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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 #15/14 WASHINGTON vs. #NR/25 COLORADO Sept. 1 vs. #9 Auburn (ABC) L, 21-16 Homecoming Features Afternoon Game Vs. Buffaloes Sept. 8 NORTH DAKOTA (Pac-12) W, 45-3 Sept. 15 at Utah* (ESPN) W, 21-7 THE GAME: The Washington football team (3-1 Pac-12, 5-2 overall) returns home after two straight road Sept. 22 ARIZONA STATE* (ESPN) W, 27-20 games to take on Colorado (2-1, 5-1) in a 12:30 p.m. game this Saturday (FOX television). It’s homecom- Sept. 29 #20 BYU (FOX) W, 35-7 ing at UW and the game will also celebrate the newest class of the Husky Hall of Fame, which will be Oct. 6 at UCLA* (FOX) W, 31-24 officially inducted on Sunday. The Huskies enter the week ranked No. 15 in the latest AP Top 25 and No. Oct. 13 at #17 Oregon* (ABC) L, 30-27 (OT) 14 in the coaches’ poll. The Buffs are ranked No. 25 in the coaches’ poll (unranked by AP). Oct. 20 COLORADO* (FOX) 12:30 p.m. QUICK HITTERS: Jake Browning broke the UW career passing yards record in the BYU game, passing Oct. 27 at California* TBD Cody Pickett ... Browning’s 10,855 career yards are 10th-most in Pac-12 history ... with 88 career Nov. 3 STANFORD* TBD touchdown passes, he’s 7th in Pac-12 history ... Browning is just the sixth player in Pac-12 history to Nov. 17 OREGON STATE* TBD account for 100 touchdowns (103 total: 88 pass, 15 rush) ... Sept. 1 vs. Auburn, Myles Gaskin became Nov. 23 at Washington State* (FOX) 5:30 p.m. the UW’s all-time leading rusher, moving past Napoleon Kaufman, who had held the record since 1994 ... all times are Pacific Gaskin enters the Colorado game with 4,678 yards, 6th-most in Pac-12 history ... Gaskin scored his 54th rankings are AP at time of game career touchdown against UCLA, extending his school record ... his 50 career rushing TDs (he has four receiving TDs) rank 5th in Pac-12 history ... Taylor Rapp leads the nation with three fumble recoveries ... 2018 PAC-12 STANDINGS against ASU, Ben Burr-Kirven notched 20 tackles, most by a Husky since 1996 ... Burr-Kirven’s 93 total tackles are already nine more than his 13-game total of last year, which led the team ... he leads the nation in tackles at 13.3 per game. ... for the first time since 1995, UW did not have a true freshman NORTH Pac-12 Overall play in its season opener ... against North Dakota, however, four true freshmen saw action: DL Tuli 1. Washington 3-1 5-2 Letuligasenoa, LB Jackson Sirmon, LB MJ Tafisi, OLB Zion Tupuola-Fetui ... cornerback Kyler Gordon 2. Oregon 2-1 5-1 played at Oregon, becoming the fifth freshman to see action in 2018 ... to date, all five have played Washington State 2-1 5-1 in just one game each ... only five players made their UW playing debut in the season-opener against Stanford 2-1 4-2 Auburn in Atlanta: OL Henry Bainivalu, PK Peyton Henry, OL Jaxson Kirkland (started at RG), OLB Ariel 5. California 0-3 3-3 Ngata and TE Cade Otton ... 12 more Huskies saw their first UW action against North Dakota ... UW has Oregon State 0-3 1-5 outscored opponents 202-112 this year and, in quarters two and three (combined), UW is outscoring its opponents 103-36 this season ... UW is 30-7 over its last 37 games ... UW enters Oregon week ranked SOUTH Pac-12 Overall No. 9 in third-down conversions (.510), No. 10 in scoring defense (16.0), No. 17 in total defense (315.1), 1. USC 3-1 4-2 No. 15 in passing yards allowed (178.6), and No. 22 in completion percentage (.670). 2. Colorado 2-1 5-1 TELEVISION: The Washington-Colorado game will air live to a national audience on FOX with Joe 3. Utah 2-2 4-2 Davis (play-by-play), Brady Quinn (analyst) and Bruce Feldman (sidelines) providing the commentary. Arizona 2-2 3-4 The broadcast can also be found on FOXSportsGo.com and the FOXSportsGo app. 5. Arizona State 1-2 3-3 RADIO: The Washington IMG College Network, with its flagship station KOMO AM-1000 and FM-97.7, UCLA 1-2 1-5 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 Elise Woodward. The THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 GAMES UW broadcast of the game will also air on Sirius (83) and XM (83) satellite radio, and is also available Colorado at Washington, 12:30 p.m. (FOX) via TuneIn.com and the TuneIn app. California at Oregon State, 1 p.m. (Pac-12) Oregon at Washington State, 4:30 p.m. (FOX) #15/14 WASHINGTON vs. #NR/25 COLORADO USC at Utah, 5 p.m. (Pac-12) Saturday, October 20, 2018 • 12:30 p.m. PT Arizona at UCLA, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Radio: KOMO AM-1000/FM-97.7 and the Washington IMG College Network; Sirius 83; XM 83 Television: FOX LAST WEEK’S PAC-12 GAMES Media Schedule for the Week: Utah 42, Arizona 10 Monday: Coach Petersen Press Conference Wednesday: Interviews: 10:45 a.m. (offensive Oregon 30, Washington 27 (OT) 11:30 a.m., Founder’s Club players & asst. coach interviews) UCLA 37, California 7 Lunch at 11:00 a.m. Thursday: Coach Petersen, 10:40 a.m. USC 31, Colorado 20 Tuesday: Interviews: 10:45 a.m. (defensive player (old team assembly room) & asst. coach interviews) Friday: No media availability Pac-12 Coaches Teleconference All times approximate. Arrive early! 10:15 a.m. (Petersen: 11:55 a.m.) WASHINGTON vs. COLORADO • HUSKY STADIUM • OCT. 20, 2018 • 12:30 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 Tuesday. 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 11:55 a.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 Husky an offensive innovator who carried the Boise State football program to its highest highs and broadcast of the UW-Colorado 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.