyrell Sutton 18-84; Brett Basanez 8-32; Brandon Roberson 3-29; Mark Philmore 1-19, 1 TD; Jonathan Fields 2-4. UCLA: Chris Markey 24-161; Kahlil Bell 19-136, 2 TD; Maurice Drew 3-14; Drew Olson 3-10; Matt Willis 1-(-11). PASSING – NU: Brett Basanez 38-70-2, 416 yards, 2 TD. UCLA: Drew Olson 10-24-3, 143 yards, 3 TD. RECEIVING – NU: Ross Lane 7-136; Tyrell Sutton 7-67; Shaun Herbert 7-61, 1 TD; Mark Philmore 7-45, 1 TD; Jonathan Fields 6-64; Eric Peterman 2-27; T.J. Jones 1-16; Sam Cheatham 1-0. UCLA: Maurice Drew 2-29; Brandon Breazell 2-17; Marcus Everett 2-14, 1 TD; Ryan Moya 1-58, 1 TD; Joe Cowan 1-11; Chris Markey 1-9; Michael Pitre 1-5, 1 TD.
Brett Basanez • Northwestern
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