Fresno State put a Power Five victory on its resume on Saturday, a 38-14 victory at UCLA, and those 14 points only hint at the way the Bulldogs’ defense played to start and particularly to finish. It’s not all that great a hint, either, because both of the Bruins touchdowns came on short fields following turnovers; 43 yards, then 17 yards.
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UCLA had only 14 first downs, three of them coming on Fresno State penalties. There was a holding penalty that wiped out a Jeff Allison sack on a 3rd-and-7 that would have been for a loss of 12 yards; a hands-to-the-face personal foul that set up the Bruins with a 1st-and-goal at the Bulldogs’ 2; and a holding penalty adding on to a play quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson scrambled his way for 12 yards.