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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2018 HUSKY FOOTBALL web: www.gohuskies.com • twitter: @UW_Football Contacts: Jeff Bechthold & Brian Tom • emails: [email protected] & [email protected] 2017 HUSKY SCHEDULE / results #11/11 WASHINGTON vs. #20/NR BYU Sept. 1 vs. #9 Auburn (ABC) L, 21-16 Dawgs’ Non-Conference Schedule Wraps Up Vs. Cougars Sept. 8 NORTH DAKOTA (Pac-12) W, 45-3 Sept. 15 at Utah* (ESPN) W, 21-7 THE GAME: The Washington football team (2-0 Pac-12, 3-1 overall) closes out its non-conference Sept. 22 ARIZONA STATE* (ESPN) W, 27-20 schedule Saturday as BYU (3-1) pays a visit to Husky Stadium. Kickoff is 5:30 p.m. and the game will Sept. 29 #20 BYU (FOX) 5:30 p.m. air live on FOX television. The Huskies enter the game ranked No. 11 in both the Associated Press Oct. 6 at UCLA* TBD Top 25 and the USA Today coaches’ poll. BYU is 20th in the AP, but one spot out of the coaches’ Oct. 13 at Oregon* TBD Top 25. Following this Saturday’s game, the Huskies head out on the road to face UCLA and Oregon. Oct. 20 COLORADO* TBD Oct. 27 at California* TBD QUICK HITTERS: Sept.1 vs. Auburn, Myles Gaskin became the UW’s all-time leading rusher, moving Nov. 3 STANFORD* TBD past Napoleon Kaufman, who had held the record since 1994 ... Gaskin enters the ASU game with Nov. 17 OREGON STATE* TBD 4,412 yards, 6th-most in Pac-12 history ... Gaskin scored his 51th career touchdown against Utah, Nov. 23 at Washington State* (FOX) 5:30 p.m. extending his school record ... his 47 career rushing TDs (he has four receiving TDs) rank 8th in all times are Pacific Pac-12 history ... with 85 career touchdown passes, Jake Browning is tied for 8th in Pac-12 history rankings are AP at time of game ... Browning’s 10,070 career passing yards currently rank No. 2 in UW history and No. 17 in the Pac-12 ... for the first time since 1995, UW did not have a true freshman play in its season opener 2018 PAC-12 STANDINGS ... against North Dakota, however, four true freshmen saw action: DL Tuli Letuligasenoa, LB Jackson Sirmon, LB MJ Tafisi, OLB Zion Tupuola-Fetui ... only five players (none of them true freshmen) NORTH Pac-12 Overall made their UW playing debut against Auburn in Atlanta: OL Henry Bainivalu, PK Peyton Henry, OL 1. Stanford 2-0 4-0 Jaxson Kirkland (started at RG), OLB Ariel Ngata and TE Cade Otton ... 12 more Huskies saw their Washington 2-0 3-1 first action against North Dakota: the aforementioned true freshmen, plus TB Malik Braxton, DL 3. California 0-0 3-0 Josiah Bronson, WR Terrell Bynum, WR Alex Cook, TE Michael Neal, OL Cole Norgaard, OLB Joe 4. Oregon 0-1 3-1 Tryon, PK Sebastian Valerio ... Washington enters the week No. 4 in scoring defense (12.8 ppg) ... Washington State 0-1 3-1 Taylor Rapp leads the nation with three fumble recoveries ... against ASU, Ben Burr-Kirven notched Oregon State 0-1 1-3 20 tackles, most by a Husky since 1996 ... Burr-Kirven is 5th in the nation in total tackles (53) and ninth in forced fumbles (2) ... Byron Murphy is 7th in the nation in passes defended (8). SOUTH Pac-12 Overall 1. Arizona 1-0 2-2 TELEVISION: The Washington-BYU game will air live to a national audience on FOX with Joe Davis 2. USC 1-1 2-2 (play-by-play), Brady Quinn (analyst) and Bruce Feldman (sidelines) providing the commentary. The 3. Colorado 0-0 3-0 broadcast can also be found on FOXSportsGo.com and the FOXSports app. UCLA 0-0 0-3 5. Utah 0-1 2-1 RADIO: The Washington IMG College Network, with its flagship station KOMO AM-1000 and FM- Arizona State 0-1 2-2 97.7, will carry the live broadcast of every football game on 17 Northwest radio stations. First-year play-by-play man Tony Castricone and color analyst Damon Huard are joined by sideline reporter THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 GAMES Elise Woodward. The UW broadcast of the game will also air on Sirius (83) and XM (83) satellite Fri., 9/28: UCLA at Colorado, 6:00 p.m. (FS1) radio, and is also available via TuneIn.com and the TuneIn app. Utah at Washington State, 3:00 p.m. (Pac-12) Stanford at Notre Dame, 4:30 p.m. (NBC) #11/11 WASHINGTON vs. #20/NR BYU BYU at Washington, 5:30 p.m. (FOX) Sat., Sept. 29, 2018 • 5:30 p.m. PT Oregon State at Arizona State, 7:00 p.m. (Pac-12) Radio: KOMO AM-1000/FM-97.7 and the Washington IMG College Network; USC at Arizona, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Sirius 83; XM 