UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2006 HUSKY FOOTBALL www.gohuskies.com Contacts: Richard Kilwien, Jeff Bechthold & Brian Beaky • (206) 543-2230 • Fax (206) 543-5000 2006 HUSKY SCHEDULE / results WASHINGTON vs. SAN JOSE STATE Sept. 2 SAN JOSE STATE 12:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at Oklahoma (ABC) 12:30 p.m. 2006 Season Kicks Off As Dawgs Play Host To Spartans Sept. 16 FRESNO STATE (FSN-NW) 3:30 p.m. THE GAME: The 2006 Husky football season kicks off as San Jose State visits Husky Stadium for Sept. 23 UCLA 12:30 p.m. a 12:30 p.m. non-conference game this Saturday, Sept. 2, the earliest home opening date (tied) in Sept. 30 at Arizona 7:00 p.m. Husky Stadium history. The 1995 home opener vs. Arizona State was also played on Sept. 2, as Oct. 7 at USC TBA was the 2000 opener vs. Idaho. Following the San Jose State game, the Huskies make their first- Oct. 14 OREGON STATE 12:30 p.m. ever trip to Norman, Okla., to take on No. 10-ranked Oklahoma. That game is a re-match of the Oct. 21 at California TBA 1985 Orange Bowl, when the Dawgs beat the Sooners, 28-17, in the only meeting ever between Oct. 28 ARIZONA STATE 12:30 p.m. the two teams. Nov. 4 at Oregon 12:30 p.m. Nov. 11 STANFORD 12:30 p.m. HUSKIES vs. Spartans History: Washington has won all nine of its games vs. San Jose Nov. 18 at Washington State (FSN) 3:45 p.m. State in a series that dates back to the 1958 season. All nine UW-SJSU games have taken place all times are Pacific and subject to change at Husky Stadium. In ‘58, the Huskies handed the Spartans a 14-6 loss. The two teams wouldn’t face each other again until 1977, when a Rose Bowl-bound Husky team beat SJSU, 24-3. In 1988, 2005 PAC-10 FINAL STANDINGS the Huskies took a 28-0 lead before Johnny Johnson and the Spartans roared back to go in front, Team Pac-10 Overall 31-28 in the fourth quarter. However, UW tailback Tony Covington scored from two yards out with 1. USC 8-0 12-1 1:31 remaining to win the game 35-31. Johnson rushed for 217 yards, including a 64-yard TD, and 2. Oregon 7-1 10-2 also caught a 27-yard scoring pass. San Jose State put another scare into the Huskies in 1990’s 3. UCLA 6-2 10-2 season opener. The Spartans tied the game at 10-10 in the third quarter before a Mike Dodd field 4. California 4-4 8-4 goal and a Beno Bryant 52-yard punt return put the Huskies in front. Bobby Blackmon’s 19-yard Arizona State 4-4 7-5 TD reception drew San Jose State within three for the final score of 20-17. In 1993, the Huskies Stanford 4-4 5-6 posted their 16th straight home victory, cruising to a 52-17 win over quarterback Jeff Garcia and 7. Oregon State 3-5 5-6 the Spartans. Washington rushed for 268 yards, including 118 from Napoleon Kaufman. Kaufman 8. Arizona 2-6 3-8 was at it again the following year when he rushed for a career-best 254 yards, including a 91-yard 9. Washington State 1-7 4-7 TD on the UW’s first offensive play of the game. That run was the second longest in UW history. Washington 1-7 2-9 The game was nonetheless tied at 14-14 at half, but a late TD catch by Eric Bjornson and a 76-yard Kaufman TD closed it out with a 34-20 final score. In 1996, Husky Corey Dillon had perhaps the best Week one PAC-10 GAMes offensive quarter by a tailback in college football history when he rushed for 222 yards and caught Northern Arizona at Arizona State (Aug. 31) an 83-yard TD pass, all in the opening period. The 222 rush yards in a quarter and 305 all-purpose Eastern Washington at Oregon State (Aug. 31) yards in a quarter are still NCAA records. The Huskies won the game, 53-10, and finished with San Jose State at Washington (Sept. 2) a school-record 559 rushing yards. Three Huskies – Dillon (222 yards), Terry Hollimon (148) and Stanford at Oregon (Sept. 2) Maurice Shaw (101) – rushed for 100 yards in the game. In 1992, the Huskies went into the locker Brigham Young at Arizona (Sept. 2) room at halftime trailing 10-0, but rebounded with 34 unanswered points after the break for a 34- California at Tennessee (Sept. 2) 10 win. Most recently, the UW and SJSU squared off on Oct. 9, 2004, a 21-6 Husky win. Current Utah at UCLA (Sept. 2) Husky senior Kenny James rushed for a career-high 189 yards in the victory. San Jose State coach USC at Arkansas (Sept. 2) Dick Tomey is 4-7-1 