UCLA’s backward march in its running game probably won’t leave any footprints in the school record book.
It may be hard to believe, but the Bruins have been worse at running the ball than they are this season, when their 85.5 yards rushing per game rank last among 128 Football Bowl Subdivision teams.
The 1963 team, featuring sophomore fullback Jim Colletto, chugged its way to 759 rushing yards, the lowest total since at least 1945. The only other time UCLA finished with fewer than 1,000 rushing yards during that span was in 2008, when it totaled 993.