UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2003 HUSKY FOOTBALL www.gohuskies.com Contacts: Jim Daves, Jeff Bechthold & Brian Beaky • (206) 543-2230 • Fax (206) 543-5000 2003 HUSKY SCHEDULE / RESULTS #17/19 WASHINGTON at #2/2 OHIO STATE Aug. 30 at Ohio State (ABC-TV) 5:00 p.m. Gilbertson Era Kicks Off at Horseshoe vs. Defending Champs Sept. 6 INDIANA (Fox Sports Net) 1:00 p.m. Sept. 20 IDAHO 12:30 p.m. THE GAME: The Washington football team, ranked No. 17 in the Associated Press preseason poll and No. Sept. 27 STANFORD 12:30 p.m. 19 in this week’s ESPN coaches’ poll, opens its 2003 season vs. second-ranked Ohio State, the team that beat Oct. 4 at UCLA 12:30 p.m. Miami (Fla.) in last year’s BCS Championship game at the Fiesta Bowl. The game, which kicks off at 5:00 p.m. Oct. 11 NEVADA 12:30 p.m. (PDT) Saturday at Ohio Stadium, marks the UW’s first game under new head coach Keith Gilbertson, a Se- Oct. 18 at Oregon State 1:00 p.m. attle-area native who had previously served as a grad assistant, assistant coach and offensive coordinator at Washington. This season is the beginning of Gilbertson’s third stint as a head coach as he previously oversaw Oct. 25 USC (ABC-TV) 12:30 p.m. the programs at Idaho (1986-88) and California (1992-95). Nov. 1 OREGON (TBS) 7:00 p.m. Nov. 8 at Arizona 3:00 p.m. HUSKIES vs. BUCKEYES HISTORY: Ohio State boasts a 6-3 record in its nine all-time meetings with Nov. 15 at California 1:00 p.m. Washington. All nine OSU-UW games have been contested in the regular season (no bowl matchups). Five of Nov. 22 WASHINGTON STATE 12:30 p.m. the nine have been played at Husky Stadium (UW is 2-3 in those games) while the other four have been at all times are Pacific and subject to change Ohio Stadium (UW is 1-3 in those). The series got started in 1957, when Washington hosted the Buckeyes, losing 35-7. OSU went on to win the national title. The following year, the Dawgs visited Columbus and fell 2002 FINAL PAC-10 STANDINGS to OSU, 12-7. The series picked back up again in the 1960s. In ‘65, OSU handed the UW a 23-21 loss in Seattle. The following year in Ohio, Washington picked up its first win, 38-22, as Husky halfback Don Moore Team Pac-10 Overall rushed for 221 yards. Current UW defensive line coach Randy Hart was a (non-playing) freshman on that OSU 1. Washington State 7-1 10-3 squad. The series went on hiaitus until 1986, when a 10th-ranked Buckeye team visited Husky Stadium and USC 7-1 11-2 fell to No. 17 Washington, 40-7. In that game, the UW piled up exactly 204 rushing yards and 204 passing 3. Arizona State 5-3 8-6 yards and exploded for 24 points in the second quarter after a scoreless first. Chris Chandler threw for 204 4. UCLA 4-4 8-5 yards and two TDs, both to Lonzell Hill. In 1993, 12th-ranked UW lost, 21-12, to a No. 16 OSU team in Oregon State 4-4 8-5 Columbus. The game was 14-12 in the fourth quarter before a 49-yard TD run from OSU’s Butler By’not’e put California 4-4 7-5 the game away. In 1994, at Husky Stadium, unranked Washington upset No. 16 Ohio State with a 25-16 win. Washington 4-4 7-6 UW tailback Napoleon Kaufman rushed 32 times for 211 yards and totaled 278 all-purpose yards to break 8. Oregon 3-5 7-6 Hugh McElhenny’s school record. UW led 19-0 after one quarter and 22-0 at half. The most recent game was 9. Arizona 1-7 4-8 in 1995 at Columbus when No. 10 OSU, after a 20-day layoff after its season-opener, took a 30-20 decision Stanford 1-7 2-9 over the No. 18 Dawgs. Eventual Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George rushed for 212 yards and two scores while UW tailback Leon Neal ran for 135 yards and also caught seven passes. THIS WEEK’S GAMES CODY TO REGGIE: Many consider Husky senior quarterback Cody Pickett and junior wideout Reggie Kansas State 42, California 28 (Aug. 23) Williams the best QB-receiver combination in the country. And why not? Both have appeared on numerous Washington at Ohio State preseason All-America teams and Heisman Trophy hopefuls lists, and both hold the rare distinction of enter- UTEP at Arizona ing a new season already holding the UW career records for passing yards and receiving yards. Pickett, who Southern Mississippi at California set a Pac-10 and UW record with 4,458 passing yards last season, holds the career mark with 6,873 yards, Oregon at Mississippi State more than a 1,000 more than the No. 2 passer. He also holds the UW