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No. 16 Bruins Fall to Texas A&M, 31-24
September 03, 2016 | Football
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) --ย Trevor Knightย threw for 239 yards and a touchdown and ran for two more scores, including one in overtime to lead Texas A&M to a 31-24 victory over No. 16 UCLA on Saturday in his debut with the Aggies.
The Aggies had a fourth-and-1 from the 1 in overtime when Knight waltzed into the end zone untouched for the score in the opener for both teams.
Texas A&M sealed the victory whenย Justin Evansย knocked downย Josh Rosen's pass at the goal line on fourth down.
Rosen threw three interceptions while working under heavy pressure from a defense led byย Myles Garrett.
The Aggies looked to have this one wrapped up when they led by 15 in the fourth quarter after using two third-quarter touchdowns.
But UCLA's offense finally got going after that, scoring twice in two minutes with the second one coming on a 62-yard pass by Rosen to cut it two 2. A 2-point conversion after that TD tied it with 2:39 remaining.
The Bruins were driving again after a third straight punt by A&M when Evans intercepted Rosen's pass for the second time to give A&M a chance to win it in regulation.
But Knight's pass was knocked down in the end zone to force overtime.
Knight wasn't the only former Sooner to shine for the Aggies on Saturday. Running backย Keith Fordย had a touchdown and 65 of A&M's 203 yards rushing in his first game since setting out a year following his transfer from Oklahoma.
UCLA returns home to the Rose Bowl on Sept. 10, hosting UNLV at 5:00 p.m. For tickets, please visit uclabruins.com/tickets or call 310-UCLA-WIN.
GAME NOTES
**UCLA is now 8-2 all-time in overtime games after the 24-31 loss to Texas A&M. Its last overtime contest was a 40-37, 2ot victory at Colorado in 2014. It had won its last five overtime contests played since dropping a 38-46 decision at Cal in 3 ot in 2000.
**Today's attendance at Kyle Field was 100,443. The most fans UCLA has ever played in front of has been a crowd of 106,297 in a 1996 game at Tennessee; the last time UCLA played in front of 100,000 fans was in a 2010 Bruin win at Texas (101,437).
**Safety Adarius Pickett made his second career interception in the third quarter. He recorded his first interception in last year's season-opening win over Virginia.
**QB Josh Rosen registered his seventh career 300-yard passing game vs. Texas A&M (343 yards). He is now tied for third on the school all-time list with Cory Paus, 1999-2002. Cade McNown, 1995-98, is the school leader with 11 300-yard passing games.
**Running back Soso Jamabo's 23 carries was a career-high total. His previous high was 18 carries last season against California.
**Receiver Kenneth Walker III recorded a career-best six catches for a career-best 115 receiving yards. Austin Roberts also had a career-high five catches.
**UCLA is now 2-3 vs. Texas A&M and 17-15-4 all-time vs. the teams which currently make up the SEC
**UCLA had won its last four season-opening games 2012- at Rice, 2013 โ Nevada; 2014 โ at UVa; 2015 โ UVa.
**UCLA is now 17-7 in true road games under Coach Moraโ '16: 0-1, '15: 4-2, '14: 5-0, '13: 4-2, '12: 4-2.
**The A&M game was the first start for position players Poasi Moala โ OG; Soso Jamabo โ RB; Austin Roberts - TE
**True freshman to see action in the A&M game include โ JJ Molson, PK; Johnny Den Bleyker-LS; Austin Kent-P; Boss Tagaloa-DL; Brandon Burton-DB; Brandon Stephens-RB; Lokeni Toailoa-LB; Ethan Fernea-WR
**In addition to the true freshmen, also seeing their first career action as Bruins were Keisean Lucier-South-DL; Rick Wade-DL; Caleb Wilson-TE; Andre James โ OL; Nate Terry-DL.
**Darren Andrews, with his three receptions today, has made at least two catches in each of the last nine games.
**UCLA has rushed for at least one touchdown in its last 15 straight games โ Bolu Olorunfunmi's fourth quarter run today, all 13 games last season and in the bowl game to end the 2014 season.
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Team Stats
UCLA 3, TAMU 0
UCLA - Molson 38 yd field goal 4 plays, 22 yards, TOP 2:12
UCLA 6, TAMU 0
UCLA - Molson 20 yd field goal 12 plays, 93 yards, TOP 4:46
UCLA 6, TAMU 7
TAMU - Keith Ford 7 yd run (Daniel LaCamera kick), 11 plays, 70 yards, TOP 4:07
UCLA 9, TAMU 7
UCLA - Molson 23 yd field goal 7 plays, 69 yards, TOP 2:30
UCLA 9, TAMU 10
TAMU - Daniel LaCamera 23 yd field goal 7 plays, 62 yards, TOP 2:01
UCLA 9, TAMU 17
TAMU - Trevor Knight 1 yd run (Daniel LaCamera kick), 11 plays, 87 yards, TOP 4:10
UCLA 9, TAMU 24
TAMU - Josh Reynolds 40 yd pass from Trevor Knight (Daniel LaCamera kick) 5 plays, 74 yards, TOP 2:23
UCLA 16, TAMU 24
UCLA - Olorunfunmi 9 yd run (Molson kick), 7 plays, 64 yards, TOP 2:59
UCLA 24, TAMU 24
UCLA - Walker 62 yd pass from Rosen (Roberts pass) 3 plays, 77 yards, TOP 1:03
UCLA 24, TAMU 31
TAMU - Trevor Knight 1 yd run (Daniel LaCamera kick), 8 plays, 25 yards, TOP 0:00
