Despite racking up 435 yards of total offense, including 391 yards passing, BYU saw its 11-game winning streak come to an end, as No. 13 UCLA beat the Cougars 27-17 in front of 72,986 fans. The Cougars held the Bruins to just 236 total yards but fell short in their bid to upset UCLA on its home field. Hall threw 30-of-53 attempts for 391 yards and two touchdowns, while a stifling defense held UCLA junior quarterback Ben Olson to just 126 passing yards. A total of 11 penalties were called against BYU compared to the Bruins’ four. The most crucial penalty came late in the fourth quarter when the Cougars were called for pass interference on a play that should have been blown dead because the 25-second play clock had expired. The pass interference penalty gave UCLA a first-and-10 from the BYU 27-yard line. A few plays later Chris Markey put the game out of reach with a three-yard touchdown run with 1:12 left in the game. On BYU’s first play of the second half, Harvey Unga took a pass from Hall and ran it up the sideline for a gain of 18-yards. That play was followed by a 23-yard reception up the middle by Andrew George. Two plays later Hall hooked up with George once more for a 28-yard completion that fell one yard short of the end zone. Hall found Austin Collie in the end zone to cut the gap down to 20-10. It was the Cougars’ defense that came up big on UCLA’s ensuing drive when Kayle Buchanan intercepted an Olsen pass. It took only two plays for Hall to connect with Collie again on a lob at the corner of the end zone to put BYU within three points at 20-17. However, that would be as close as the Cougars would get, as Markey sealed the game for the Bruins with a three-yard touchdown run that gave the game its final score of 27-17.