Fullerton Wouldn’t Go Quietly : Titans: Huge underdogs, they leave several reminders that Bruins were in a game.

Cal State Fullerton quarterback Quincy Guy streaked across the end zone for a 16-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, touching off a wild celebration in which he was tackled by teammate Jermaine Hill.

Titan receiver Frank Davis got Bruin cornerback Teddy Lawrence to turn the wrong way and made him pay, slipping past Lawrence and catching a 73-yard play-action pass from quarterback Trendell Williams for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Fullerton knocked UCLA quarterback Wayne Cook out of the game late in the second quarter, and minutes later, UCLA running back Ricky Davis needed to be helped off the field after being flattened by Titan safety Al Whitten.

UCLA drove deep into Fullerton territory on its first two possessions until the Fullerton defense stiffened, forcing the Bruins to settle for two field goals by Louis Perez.

What was going on here?

Not what you think.

UCLA was never seriously threatened by Fullerton in the Bruins’ 37-14 victory before 37,965 at the Rose Bowl Saturday night.

But the Titans, 42-point underdogs against the 16th-ranked Bruins, certainly had their moments.

Such as Guy’s touchdown run in the second quarter, which came on one of Fullerton’s most effective calls--a broken play up the middle.

Guy, who slipped out of the grasp of a Cal State Northridge defender in the backfield last week and ran 33 yards for a touchdown in the Titans’ 28-7 victory, took the snap and looked to run the option to the right side.

But a Bruin defender blocked his path, and, with no place else to go, Guy decided to turn it up the middle, where he found plenty of running room and scored to cut UCLA’s lead to 20-7 with 20 seconds left in the first half.

Whitten knocked Davis out on UCLA’s next play, and the half ended on Bruin quarterback Rob Walker’s short scramble.

The Titans entered the locker room with something very few thought they would have: momentum.

The Titans had outrushed UCLA, 101-72, in the first half, even though Fullerton’s offense was as one-dimensional as a blackboard. The Titans, who went from a one-back, pass-oriented attack to the option this season, attempted only one pass the first half.

There were some halftime grumblings among UCLA fans, one who was overheard saying: “How are we going to stop (San Diego State’s) Marshall Faulk when we can’t even stop Fullerton? And we know what they’re going to do every play.”

In the press box, Fullerton Athletic Director Bill Shumard was grinning.

“We’ve got ‘em right where we want them,” Shumard quipped.

Too bad they had to play the third quarter.