2015 Foster Farms Bowl

Despite winning only five games in the regular season, Nebraska was invited to play in a bowl based on its Academic Progress Rate as there were not enough eligible teams to fill all 82 spots. The 2015 San Francisco Bowl was the thirteenth all-time and first postseason meeting between Nebraska and UCLA, with the series tied 6–6 prior to the game.

Nebraska

Main article: 2015 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

UCLA

Main article: 2015 UCLA Bruins football team

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UCLA, favored by a touchdown, methodically marched down the field to take a 7–0 lead on its opening drive.^[3] The Cornhuskers answered with a twelve-play drive to tie the game, but could not slow down the Bruins offense for much of the first half.^[3] Midway through the second quarter, Tommy Armstrong lost a fumble in the red zone, and UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen delivered two quick touchdown drives of 86 and 68 yards to give the Bruins a 21–7 lead.^[3]

Nebraska mounted two run-heavy drives to tie the game at 21 with less than a minute remaining in the half.^[4] On the ensuing drive, Nebraska safety Nate Gerry was ejected for targeting, though both coaches agreed the play should not have been penalized.^[5]

The Cornhuskers maintained control to start the second half, holding UCLA to a single yard of offense on six plays in the third quarter.^[6] It allowed NU to extend its lead to nine points, which became sixteen less than a minute into the fourth quarter when a three-yard Armstrong touchdown brought the Nebraska run to thirty unanswered points.^[6] Rosen led a quick touchdown drive and a successful two-point conversion to make it a one-possession game; UCLA drove into NU territory twice more as time wound down, but came away scoreless after a missed field goal and an interception, allowing Nebraska to run out the clock on a 37–29 victory.^[6]

Scoring summary

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Qtr	Time	Drive			Team	Detail	Score
		Plays	Yards	TOP			UCLA	NU
1	10:17	10	79	4:43	UCLA	Paul Perkins 1-yd run (Kaʻimi Fairbairn kick)	7	0
	3:50	12	75	6:27	NU	Imani Cross 1-yd run (Drew Brown kick)	7	7
2	11:04	4	86	1:38	UCLA	Kenneth Walker 60-yd pass from Josh Rosen (Fairbairn kick)	14	7
	7:55	4	68	1:36	UCLA	Nate Starks 26-yd pass from Rosen (Fairbairn kick)	21	7
	6:23	4	75	1:23	NU	Terrell Newby 3-yd run (Brown kick)	21	14
	0:52	8	73	3:31	NU	Andy Janovich 1-yd run (Brown kick)	21	21
3	10:37	9	78	4:23	NU	Stanley Morgan 22-yd pass from Tommy Armstrong (kick failed)	21	27
	4:50	11	67	4:32	NU	Brown 20-yd field goal	21	30
4	14:11	9	51	4:01	NU	Armstrong 3-yd run (Brown kick)	21	37
	11:29	8	76	2:35	UCLA	Jordan Payton 9-yd pass from Rosen (Rosen pass to Thomas Duarte)	29	37

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Team statistics

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Statistic[2]	UCLA	Nebraska
First downs	17	31
Rushes–yards	16–67	62–326
Comp.–att.–yards	26–41–319	12–19–174
Total offense	386	500
Turnovers	2	1
Punts–average	4–41.8	3–41.7
Penalties–yards	7–56	6–38
Time of possession	21:45	38:15

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