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UCLA vs. Stanford Week 4: Live Updates, Highlights, Analysis

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UCLA vs. Stanford Week 4: Live Updates, Highlights, Analysis
UCLA vs. Stanford Week 4: Live Updates, Highlights, Analysis

PALO ALTO — UCLA football is playing Stanford in Week 4 of the 2021 college football season, opening the Pac-12 slate for the Bruins.

Stay tuned for injury and personnel updates, highlights and other key events to keep an eye on all day long.

FINAL: UCLA 35, Stanford 24

6:25 p.m.: The Bruins have now beat the Cardinal on the road for the second time in a row. The collapse didn't come through, and instead, UCLA pulled out the win.

Story to come.

Thompson-Robinson injured on key drive, returns

6:11 p.m.: Scrambling to turn the corner in the Stanford red zone, Thompson-Robinson got tackled out of bounds and left the game.

Just two plays later, he came back to find Philips in the front of the end zone for the dagger.

UCLA leads 35-24 with 2:30 on the clock.

UCLA answers, Stanford cuts lead

5:55 p.m.: Points are going up on the board fast and we're in for yet another interesting ending.

Thompson-Robinson hit Philips for a 75-yard touchdown up the seam to go back up by seven, needing just one play to get that lead back.

The Cardinal put together a slightly longer drive, needing 3:46 to go down the field on a run of its own. Stanford kicker Josh Karty nailed a field goal from 48 yards out to make it a four-point game.

UCLA leads 28-24 with 9:10 left in the game.

Tie game thanks to another Cardinal long ball

5:42 p.m.: Stanford needed more than one play this time, but the result was the same.

Another deep pass from McKee turned into six points for his squad. This time, it was to Bryce Farrell. Obi Eboh came blitzing on McKee but didn't get there in time.

This one's all tied up with basically the whole fourth quarter left to play.

Stanford cuts the lead to one possession

5:24 p.m.: All the Cardinal needed was one play to cut the Bruins' lead in half.

McKee saw receiver Elijah Higgins deep and dialed one up to him over the middle. Safety Stephan Blaylock couldn't keep up and he turned on the jets to get into the end zone.

A slow start for the Bruins' offense has given the Cardinal multiple chances so far here in the third.

Stanford now trails 21-14.

Marrazzo goes down again

5:03 p.m.: The Bruins were about to go 3-and-out before Thompson-Robinson hit Dulcich over the middle for a big 1st down to open up the second half, but it wasn't all good news.

Starting center Sam Marrazzo went down with an injury just one week after returning from the injury that held him out of UCLA's games against Hawaii and LSU. Hard to tell what the injury was, but he wound up jogging off the field under his own power following the official timeout.

Whoever was in charge of the music at Stanford Stadium played the "Jeopardy" theme song as Marrazzo got up and the section of Bruin fans cheered him on.

Duke Clemens is now in at center.

HALFTIME: UCLA 21, Stanford 7

4:45 p.m.: The Cardinal clank a 54-yard field goal of the right upright as time expires. Had the distance to be good from 65, just wasn't straight enough.

The Bruins scored another rushing touchdown on the previous drive, with Thompson-Robinson finding Charbonnet in the flat play after play. A few penalties cost tight end Greg Dulcich a touchdown, but he made a grab that brought them back to the 1 for Thompson-Robinson to walk right in for six on a nice read option.

TOTAL YARDS: UCLA 226, Stanford 126

PASS YARDS: UCLA 112, Stanford 105

RUSH YARDS: UCLA 114, Stanford 21

FIRST DOWNS: UCLA 16, Stanford 4

PASSING LEADERS

Dorian Thompson-Robinson (UCLA): 9-for-16, 112 yards
Tanner McKee (STAN): 7-for-15, 105 yards, 1 TD

RUSHING LEADERS

Zach Charbonnet (UCLA): 17 attempts, 84 yards, 1 TD
Dorian Thompson-Robinson (UCLA): 9 attempts, 10 yards, 2 TD
Nathaniel Peat (STAN): 8 attempts, 15 yards

RECEIVING LEADERS

Zach Charbonnet (UCLA): 5 receptions, 57 yards
Brycen Tremayne (STAN): 2 receptions, 23 yards, 1 TD

Stanford gets on the board with miraculous grab

4:18 p.m.: A tale as old as time, Stanford receivers beating up on UCLA defensive backs.

