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Foster was selected first-team All-Pac-10 by the league’s coaches despite missing one game and most of a second due to a broken bone in his right hand which hindered him for the remainder of the season ... He led the Bruins in rushing with 1,037 yards, running for at least 100 yards on four occasions ... He also led the team with 13 touchdowns and 78 points ... His 1,000-yard season was the 15th in UCLA history and his 1,037 yards rank 13th on the single-season list ... His 269 carries rank third on that single-season list ... During the regular season, Foster ranked 36th in the nation and fourth in the Pac-10 in rushing (93.0), fourth in the Pac-10 in scoring (7.2 points) and fourth in the Pac-10 in all-purpose yards (107.2) ... He started 10 of the 11 games in which he appeared and played at least 45 snaps 10 times, including 78 versus Alabama, 68 at Arizona, 66 versus Michigan and Stanford, 62 at Oregon and 61 versus Wisconsin ...
Foster was sidelined in the first half of the Arizona State game with a fractured third metacarpal in his right hand ... He missed the Cal game and returned to action against Oregon State ... He returned to the starting lineup in the road win at Arizona ... He carried the ball 29 times for 78 yards and a rushing touchdown in Tucson ... On UCLA’s initial scoring drive of the game, he carried on seven of the 12 plays of the drive, rushing six times on first down for gains of five, seven, five, five, 12 and one yard for the touchdown ... In the Nov. 4 win over Stanford, playing with a smaller cast on his right hand, he rushed for 159 yards, the second-highest total of his career, and a 14-yard touchdown ... He also made two receptions for 37 yards, including a 21-yard touchdown that gave the Bruins the lead for good, 20-14 ... On Nov. 11 at Washington, he rushed for 93 yards on 20 carries ... In the second quarter, he carried seven times for 40 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown with 3:30 left in the half and a one-yard run with 0:43 prior to halftime ... In the regular-season finale against USC, he gained 43 yards on 20 attempts ... Against Wisconsin in the Sun Bowl, he rushed for 107 yards on 26 attempts, including a seven-yard touchdown in the second quarter ... He ran for 100 yards on 18 attempts in the first half but was hampered by bruised ribs that limited his effectiveness in the final half ... In the season opener against Alabama, he enjoyed one of the greatest games in UCLA history while carrying the football 42 times to tie the school record set by Karim Abdul-Jabbar in 1995 ... He was at his best in the fourth quarter as UCLA was protecting its 35-24 lead, carrying the ball on 12 of the team’s 16 offensive plays (excluding a final kneel by the quarterback) for 59 yards and three key first downs ... On the afternoon, Foster rushed for a career-high 187 yards and three touchdowns (his previous high was 118 yards at Arizona in 1998) ...
His total was the highest since the 1997 Bruin opener when Skip Hicks rushed for 190 at Washington State ... Foster carried the ball 21 times for 93 yards in the first half and 21 times for 94 yards in the second half ... He had five double-digit runs and produced 12 first downs ... In the win over Fresno State, he carried the ball 29 times for 140 yards and two touchdowns ... For the second straight week, he converted a fourth-down play into a touchdown and his 49-yard tackle-breaking, change of direction TD run with 8:49 remaining was his longest since his 65-yard score in the 1998 USC game ... In the win over the then No. 3 Wolverines, he carried the ball 24 times for 95 net yards and his sixth touchdown of the season ... In the second half, he gained 83 yards on 16 attempts, including a five-yard touchdown in the third quarter ... In the final 15 minutes, he carried the ball eight times for 54 yards, including a 29-yard run on UCLA’s game-winning touchdown drive ... In the Pac-10 opener at Oregon, he was limited to just 49 net yards on 19 attempts ... In the win over Arizona State, he fractured the third metacarpal in his right hand in the first quarter, played one snap in the second quarter and was finished for the night ... At the time, he had carried nine times for 30 yards ... He missed the game at California and returned to action against Oregon State ... He entered the game for UCLA’s second series and carried five times for 18 yards, including a two-yard touchdown ... On the afternoon, he gained 56 net yards on 18 attempts and also made one reception.
 
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