PASADENA, Calif. – Winless UCLA handed Penn State the worst loss of James Franklin’s coaching tenure, shocking the seventh-ranked Nittany Lions 42-37 before 39,256 Saturday at the Rose Bowl.

The Bruins (1-1 Big Ten, 1-4) didn’t look like 24-point underdogs, dominating time of possession and total yards and obliterating the Penn State defense. That, despite them changing their head coach, offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator in the last several weeks.

The Lions looked nothing like a championship contender and might have seen their College Football Playoff hopes vanish with a poor performance.

The play of Penn State’s defense was especially shocking. UCLA’s offense was stopped just three times all afternoon, on a missed 56-yard field goal, on a blocked punt that Liam Clifford r

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