career records for attempts and comple- Sacramento State at Oregon State tions, among others. Williams, who is only a junior in 2003, has already bagged a number of school records USC at Auburn as well. With his UW single-season mark of 1,454 yards last season, he upped his career total to 2,427 yards, also a UW record. He is also the Dawg’s all-time leader in receptions, receptions per game and receiving Washington State vs. Idaho (Seahawks Stadium) yards per game and could have as many as 26 games remaining in his career. QUICK HITS TELEVISION: The Washington-Ohio State game will air live to a national audience on ABC-TV, with Keith • Senior quarterback Cody Pickett and junior wide Jackson (play-by-play), Dan Fouts (color) and Todd Harris (sidelines) providing the commentary. The game will receiver Reggie Williams, both first-team pre- also air on tape delay Sunday at 7:30 p.m. on Fox Sports in the Northwest with Jim Watson and former Husky season All-Americans, head into the 2003 sea- QB Sonny Sixkiller calling the action. Also, “The Washington Football Experience” airs each Thursday during son already holding the UW’s career records for the season on Fox Sports (schedule subject to change based on Mariners broadcasts). The second-year, Emmy- passing yards (6,873) and receiving yards (2,427). winning program is an up-close look at each Husky game, with one-on-one interviews and sideline video. • Only twice has a Washington team beaten a de- RADIO: The Husky Sports Network, with its flagship station KJR 950-AM, will carry the live broadcast of fending national champion, and both times it was every football game to four different states on 23 different radio stations. Longtime play-by-play man Bob against USC. UW edged the 1975 Trojans, 8-7, Rondeau and color analyst Chuck Nelson are joined by sideline reporter Steve Sandmeyer. Also, the Ohio and handled the 1963 USC squad, 22-7, both at State game will air live nationally on the USA Radio Network with Larry Kahn, Gino Torretta and Troy West Husky Stadium. calling the action. WASHINGTON AT OHIO STATE • OHIO STADIUM • AUG. 30, 2003 • 5:00 P.M. PDT THE COACH: New Husky head coach Keith Gilbertson hit the ground running, as his first official day as the Washington coach was only a month and a day before MEDIA RESOURCES opening the 2003 season against defending national champion Ohio State. How- UW ON THE INTERNET: The Washington athletic department’s official web site can ever, Gilbertson had the advantage of having served as an assistant coach at the be found at www.gohuskies.com. The site features information on all 23 of the Hus- UW for the previous four seasons, his third stint as a Dawg assistant. Gilbertson, a kies’ intercollegiate sports programs. native of Snohomish, Wash., north of Seattle, served as a graduate assistant at the UW under Don James in 1976, James’ second season. In 1989, Gilbertson left OHIO STATE ON THE INTERNET: Ohio State’s official athletic website can be found his head coaching job at Idaho to join the Washington staff, first as offensive line at www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com. coach before taking over as offensive coordinator in 1991, when the Huskies won PAC-10 ON THE INTERNET: The official Pac-10 web site, which includes a copy of the national championship and led the Pac-10 in rushing offense, total offense and the weekly Pac-10 football release, can be found at the following address: www.pac- scoring offense. In 1992, Gilbertson took his second head coaching position, trav- 10.org. elling down to the coast to California. His four-year stint at Berkeley was high- lighted by the 1993 team that posted a 9-4 record and defeated Iowa, 37-3, in the RADIO ON THE INTERNET: Fans may now subscribe to an on-line service via Real Alamo Bowl. That win stands as California’s last bowl victory. Until last season, Networks that allows them to listen to 45 different college football teams’ broadcasts Gilbertson was the last Cal coach to notch a win over rival Stanford. Gilbertson, a over the internet for a monthly subscription fee. For more information, go to 1966 graduate of Snohomish High School, played football at the University of Ha- www.gohuskies.com, www.collegesports.com or www.real.com. waii and graduated from Central Washington in 1971. His coaching career includes two professional stints, first as an assistant for the L.A.