Caleb Komolafe rushed at 119 yards and a touchdown while Northwestern slipped in front of the UCLA 17-14 without victory on Saturday afternoon in Big Ten in Evanston, Ill.
Preston Stone made 12 passes out of 18 for 115 yards and a touchdown without interception, guiding a balanced attack for Northwestern (2-2, 1-1 Big Ten).
Joseph Himon II has worn eight times, representing 58 of the 199 yards of the Wildcats on the ground against the country precipitated the country among the schools of the Conference of Power.
Although it is an unsuccessful start for acting coach Tim Skipper, UCLA (0-4, 0-1) made an inspired return after following 17 points at the end of the half.
The skipper replaced Deshaun Foster after the defeat of the Bruins 35-10 at home against the New Mexico two weeks ago.
The transfer of Tennessee Nico Iamaleava led the rally, completing 19 of the 27 passes for 180 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed to a summit of 65 yards.
Iamaleava fired the Bruins with a pass of a touch of 29 yards in Kwazi Gilmer with 6:19 to play in the match. Iamaleava followed with a two-point conversion pass to Anthony Wood to do it 17-14.
UCLA obtained the ball twice more, but produced only one first.
Northwestern took control early, marking on his first three goods. At the first quarter, the Wildcats ran more than nine minutes away with a 17 -year -old and 74 yards that established a 33 yards by Jack Olsen.
Out of two goods in the first quarter, UCLA won only a first at the bottom. The Bruins have not yet marked this season in the opening period and have not yet led in a match.
Himon opened the second quarter with a burst of 24 yards. Two games later, Komolafe poorly managed a launcher but gathered the bouncing ball in the process and scored on a 9 yards race to extend the advance of the Wildcats to 10-0.
Stone has highlighted the next possession of Northwestern with three completion at Griffin Wilde covering 41 yards, including the last 10 for a touch and an advantage of 17-0.
Wilde finished with seven receptions for 98 yards.
In the third quarter, Kechaun Bennett of the UCLA was expelled for a stroke of headphones on the stone. Bennett was called to targeting and will be held on the first half of next week at home against Penn State.
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