{"id":99651,"date":"2026-10-17T22:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T05:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=99651"},"modified":"2026-10-18T00:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T07:24:57","slug":"no-nico-no-problem-bruins-best-badgers-17-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=99651","title":{"rendered":"No Nico, No Problem; Bruins Best Badgers 17-7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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UCLA Bruins’ running back Anthony Woods (6)runs for yardage during an NCAA Division 1 football game between the UCLA Bruins and the visiting Wisconsin Badgers at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA on October 17, 2026. (Photo by David Thomas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Rich Whittington <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Pasadena) – The UCLA Bruins improved to 6-0 Saturday afternoon, defeating the visiting Wisconsin Badgers, 17-7, in front of very large and supportive crowd at the Rose Bowl. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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UCLA Bruins’ running back Wayne Knight (3) runs for yardage during an NCAA Division 1 football game between the UCLA Bruins and the visiting Wisconsin Badgers at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA on October 17, 2026. (Photo by David Thomas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Bruins entered today\u2019s contest with a new man under center, as Ty Dieffenbach started in place of the injured Nico Iamaleava. The Bruins made the best of the situation, putting together a 16 play, 84-yard opening drive that saw the UCLA offense on the field for 8:42, ending with a 24-yard Mateen Bhaghani field goal and a 3-0 lead with 3:11 remaining in the opening quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the second period the Bruins ball control offense found the end zone on a 1-yard scoring blast by Wayne Knight. This was the conclusion of a 13 play, 91- yard drive that consumed 7:34 off the game clock. Bhaghani kicked the extra point to make it 10-0 with 7:16 left in the first half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the teams exchanged possessions, UCLA took 10-point lead into halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UCLA Bruins’ wide receiver Semaj Morgan (4) runs for yardage after making a catch during an NCAA Division 1 football game between the UCLA Bruins and the visiting Wisconsin Badgers at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA on October 17, 2026. (Photo by David Thomas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wisconsin tightened things up in the third quarter. After intercepting a UCLA pass, the Badgers put together an 11-play, 44-yard drive that ended with a 1-yard touchdown run by quarterback Colton Joseph. The PAT was added by kicker Gavin Lahm making the score 10-7 with 8:17 remaining in the third quarter. Wisconsin was up by three at the end of three quarters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final quarter started with the Bruins possessing the ball. UCLA was able to extend their lead back to 10 points, thanks to a 3-yard scoring run by running back Anthony Woods. A second Bhaghani extra point extended the Bruin lead back to 10 points, 17-7. This score was the result of a 6 play, 89-yard drive that consumed 3:33 off the game clock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Bruins were able to close it out for their sixth straight victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up for the Bruins is a home game against the Michigan State Spartans. Kickoff is scheduled for Saturday at 12:00 PM. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Rich Whittington (Pasadena) – The UCLA Bruins improved to 6-0 Saturday afternoon, defeating the visiting Wisconsin Badgers, 17-7, in front of very large and supportive crowd at the Rose Bowl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[871],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99651"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99668,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99651\/revisions\/99668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}