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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2005 HUSKY FOOTBALL www.gohuskies.com Contacts: Jim Daves, Jeff Bechthold & Brian Beaky • (206) 543-2230 • Fax (206) 543-5000 2005 HUSKY SCHEDULE / RESULTS WASHINGTON vs. #20/21 OREGON Sept. 3 Air Force (Qwest Field) (ABC-TV) L, 20-17 After Bye Week, Huskies Resume Rigorous October Slate Sept. 10 CALIFORNIA (ABC-TV) L, 56-17 Sept. 17 IDAHO W, 34-6 THE GAME: The Washington football team (0-2 in the Pac-10, 1-4 overall), fresh from a bye week, travel to Sept. 24 NOTRE DAME (ABC-TV) L, 36-17 Eugene to take on Oregon this Saturday, Oct. 15. Game time is 12:30 p.m. and, while there will be no live TV Oct. 1 at UCLA (FSN-NW) L, 21-17 broadcast, the game will air on FSN Northwest on a same-day delay Saturday at 7:00 p.m. The Ducks (2-1 in Oct. 15 at Oregon 12:30 p.m. the Pac-10, 5-1 overall) are ranked No. 20 in this week’s Associated Press rankings and No. 21 in the USA Oct. 22 USC 12:30 p.m. Today coaches’ poll. Oregon traveled to the desert last week and knocked off Arizona State, 31-17. After the Oct. 29 at Arizona State 3:30 p.m. Oregon game, the Huskies return home for their only home game of the month of October. Sat., Oct. 22, the Nov. 5 OREGON STATE 12:30 p.m. Dawgs will play host to No. 1 USC and then hit the road once again to face Arizona State in Tempe on Oct. 29. Nov. 12 at Arizona 3:00 p.m. November brings two home games – Nov. 5 vs. Oregon State, Nov. 19 vs. Washington State – sandwiched Nov. 19 WASHINGTON STATE (FSN-TV) 12:15 p.m. around a Nov. 12 game at Arizona. With Oregon ranked in the AP Top 25, Washington will have faced four all times are Pacific and subject to change currently ranked teams after this Saturday’s game. Only Michigan, which will play its fifth ranked opponent this Saturday in Penn State, can claim more current top-25 foes so far this season. 2005 PAC-10 STANDINGS HUSKIES vs. DUCKS HISTORY: Washington leads the all-time series against the Ducks with 58 wins, Team Pac-10 Overall 34 losses and five ties. While the series of games playing in Eugene is close with the Ducks enjoying a 12-11 1. USC 3-0 5-0 edge all-time, the Huskies are 31-17-4 in games played in Seattle. The Huskies are 10-9 all-time at Autzen 2. UCLA 2-0 5-0 Stadium and went 16-5-1 in 22 meetings in Portland's Multnomah Stadium (now PGE Park) for an overall 3. California 2-1 5-1 record of 36-25-1 in games played in the state of Oregon. Saturday's game will the Huskies’ fifth trip to Oregon 2-1 5-1 Autzen Stadium in the series’ last seven games. In 2000, 2002 and 2004, the UW and Oregon met at Autzen 5. Oregon State 1-1 3-2 Stadium while in 2001, the Ducks and Huskies didn't play each other, the first break in the series since 1943, Stanford 1-1 2-2 when Washington played only military opponents. The Ducks have had the slight edge of late, winning six of 7. Arizona State 1-2 3-3 the last 10 against the Dawgs. The Huskies, however, have won three of the last five, nine of the last 15, 15 8. Washington State 0-2 3-2 of the last 23 and 21 of the last 30. Prior to a 31-6 loss last season in Eugene, Washington had won in its Arizona 0-2 1-4 previous visit to Autzen Stadium on Nov. 16 in 2002. That day, Oregon took a 14-0 lead before the Dawgs Washington 0-2 1-4 posted 42 unanswered points to run away with a 42-14 win. The Dawgs followed that victory with a 42-10 win in 2003 at Husky Stadium . Washington and Oregon first met on the football field in 1900, a 43-0 Oregon THIS WEEKEND’S GAMES win in Eugene. The Huskies got their first win in the series in the next meeting, a 6-5 victory in 1903. From Washington at Oregon 1974 to 1993, Washington won 17 of 20 meetings, though Oregon has taken six of the last 10. The series also Stanford at Arizona features one of the biggest year-to-year turnarounds in college football history as the Ducks beat the Huskies, Oregon State at California 58-0, in 1973 and then lost at the UW, 66-0, the following year. Tenth-year Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti UCLA at Washington State is 5-4 vs. Washington. While at Stanford, Husky head coach Tyrone Willingham compiled a 4-1 record against USC at Notre Dame the Ducks. Willingham’s Cardinal squads beat the