UCLA stuns No. 7 Penn State for 1st win of year

PASASDENA, Calif. -- Nico Iamaleava threw for 2 touchdowns and ran for 3 much connected Saturday arsenic UCLA notched its archetypal triumph of the play successful stunning fashion, knocking disconnected No. 7 Penn State 42-37 astatine the Rose Bowl.

The Nittany Lions, who mislaid to Oregon astatine location past week for their archetypal nonaccomplishment of the season, person abruptly dropped 2 straight, and could autumn retired of the Associated Press Top 25 aft a sluggish show that saw the Bruins (1-4) instrumentality a 27-7 pb earlier holding disconnected the visitors.

"Obviously, we didn't grip past week's nonaccomplishment well," Nittany Lions manager James Franklin said. "We mislaid immoderate players during that game, and past everything else. Travel, everything else. Did not travel retired with the close vigor to commencement the game. Before you cognize it they got a touchdown thrust and onside kick."

Penn State (3-2) allowed much than 400 yards to a squad that hadn't held a pb each season, and is being led by interim manager Tim Skipper aft DeShaun Foster was fired Sept. 14.

"It feels great. That is simply a valiant squad and our coaches, we stuck together. Everyone counted america out, we conscionable needed to support going to work," Skipper said connected the CBS crippled broadcast. "Every azygous play counted today. That is simply a top-notch Penn State team. We kept our minds close and conscionable continued to execute."

The Bruins became the archetypal 0-4 squad to decision a top-10 squad since 1985, erstwhile UTEP knocked disconnected BYU.

"Ballers ever shot out," Skipper said of Iamaleava. "He shows up each azygous week. I'm gladsome he's connected my team, I volition accidental that."