UCLA Bruins vs California Golden Bears Match Player Stats On Oct 13, 2018

Chip Kelly recorded his first victory as the UCLA football coach Saturday night when Joshua Kelley rushed for a career-best 157 yards and three touchdowns in a 37-7 Pacific-12 Conference victory over host California.

Dorian Thompson-Robinson completed 13 of 15 passes for 141 yards and rushed for 27 yards, helping the Bruins (1-5, 1-2) outgain the Golden Bears (3-3, 0-3) 348-307 en route to the victory.

The Bruins were aided by five Cal turnovers, including an interception, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble by linebacker Keisean Lucier-South. The junior returned a fumble by Cal quarterback Brandon McIlwain 38 yards for UCLA's final score.

Kelly, who went 46-12 in five season as Oregon's coach, recorded his first collegiate win since leaving the Ducks in 2012. He went 28-35 in four NFL seasons -- three with the Philadelphia Eagles and one with the San Francisco 49ers -- from 2013-16.

Kelley scored on a 5-yard run in the first quarter and JJ Molson converted 25- and 29-yard field goals in the second period, giving UCLA a 13-0 halftime advantage.

Cal got within 13-7 after driving 75 yards in 12 plays to start the third quarter, with Patrick Laird plunging in from 1 yard out.

But UCLA responded immediately with a six-play, 83-yard drive, with Thompson-Robinson connecting with Theo Howard for 24 yards and later running for 15 yards to set up Kelley's second touchdown, a 1-yard run for a 20-7 lead with 6:03 left in the third quarter.

Kelley's third score, another 1-yard run, put the Bruins in complete control at 27-7 with 13:36 left in the game.

Laird ran 17 times for 94 yards and one touchdown for Cal, which lost its third straight after a promising 3-0 start.

McIlwain went 22-for-40 passing for 168 yards, but was intercepted twice.

McIlwain's second interception, picked off by linebacker Krys Barnes, set up Molson's third field goal, a 42-yarder that produced a 30-7 lead with 7:04 to go.

Lucier-South's score came 66 seconds later, made possible by a sack by defensive lineman Odua Isibor that forced a McIlwain fumble.

UCLA had no turnovers en route to snapping a 12-game road losing streak.

--Field Level Media