PASADENA, Calif. -- Upon further review -- BYU doesn't want any more reviews.

The Cougars went 0-for-4 on video replay against UCLA on Saturday, including a huge one in the fourth quarter on a drive that would have given BYU the lead. Max Hall's fumble on a sack was recovered by the Bruins and replay officials didn't see enough evidence to overturn the call on the field.

That's not the reason BYU lost to UCLA 27-17 in front of 72,986 at the Rose Bowl -- the Cougars committed 11 penalties and made mistakes at key moments -- but fans have to wonder what would have happened had BYU scored on that drive in the fourth quarter.

"I was throwing to Austin on a corner route," Hall said about the key play. "It would have been there. I thought we still had a chance, but they (UCLA) executed down the stretch better than we did."

BYU (1-1) nearly rallied from a 20-0 first-half deficit to snatch victory from defeat, scoring twice in the third quarter to cut the UCLA lead to 20-17. A long drive (15 plays) moved the Cougars to the UCLA 13-yard line with 10 minutes to play and all the momentum was on the BYU sideline.

But UCLA's Bruce Davis hit Hall as he was throwing the ball and Tom Blake recovered for the Bruins. The play was reviewed, but officials chose to confirm the call on the field.

"I got hit in the back right as I was throwing it," said Hall, who passed for 391 yards and two touchdowns. "I thought I was in my throwing motion, but the umpire thought otherwise and ruled it a fumble. I felt like I was throwing it."

BYU got the ball back with 5:53 remaining but went three-and-out. UCLA took over on the BYU 45 and chewed nearly four minutes off the clock. Two penalties on BYU -- a face mask and a third-down pass interference call -- kept the UCLA drive going. Chris Markey scored from three yards out with 1:12 to play to clinch the game.

"I was really pleased how this team responded when you had to put points on the board at the end of the game," said UCLA coach Karl Dorrell. "We finished the game by icing down the clock and getting seven points.

"It was a hard-fought win today. I knew BYU was a very good football team. You don't win 11 games in a row and not have the attitude and poise it takes to come back."

The showdown between BYU and former Cougar quarterback Ben Olson went the Cougars' way. Olson was just 13-of-28 for 126 yards and an interception and was sacked twice.

But he also came up with a victory.

One of the biggest factors in the game was the 11 penalties on BYU -- including three on senior center Sete Aulai -- and two first-half turnovers. In addition, BYU's average start in the first half was its own 18-yard line, as opposed to UCLA starting at its own 43.

"The field position, especially in the first half, was very difficult to overcome," BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall said. "When critical plays needed to be made, UCLA made them."

Besides the Hall fumble, BYU also lost three other video reviews. In the first half, senior linebacker Bryan Kehl appeared to flip a tipped pass off the ground into the air and Shawn Doman intercepted. But that was ruled an incomplete pass.

Also in the first half, Vic So'oto was battling for yardage on a 19-yard pass play when he fumbled. Replays showed So'oto's knee clearly hit the turf but were inconclusive on where the ball was when the knee went down. UCLA gained possession there.

In the second half, Harvey Unga appeared to break the plane of the goal line with the ball, but a video replay ruled he was short. BYU later scored a touchdown on that drive.

After a field goal gave UCLA (2-0) a 3-0 first quarter lead, Trey Brown stepped in front of a Hall pass and returned it 56 yards for a touchdown and a 10-0 advantage. UCLA turned good field position into two more scores in the second quarter and led 20-0 with 3:28 to play in the first half.

BYU put together an 11-play drive at the end of the half and converted a 27-yard Mitch Payne field goal for a 20-3 score at the intermission.

BYU scored on its first drive of the second half. Hall was 5-of-5 for 87 yards and flipped a 5-yarder to Austin Collie for the touchdown. After a Kayle Buchanan interception, BYU took two plays to find the end zone again on another Hall-to-Collie hookup. Now the UCLA lead was 20-17.

"We executed better in the second half," Mendenhall said. "We became more precise and we didn't have the destructive penalties in the same volume. You saw bits and pieces of what this team will be."

Hall led BYU on a long drive and converted three third downs. A pass to Harvey Unga gave the Cougars the ball at the UCLA 13. But all the momentum was lost on Hall's fumble.

The Cougars won most of the statistical battles, outgaining UCLA 435 total yards to 236 and rolling up 23 first downs to UCLA's 15. The Cougars also won the time-of-possession battle (31:49 to 28:11) and held UCLA to just 2-of-12 on third down conversions.

In the end, it wasn't a positive review for BYU -- only a loss that broke its 11-game winning streak.

Daily Herald Sports Editor Darnell Dickson can be reached at 344-2555 or by e-mail at ddickson@heraldextra.com

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This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page D1.