PASASDENA, Calif. — Nico Iamaleava threw for two touchdowns and ran for three more on Saturday, as UCLA notched its first win of the season in stunning fashion, knocking off No. 7 Penn State, 42-37, at the Rose Bowl.
The Nittany Lions, who lost to Oregon at home last week for its first loss of the season, has suddenly dropped two straight, and could fall out of the Associated Press Top 25 after a sluggish performance that saw the Bruins (1-4) take a 27-7 lead before holding off the visitors.
Penn State (3-2) allowed more than 400 yards to a team that hadn’t held a lead all season, and is being led by interim coach Tim Skipper after DeShaun Foster was fired on Sept. 14.
The Bruins became the first 0-4 team to defeat a top 10 team since 1985, when UTEP knocked off BYU.