Following in the footsteps of JJ Arcega-Whiteside, Simi Fehoko and of course, Francis Owusu, Brycen Tremayne went up and beat freshman cornerback Devin Kirkwood to the ball on the left side of the end zone. Tremayne powered through the solid coverage and spun around to get one foot in. Kirkwood tried pleading to the refs that Tremayne was bobbling it as he went out of bounds, but there was no review and the replay didn't give a clear look anyways.

The 70-yard drive ended in the Cardinal's first points of the game, and they now trail just 14-7 with 4:31 left until halftime.

Bruin defense standing strong

4:07 p.m.: That's five possessions in a row without a first down for the Cardinal.

Stanford nearly got one on their first play of the possession, but were wrapped up behind the line on each of the next two plays to force another punt.

Carl Jones was the first guy in the backfield on the 3rd-and-short, and he has 2.0 TFL now. He's getting a lot of play so far today, with a much more even snap share with Bo Calvert at the raider spot than in previous weeks.

Long drive ends in another touchdown for UCLA

3:48 p.m.: The Cardinal had their third 3-and-out of the day and punted it deep yet again, but the Bruins were set up deep in their own territory. A holding penalty seemingly killed the drive, but a long run by Charbonnet set them up for a 4th-and-manageable.

Kelly went for it, handing it off the Charbonnet, and the drive stayed alive.

Thompson-Robinson had a rough missed pass, but also hit Kam Brown on a nice out route down the right side. He also had a good run out of a triple option deep in Stanford territory, which was immediately followed up by a Charbonnet touchdown.

At the end of one quarter of play, UCLA leads Stanford 14-0.

String of big plays set up Bruins for the score

3:19 p.m.: Following a false start on the first play from scrimmage and two incompletions, Stanford faced a 3rd and long. Quarterback Tanner McKee looked deep to one of his big targets, only for cornerback Obi Eboh to break it up.

Kyle Philips made a few guys miss and nearly brought the punt all the way back for six, but got tripped up at the 12.

Running back Zach Charbonnet got the ball four times in a row to get the Bruins down to the half-yard line, and quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson punched it in.

UCLA leads 7-0 with 12:12 left in the first quarter.

Ogbonnia in uniform pregame

2:35 p.m.: Ogbonnia has taken the field, meaning the Bruins' defensive starters have all been cleared to play.

The first thing Ogbonnia did after jogging in was talk to a trainer in the end zone. He's in uniform and was participating in drills as recently as Wednesday though, so he's probably good to go and it was just a final check-in.

Edge rusher Mitchell Agude, who was dinged up in practice and looking a little hobbled the last time he was in front of the media, is also with his team for pregame warmups.

Tight end Mike Martinez, however, is not on the field. He was seen in a walking boot on a knee scooter at Monday's practice, so even though he was listed on the two-deep earlier in the week, that was an expected absence for UCLA.

Lake practicing, no word on Ogbonnia

2:09 p.m.: Safety Quentin Lake and defensive lineman Otito Ogbonnia left last Saturday's game against Fresno State with injuries. While both were listed on the team's official two-deep depth chart Monday, they were limited participants at different parts of the week and all coach Chip Kelly would say was that they hadn't been ruled out as of Wednesday.

Lake was out on the field early at Stanford Stadium with a couple dozen of his teammates warming up. That doesn't signify how many snaps he'll play or if he's 100%, but the fact that he's moving and not in street clothes suggests he's been medically cleared at the very least.

The defensive linemen weren't out on the field as part of that early warmup, so still no sign on whether Ogbonnia plays or not. He was a full participant Wednesday, so he was ahead of Lake throughout the week.

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Sam Connon
SAM CONNON

Sam Connon was the Publisher and Managing Editor at Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s All Bruins from 2021 to 2023. He is now a staff writer at Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s Fastball. He previously covered UCLA football, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, men's soccer, cross country and golf for The Daily Bruin from 2017 to 2021, serving as the paper's Sports Editor from 2019 to 2020. Connon has also been a contributor for 247Sports' Bruin Report Online, Rivals' BruinBlitz, Dash Sports TV, SuperWestSports, Prime Time Sports Talk, The Sports Life Blog and Patriots Country, Sports Illustrated and FanNation’s New England Patriots site. His work as a sports columnist has been awarded by the College Media Association and Society of Professional Journalists. Connon graduated from UCLA in June 2021 and is originally from Winchester, Massachusetts.

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