Ducks 28-21 in 1995 at Eugene, 27-24 in 1996 at Stanford and 58-49 in 1997 at Stanford before the Ducks posted their first win over Willingham, a 63-28 victory in 1998 LAST WEEKEND’S RESULTS in Eugene. The Cardinal and Ducks didn’t play in 1999 or 2000, but Willingham got a 49-42 victory in Eugene USC 42, Arizona 21 in his final season at Stanford. That loss was Oregon’s lone defeat in 2001. All of Willingham’s five games Oregon 31, Arizona State 17 against Oregon were head-to-head vs. Bellotti. Willingham was 2-1 in games at Autzen Stadium. UCLA 47, California 40 Stanford 24, Washington State 21 TELEVISION: There will be no live television broadcast of the Washington-Oregon game. However, the game will air on FSN Northwest on a same-day delay at 7:00 p.m. Saturday night. Brian Davis and Sonny QUICK HIT Sixkiller will call the action. With the replay Saturday night, there will be no replay on Sunday, as is usually • No. 20 Oregon will respresent the fourth Husky oppo- the case. For the rest of the season, all remaining Husky games will air on FSN on tape delay Sundays at 3:00 nent this season that is currently ranked in the Asso- p.m. Additionally, “Husky Football All-Access” airs each Thursday at 7:00 p.m. during the season on FSN. The ciated Press top 25. The Huskies have also faced No. program is an up-close look at each Husky game, with one-on-one interviews and sideline video. 9 Notre Dame, No. 12 UCLA and No. 18 California. RADIO: The Husky Sports Network, with its flagship station KJR 950-AM, will carry the live broadcast of • Washington has been penalized an average of 44 yards every football game to five different states and British Columbia, Canada, on 26 different radio stations. per game, which ranks No. 19 in the NCAA. The Hus- Longtime play-by-play man Bob Rondeau and color analyst Chuck Nelson are joined by sideline reporter Elise kies’ 5.6 penalites per game ranks tied for No. 26. Woodward. Most broadcasts will also be carried on XM Satellite Radio on channel 194, 195 or 196. WASHINGTON vs. OREGON • AUTZEN STADIUM • OCTOBER 15, 2005 • 12:30 P.M. PDT THE COACH: Tyrone Willingham was named Washington’s 22nd head football coach on December 13, 2004. A former head coach at Notre Dame and Stanford, MEDIA RESOURCES Willingham became the first African-American to serve as the Huskies head coach. UW ON THE INTERNET: The Washington athletic department’s official web site can While he brings an impressive resume with him to resurrect the Husky program, be found at www.gohuskies.com. The site features information on all 23 of the Hus- Willingham has acquitted himself well among his peers for much more than just kies’ intercollegiate sports programs. fielding winning teams. Over the past 28 years Willingham has developed a coach- OREGON ON THE INTERNET: Oregon’s official website can be found at ing style that emphasizes toughness, enthusiasm, intelligence, discipline, com- www.goducks.com. mitment and unselfish play. The result has provided his players with more than PAC-10 ON THE INTERNET: The official Pac-10 web site, which includes a copy of just the opportunity to enjoy victories on the field. His guiding principles have the Pac-10 football release, can be found at the following address: www.pac-10.org. prepared his players to be successful in life. Willingham, who turned 51 on Dec. 30, served as the head coach at Stanford (1995-2001) and Notre Dame (2002- PAC-10 SATELLITE FEED: The Pac-10 runs a weekly satellite feed featuring inter- 2004) over the past decade. His Stanford teams enjoyed a 44-36-1 record while views and game highlight footage. The 30-minute feed runs every Wednesday at he was 21-15 with the Fighting Irish, including a 38-3 victory against Washington 11:30 a.m. PT (2:30 ET), beginning Sept. 7 and running until Nov. 30. The coordinates last season at Notre Dame Stadium. In his inaugural season with the Irish in (same as last season) are: IA5 / C14. 2002, he wasted no time reversing the tide of the Irish program, leading Notre DAWG CHANNEL ALL-ACCESS: Fans can now enjoy live games (football and other Dame to a 10-2 regular-season record and a trip to the 2003 Gator Bowl in Jack- sports), features, interviews press conferences and more on Dawg Channel, available sonville, Fla.