Overview

• The quarterback accounted for five touchdowns, going 17 of 24 for 166 yards with two passing scores and rushing for 128 yards and three more.
• UCLA entered the Rose Bowl at 0-4 without having led all season and as roughly 24.5-point underdogs to the Nittany Lions.
• The win followed a staff shakeup that included head coach DeShaun Foster’s firing and the departures of coordinators Tino Sunseri and Ikaika Malloe, with Jerry Neuheisel elevated to active play-caller.
• After the firings, Iamaleava told teammates that anyone not committed to staying should leave, a message he reiterated following the victory.
• Iamaleava transferred from Tennessee in the spring in a rare quarterback-for-quarterback swap that sent Joey Aguilar to the Volunteers, intensifying scrutiny of his debut season.