This post was updated Nov. 12 at 10:14 p.m.

A chorus of boos rang loud at the Rose Bowl as UCLA’s players ran into the locker room at halftime.

One week after its biggest loss of the season, the Bruins completed a scoreless first half against the worst team in the Pac-12 coming into the day.

That’s all despite having a pair of fourth-and-1s inside the opposing 10-yard line.

“It was kind of tough in the locker room (at halftime) because we knew it was on us,” said senior offensive lineman Josh Carlin. “The game was going to come down to us. Defense did their part. They did their job, the offense did not.”

But even with the team’s first-half woes, it found itself within a field goal during the fourth quarter.

Following a 16-yard touchdown catch from senior wide receiver Logan Loya, UCLA football (6-4, 3-4 Pac-12) cut Arizona State’s (3-7, 2-5) lead to 10-7 with less than 10 minutes to play. But after the Bruins appeared to get the necessary third-down stop on the ensuing possession, redshirt junior defensive lineman Grayson Murphy was flagged for a personal foul, giving the Sun Devils a first down before a game-sealing touchdown iced the final score at 17-7.

Behind third-string quarterback redshirt junior Collin Schlee, the Bruins were outscored by a Sun Devil offense that saw its own third-string quarterback, running back and tight end attempt passes.

“We came with a plan, and we didn’t execute it, whatsoever,” Carlin said. “There was no facet to the offense that was working properly. I think when our run game was strong, the pass game wasn’t and vice versa. I think we just never really got into a rhythm of our capability.”

After a scoreless first quarter, UCLA’s second drive of the game ended abruptly inside the 25-yard line following a fumble by redshirt junior running back Anthony Adkins. The miscue was the first of three consecutive drives in which the offense left points on the field.

The Bruin offense responded to a Sun Devil field goal by gaining 70 yards on its first four plays of the ensuing drive. 

But after a first-and-goal from the 5-yard line became a fourth-and-goal at the one, junior running back Carson Steele was stuffed short of the goal line for the third time in four plays for a turnover on downs.

“We had the ball down in there tight and felt like we could get the ball in,” said coach Chip Kelly. “Obviously that’s my decision, and I was wrong. That’s 100 percent on my shoulders.”

Minutes later, a 31-yard punt return from Loya put the UCLA offense back inside the redzone.

But just three plays after the return, the Bruins had another 4th-and-short situation.

Once again, Steele came up short to end the drive scoreless. From there, the Bruins went on to finish the half trailing 3-0 despite outgaining the Sun Devils by 32 yards up to that point.

After the break, the only score of the third quarter came from an unlikely source.

While it wasn’t his first passing attempt of the game, Arizona State running back Cam Skattebo threw a 25-yard touchdown pass on 3rd-and-10 to give the Sun Devils a 10-0 lead after the successful PAT.

“Going into a game where you get a team that runs a lot of Wildcat, a lot of crazy formations, you got to be prepared for the idea of them possibly throwing the ball,” said redshirt senior defensive back Alex Johnson. “(The) running back is obviously an athlete, he can throw the ball. … We were prepared for that – we just needed to make that extra play.”

Prior to the drive resulting in the Loya score, UCLA responded to Skattebo’s touchdown pass with a third handoff to Steele on a fourth-and-short, where he was stuffed once again. Steele finished with 33 rushing yards – his second-lowest total of the season – on 11 carries in the loss.

Arizona State’s running back, meanwhile, had one more highlight play left. About 45 minutes after his first score, it was Skattebo again who turned Murphy’s penalty into a 17-yard, game-clinching touchdown run to complete the Sun Devil’s upset at the Rose Bowl.

Following the loss, Kelly said the game falls on the coaching staff.

“We told them (the players) it was on us as coaches,” Kelly said. “We didn’t do a good enough job to prepare those guys to play this football game.”