83 Television: FOX Oregon at California, 7:30 p.m. (FS1) Media Schedule for the Week: Monday: Coach Petersen Wednesday: Interviews: 10:45 a.m. (assistant LAST WEEK’S PAC-12 GAMES Press Conference coach interviews after) Fri.: USC 39, Washington State 36 11:30 a.m., Founder’s Club Thursday: Coach Petersen, 10:40 a.m. Arizona 35, Oregon State 14 Tuesday: Interviews: 10:45 a.m. (offensive & (old team assembly room) Stanford 38, Oregon 31 (OT) defensive player interviews after) Friday: No media availability No Pac-12 coaches’ teleconference Washington 27, Arizona State 20 All times approximate. Arrive early! this week WASHINGTON vs. BYU • Husky sTADIuM • sepT. 29, 2018 • 5:30 p.M. pT (FOX) THE HEAD COACH: When Chris Petersen was hired after the 2013 season, no one knew for sure how long it might take to return the Husky program to the top levels of the college MEDIA RESOURCES football world. It turns out, it took about three years. In 2016, the Huskies had their best MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE ON GOHUSKIES.COM: Every Monday, head season since 2000 and one of their best ever, winning the Pac-12 Championship, earning coach Chris Petersen will hold his weekly press conference, starting at 11:30 a.m. PT. a spot in the College Football Playoff and finishing ranked No. 4 in the final polls. They did Fans can watch live on gohuskies.com and watch a replay at gohuskies.com/petersen. it with high-achieving, young players across the starting lineup while also succeeding in the classroom at an unprecedented and sustained rate. That success continued in 2017, as PAC-12 TELECONFERENCE: All 12 Pac-12 coaches are available on a weekly the UW posted back-to-back, 10-win seasons for the first time since 1990-91 and earned teleconference each Tuesda.. The call begins at 10:15 a.m. PT and Coach Petersen is a spot in an New Years Six bowl game while going 10-3 overall and 7-2 in Pac-12 play. In on the call at 12:25 p.m. PT. Contact the Pac-12 office for more info. the meantime, during the fall academic quarter, the Huskies posted a team GPA of 3.16, shattering the program’s record, set the previous fall. Petersen, who built a reputation as RADIO ON SiriusXM: Most Pac-12 games this season will air on SiriusXM. The an offensive innovator who carried the Boise State football program to its highest highs and Husky broadcast of the UW-BYU game will air on Sirius 83 and XM 83. had been courted by innumerable programs, was swayed to take on a new challenge when COACH’S SHOW: The Coach Petersen Show, with Tony Castricone and head coach he agreed to become head coach of the Huskies in December of 2013. Petersen’s “Built for Chris Petersen, will air each Thursday on KOMO AM-1000 / FM-97.7 at 6:00 p.m.. Life” philosophy, on which the program is based, achieved its highest level of fruition to date with the successes of the team in 2016. Along with those on-field victories, the team IMG WASHINGTON RADIO NETWORK: The following stations make up the 17-sta- continued to achieve at never-before-seen levels academically as the team achieved a 3.09 tion IMG Washington Radio Network: grade point average during the fall academic quarter. The UW led the Pac-12 in 17 differ- ent team statistical categories. Following the 2016 season, in May of 2017, Petersen was WASHINGTON: honored with the Stallings Award, awarded annually to a college head football coach who Seattle (flagship) KOMO 1000 AM Omak KOMW 680 AM is both a humanitarian and an exceptional coach, and named after former Alabama and KOMO 97.7 FM Port Angeles/Sequim KONP 1450 AM Texas A&M head coach Gene Stallings. In 2015, Petersen’s Huskies, featuring one of the Aberdeen KWOK 1490 AM Spokane KPKL 107.1 FM nation’s youngest squads and a schedule ranked by many as the nation’s toughest, rallied Bellingham KPUG 1170 AM Tacoma KOMO 1000 AM for the Dawgs’ sixth consecutive bowl berth, which resulted in a victory over Southern Miss Bellingham KPUG 97.9 FM Walla Walla KUJ 1420 AM in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. A stout Husky defense (first in the Pac-12 in scoring and total Centralia KELA 1430 AM Wenatchee KKRT 900 AM defense) led the way as a freshman-laden offense showed steady growth en route to a Kelso/Longview KLOG 1490 AM Yakima KUTI 1460 AM 7-6 season record. Off the field, Petersen’s impact on the program’s academic success was Moses Lake KWIQ 1020 AM ALASKA: clear as well.