Previously winless UCLA stunned No. 7 Penn State 42-37 on Saturday afternoon at the Rose Bowl.

The Bruins, who started 0-4 without holding a lead at any point in those games and fired coach DeShaun Foster on Sept. 14, took a 10-0 lead in the first eight minutes against the Nittany Lions thanks to a long opening touchdown drive followed by an onside kick recovery. UCLA led 27-7 at halftime and held off a Penn State rally behind Tennessee transfer quarterback Nico Iamaleava, who rushed for 128 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 166 yards and two touchdowns.

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“Big-time players make big time plays,” said UCLA interim head coach Tim Skipper. “That’s what he did out there. … He rises to the occasion. That’s the main thing I love about him. There’s no pressure too big for him, man.”

Penn State stopped UCLA on a fourth-and-1 in Bruins territory with two minutes left to give the Nittany Lions a chance to drive for the tie, but UCLA responded by stuffing quarterback Drew Allar on fourth-and-2 inside the 10 with 40 seconds left. Penn State still had three timeouts left, and after failing to get a first down, the Bruins took an intentional safety with 17 seconds to play. Penn State failed to mount a serious threat in the closing seconds.

The Bruins get the stop 💪@UCLAFootball stuffs No. 7 Penn State on 4th & 2.