UCLA Football vs. USC Trojans 2017: Halftime Report
The UCLA football team cannot over come a series of self-imposed mistakes as they trail the USC Trojans at halftime of the Crosstown Showdown, 14-7.
It is halftime at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum where the UCLA football team has had several chances to take over the game against the USC Trojans, but mistakes and bad defense has them down at the half, 14-7
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The Trojans started the scoring on bad punt coverage by UCLA on their second possession. Punter Stefan Flintoft had the ball come off the right side of his foot, which USC’s Michael Pittman sniffed out. With the Bruins special teams coverage going left on the punt, Pittman stayed to the right and ran the ball down the sideline to score on a 70-yard return.
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The Bruins made up for it on the next drive as a 41-yard connection from Josh Rosen to Jordan Lesley set up UCLA’s first touchdown. A first down pass to Austin Roberts, topped off with an 11-yard touchdown pass to Lasley got the Bruins on the board.
USC fired back with a brutal 56-yard drive getting positive yardage and getting four first downs in the process, putting the Trojans up 14-7.
UCLA was not backing down, though. They tried to retaliate on the next drive with a vital reception that came from Rosen to Lasley for 14 yards. That was on 4th and 10. First off, ballsy of the Bruins to go for it and solid execution by Rosen and Lasley.
Unfortunately, the series ended with a penalty, a loss of yardage, an incomplete pass and a missed field goal.
After a few non-productive back-and-forth drives by the Bruins and Trojans head to the break with USC up 14-7.