UCLA Football schedules home-and-home series with Auburn, Hawai’i
By TuAnh Dam
The UCLA football team has just announced two more home-and-home series between Auburn and Hawai’i. The Bruins also add New Mexico State in 2020.
The UCLA Football just added three teams to their future schedules as Auburn, Hawai’i and New Mexico State will take on the Bruins during the next ten years.
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UCLA adds a Power Five opponent in Auburn who will visit the Rose Bowl in September 2027. The Bruins will then travel to Auburn and visit Jordan-Hare Stadium the following year in September 2028.
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It will be the first meeting between the two programs.
UCLA football will also add two familiar opponents to their schedule: the Hawai’i Warriors and the New Mexico State Aggies.
The Bruins and the Warriors last met in 2017 at the Rose Bowl, which turned out to be a 56-23 blowout win for the home team. Both teams will play three times over the next eight years with one game in Honolulu in 2020 and two games in Pasadena in 2021 and 2027.
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UCLA will also play their 2020 home opener against New Mexico State. The Bruins hosted the Aggies in 2013, winning 59-13. New Mexico State replaces Rutgers in 2020 as the Scarlet Knights backed out of their previously scheduled matchup with the Bruins back in February. UCLA and Rutgers were also supposed to play in 2021.
UCLA still needs to fill up an open slot in 2021.
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UCLA will open up the 2018 football season against Cincinnati on September 1 before traveling to Norman to take on the Oklahoma Sooners.