The No. 7 UCLA Bruins tormented the Nevada Wolf Pack on Halloween as they defended the Rose Bowl and were treated to a 27-0 shutout win on Saturday.

The Bruins were never in danger of losing this game as Nevada's quarterbacks were in the holiday spirit and handing out treats to UCLA's defense. Fortunately for UCLA, there were no tricks in this game as they were cruised their way to an 8-0 record to remain undefeated. Here were five takeaways from UCLA's productive win.

Turnover champions

The Bruins defense made their presence known from the first whistle with the first three drives by Nevada ending in three interceptions and the last one being a pick-six for the first touchdown of the game. The three consecutive interceptions forced Nevada to bench junior quarterback Luke Duncan after he completed just 1-of-8 passes for 36 yards. Then, UCLA's defense came up with a game-ending interception to preserve a shutout. UCLA's defense has proven week after week that they are legit and should be of the most feared units in the country this season.

Defense leveled up

The defense reached a new achievement this week with their first shutout of the season thanks to the beforementioned game-ending interception. Nevada's offense played three different quarterbacks during the game as they struggled to get any sort of momentum going with just 176 total yards at the Rose Bowl Stadium. A big reason for the disjointed Wolf Pack offense was the Bruins defense constantly made havoc in the backfield with three sacks and nine tackles-for-loss. Defense coordinator Colin Hitschler has massively improved the unit to become the strength of the team.

Be careful to not wake the offense

UCLA's offense struggled again to put up points as they grabbed onto the coattails of the defense and rode them to victory. The Bruins will need to become much more productive on offense, but they did begin to make more splash plays as the game went on. Senior quarterback Ty Dieffenbach was a bit out of sorts early on, but was able to put the Bruins in position to get points in the final minutes of the first half and led another touchdown drive in the second half of the game. However, the most important stat might be the fact that there were no turnovers on the offensive side of the ball this week.

Run, run, run

UCLA's most productive member of the offense has continued to be their senior star running back Wayne Knight. The Bruins star led the team in rushing yards with 53 yards on 11 carries, but he also made two receptions for 21 yards and a touchdown. As week's go on, teams seem to be more and more keen on stopping the 5'7" back and although he might be slowed down, he doesn't appear to be able to be stopped. Knight has scored at least one touchdown in each of his eight performances so far this season, but this was the first time he was held without a Bruins rushing touchdown.

Kicking problems

The Bruins senior kicker Mateen Bhaghani missed just one kick and made all three of his extra points. However, Bhaghani one kick the veteran kicker missed was a 51-yarder. That's not the easiest kick for a collegiate kicker to make, but Bhaghani didn't just miss he it, he shanked it. Bhaghani needs to be more accurate and it's not necessarily fair to judge him off of one kick, but it was his second 50-yard attempt of the season. In fact, it was the second kick over 40-yards that he attempted all season with both of them being missed and inaccurate.

To make matters worse, Bhaghani also booted a kickoff out of bounds, costing UCLA some penalty yardage.