Arizona 20 UCLA 17

Arizona pulls off the victory over UCLA. This was a game that was very interesting to watch. The Wildcats starting QB Khalil Tate and starting running back J.J. Taylor were both out with injuries.

Grant Gunnell had to step up and make his first start as QB for this game. Overall, he did a decent job and threw for 352 yards and made an incredible pass to Darrius Smith that resulted in a touchdown.

You could tell Gunnell was a little nervous in his first start, but he put up some big numbers and did not throw any interceptions.

The defense stepped up again and were able to get decent pressure on UCLA QB Thompson-Robinson. Colin Schooler had an incredible hit on a UCLA Running Back. The Wildcats need more of this – check out this clip:

Towards the end of the game Arizona had an incredible TD run by Brian Casteel, but it was waived off when it looked like his knee touched the ground.

The next play Gunnell was sacked and the Wildcats had to punt it to UCLA with plenty of time on the clock.

UCLA was then able to easily go down the field and get into field goal range. The first attempt was good, but Sumlin wisely called a timeout to ice the kicker. It worked and the next attempt was wide right and this sealed the victory for Arizona.

Overall, this was a hard fought and gritty win for the Wildcats. They need to build from this win because the upcoming games are going to be huch harder to win.

Here are the AZ vs UCLA highlights: