Under second-year head coach Rick Neuheisel, they opened the season at the Rose Bowl on September 5 against San Diego State.

Free game tickets were given to firefighters and their families for fighting the "Station wildfire" at nearby Angeles National Forest.

The Bruins’ Kai Forbath kicked a 49-yard field goal, but Lindley threw a 78-yard touchdown pass to Vincent Brown to give San Diego State a 14–3 lead in the first quarter.

The Bruin defense kept the Tennessee team from the end zone for much of the game, allowing the Vols 208 total yards.

Freshman Johnathan Franklin rushed for a career-best 119 yards on 23 carries and Kai Forbath kicked three field goals in the victory.

Kai Forbath kicked a 29-yard field goal after a fumble recovery to give the Bruins the early lead.

Using a 46-yard trick play in the third quarter to put Stanford in the red zone, Gerhart scored his third touchdown from the five-yard line.

Unable to contain Gerhart, UCLA allowed Nate Whitaker to kick a 29-yard field goal for a 24-6 Stanford lead.

With Stanford failing to move the ball, UCLA took over with 3 minutes left but were unable to make a comeback win.

With a solid performance in the first half and taking a field goal lead into the locker room, the Bruins gave up three quick touchdowns within few minutes of the third quarter to give the Ducks their fifth win of the season.

The Ducks scored on Kenjon Barner's 100-yard kickoff return, on Talmadge Jackson's 31-yard interception, and on Nate Costa's 20-yard pass to Jeff Maehl that was aided by a UCLA fumble.

The Bruins scored their only touchdown when Akeem Ayers intercepted a Costa pass in the back of the Rose Bowl north end zone by keeping his feet in bounds.

The Bears took advantage of the Bruins' mistakes and poor defensive performance to beat UCLA 45-26 for Tedford's first win in the Rose Bowl.

But in their second drive, Nick Foles passed to Juron Criner for a 41-yard touchdown to give the Wildcats a lead.

After Arizona recovered a Bruin fumble, Grigsby rushed into the end zone for a 6-yard touchdown, extra point blocked.

UCLA's Datone Jones recovered a Foles fumble and Forbath kicked a field goal to begin the third quarter.

But James Rodgers ran into the end zone for an Oregon State touchdown on a drive of 7 plays and 70 yards.

Kai Forbath kicked a 27-yard field goal early in the final period to win the game for the Bruins.

[16] With the Huskies down by a point, Erik Folk missed a 38-yard field goal attempt in the fourth quarter.

Folk kicked three field goals, two in the second quarter, and Jermaine Kearse scored two pass-touchdowns in the game.

After an interception, the Bruins scored on a pass touchdown from Kevin Prince to Taylor Embree on their first offensive play.

Andy Meyers, former offensive guard on UCLA's Pac-10 championship teams of 1997 and 1998, was the honorary captain for this Senior Day game.

With the Trojans leading 21-7 after a touchdown with 1:30 in the fourth quarter, and having possession of the ball after UCLA turned it over on downs, Coach Neuheisel called a timeout to stop the clock.

This led notable Temple alum Bill Cosby to flaunt his Owls' distinct weather advantage.

The game was won in the 4th quarter with a field goal by Kai Forbath, a 2-yard interception touchdown by Akeem Ayers, a two-point PAT catch by Nelson Rosario from Kevin Prince, and a safety from a bad snap on a Temple punt.