all-time vs. Washington and 3-1 head-to-head vs. Tyrone Willingham. Washington State at Auburn (Sept. 2) Television: The Washington-San Jose State game will not air on television, either live or on SepteMber 9 gaMes tape delay. The following two Huskies games are both scheduled for live TV: Sept. 9 at Oklahoma (ABC) and Sept. 16 vs. Fresno State (FSN). Additionally, “Husky Football All-Access” airs each Oregon State at Boise State (Sept. 7) Thursday at 7:00 p.m. during the season on Fox Sports. The program is an up-close look at each Washington at Oklahoma Husky game, with one-on-one interviews and sideline video. Arizona at LSU Nevada at Arizona State RADio: The Husky Sports Network, with its flagship station KJR 950-AM, will carry the live broad- Minnesota at California cast of every football game to five different states and British Columbia, Canada, on 22 different Oregon at Fresno State radio stations. Longtime play-by-play man Bob Rondeau and color analyst Chuck Nelson are joined Stanford at San Jose State by sideline reporter Elise Woodward. Most broadcasts will also be carried on XM Satellite Radio Rice at UCLA on channel 194, 195 or 196 and can be heard over the internet via the Dawg Channel at gohuskies. Idaho at Washington State com, which is available for no charge this season. Washington vs. SAN JOSE STATE • husky staDiuM • SEPTEMBER 2, 2006 • 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 MEDIA RESOURCES and Stanford, Willingham became the first African-American to serve as UW ON THE INTERNET: The Washington athletic department’s official web site the Huskies head coach. Now in his second season at the UW, he brings can be found at www.gohuskies.com. The site features information on all 23 of the Huskies’ intercollegiate sports programs. an impressive resume with him to resurrect the Husky program, Willingham has acquitted himself well among his peers for much more than just fielding SAN JOSE STATE ON THE INTERNET: San Jose State’s official website can be winning teams. Over the past 29 years Willingham has developed a coach- found at www.sjsuspartans.com. ing style that emphasizes toughness, enthusiasm, intelligence, discipline, PAC-10 ON THE INTERNET: The official Pac-10 web site, which includes a copy of the commitment and unselfish play. The result has provided his players with Pac-10 football release, can be found at the following address: www.pac-10.org. more than just the opportunity to enjoy victories on the field. His guiding principles have prepared his players to be successful in life. Willingham, PAC-10 SATELLITE FEED: The Pac-10 runs a weekly satellite feed featuring inter- who turned 52 last Dec. 30, served as the head coach at Stanford (1995- views and game highlight footage. The 30-minute feed runs every Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. PT (2:30 ET), beginning Sept. 6 and running until Nov. 29. The coordinates 2001) and Notre Dame (2002-2004) before coming to the UW. His Stanford (different from last season) are:Satellite IA6/Transponder 11 C. teams enjoyed a 44-36-1 record while he was 21-15 with the Fighting Irish. In his inaugural season with the Irish in 2002, he wasted no time reversing DAWG CHANNEL ALL-ACCESS: Fans can now enjoy live games (football and other the tide of the Irish program, leading Notre Dame to a 10-2 regular-season sports), features, interviews, press conferences and more on Dawg Channel, available record and a trip to the 2003 Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. He was named at gohuskies.com. This season, all Dawg Channel All-Access programming, including Sportsman of the Year by The Sporting News after the 2002 season, while all available live games, is available at no cost. For more information, a lineup and archived audio and video, go to www.gohuskies.com. also picking up several national coach of the year awards. Prior to his ten- ure at Notre Dame, Willingham directed the Stanford program for seven RADIO ON THE XM SATELLITE: Many Pac-10 football games this season will air on seasons. In 1999, the Cardinal won the Pac-10 and earned a trip to the XM Satellite Radio on channels 194, 195 and 196. This week’s San Jose State game Rose Bowl for the first time since 1972, earning Willingham Pac-10 Coach will air on channel 194.