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UCLA’s football opener against Texas A&M moved to Sunday, Sept. 3

UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen is pressured by Texas A&M's Myles Garrett during a game at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, on Sept. 3, 2016.
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Los Angeles Times staff writer Ben Bolch
By Ben Bolch
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UCLA announced Wednesday that its football season opener against Texas A&M at the Rose Bowl has been pushed back one day to Sunday, Sept. 3, to give the game more of a featured television time slot before the start of the NFL season.

The game will start at 4:30 p.m. or 5 p.m. PDT on a station to be announced later.

The Aggies defeated the Bruins, 31-24, in overtime last season at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, after UCLA rallied from a 24-9 deficit in the fourth quarter. UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen, who engineered that late comeback with passes that went for a touchdown and a two-point conversion, is expected to be back for the rematch after undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery in November.

The Bruins will open spring football practice on Tuesday morning on campus.

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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