2016 PAC-12 FOOTBALL FINAL STANDINGS PAC-12 HONORS PAC-12 OVERALL NORTH W-L Pct
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For Immediate Release \\ Monday, Jan. 23, 2017 Contacts \\ Dave Hirsch ([email protected]), Kasey Carlson ([email protected]) 2016 PAC-12 FOOTBALL FINAL STANDINGS PAC-12 HONORS PAC-12 OVERALL NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak OFFENSIVE Washington 8-1 .889 389 184 12-2 .857 585 248 6-1 5-0 1-1 5-0 L 1 PLAYER OF THE YEAR Washington State 7-2 .778 358 244 8-5 .615 496 343 5-2 3-2 0-1 4-1 L 3 Jake Browning, QB, WASH Stanford 6-3 .667 233 202 10-3 .769 342 265 4-2 5-1 1-0 3-2 W 6 Completed 223 passes in 353 California 3-6 .333 304 392 5-7 .417 445 511 4-2 0-5 1-0 1-4 W 1 attempts for 3,162 yards and a Oregon State 3-6 .333 230 291 4-8 .333 314 366 4-3 0-5 0-0 2-3 W 2 school record 42 touchdowns Oregon 2-7 .222 296 408 4-8 .333 425 497 3-3 1-5 0-0 0-5 L 1 with just seven interceptions. Browning ranks ffth in the FBS SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak in passing effciency (176.5). Colorado 8-1 .889 289 166 10-4 .714 435 266 6-0 3-2 1-2 4-1 L 2 Guided the Huskies to their frst USC 7-2 .778 299 180 10-3 .769 447 315 6-0 3-2 1-1 4-1 W 9 Pac-12 title since 2000. Utah 5-4 .556 284 251 9-4 .692 388 311 4-2 4-2 1-0 4-1 W 1 Arizona State 2-7 .222 256 382 5-7 .417 400 478 4-2 1-5 0-0 1-4 L 3 PAT TILMAN DEFENSIVE UCLA 2-7 .222 216 264 4-8 .333 299 330 3-3 1-5 0-0 1-4 L 2 PLAYER OF THE YEAR Arizona 1-8 .111 203 393 3-9 .250 297 460 3-4 0-4 0-1 1-4 W 1 Adoree’ Jackson, DB, USC Has been a dynamic three-way performer for the Trojans. Jack- PAC-12 FOOTBALL SEASON IN REVEIW son is fourth on the team with 51 tackles and has four intercep- • Pac-12 Champion Washington provided the Pac-12 with a CFP semifnalist for the second time in three years, joining tions to go with 11 pass break- Oregon which reached the 2015 CFP championship game. The Huskies captured the Pac-12 championship after post- ups. In his role as a PR/KR, ing a 41-10 victory over South Division champion COLORADO. Washington posted its second-ever 12-win season, while Jackson has 19 punt returns for Colorado posted its frst 10-win season since 2001 and just the eighth such season in school history. 302 yards (15.9 avg) and two • The Pac-12 placed a pair of teams, No. 3 USC and No. 4 WASHINGTON, in the top four of the fnal Associated Press TDs, and 22 kick returns for 671 Top 25. It’s the third time two Pac-12 members appeared in the top four of the fnal AP Top 25. This also occurred in 2010 yards (30.5 avg) and two TDs. (No. 3 Oregon, No. 4 Stanford) and 2000 (No. 3 Washington, No. 4 OREGON STATE) ... For the third time in four years, the Pac-12 placed fve or more teams in the fnal AP poll. COACH OF THE YEAR Mike MacIntyre, COLO • Pac-12 teams fnished the bowl season with a 3-3 mark, which included USC’s dramatic 52-49 victory over Penn Following the greatest one-sea- State. USC has won its last seven Rose Bowl games vs. Big Ten opponents, while the Pac-12 has won eight of the last 10 son turnarounds in Pac-12 his- Rose Bowl Games in which it was pitted against the Big Ten ... UTAH edged Indiana in the Foster Farms Bowl, 26-24, tory, MacIntyre earns the honor behind the leg of place kicker Andy Phillips who connected on four feld goals ... STANFORD got a big defensive stop on after leading the Buffaloes to a North Carolina’s attempt at a two-point conversion with 0:25 remaining in the game and pulled out a 25-23 victory in the 10-2 record overall and a 8-1 Hyundai Sun Bowl. mark in Conference play, claim- ing the school’s frst South Divi- PAC-12 FOOTBALL SPRING SCHEDULE sion title. After completing the 2015 season with a 1-8 Pac-12 Wed., Feb. 1 National Letter of Intent Signing Date record and a 4-9 mark overall, Pac-12 Spring Football 2017 (as of January 20, 2017) the Buffs were picked to fnish Thurs., March 2 Arizona, 6:00 pm MT/5:00 pm PT (Arizona Stadium) last in the Pac-12 South as they entered the 2016 campaign. Sat., March 18 Colorado, 1:00 pm MT/12 Noon PT (Folsom Field) Oregon State, 1:00 pm PT (Reser Stadium) Sat., April 15 Utah, 11:00 am MT/10:00 am PT (Rice Eccles Stadium) NATIONAL HONORS USC, 12:00 pm PT (LA Coliseum) Stanford, 1:00 pm PT (Stanford Stadium) LOU GROZA AWARD Arizona State, 2:00 pm PT (Sun Devil Stadium) Zane Gonzalez, PK, ASU Sat., April 22 California, 11:00 am PT (Kabam Field at Memorial Stadium) RAY GUY AWARD Washington, 12 Noon PT (Husky Stadium) Washington State, 2:00 pm PT (@Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane, WA) Mitch Wishnowsky, P, UTAH Thurs., April 27 Pac-12 Football Coaches Spring Teleconference (tentative) JIM THORPE AWARD Adoree’ Jackson, DB, USC Sat., April 29 Oregon, 11:00am PT (Autzen Stadium) UCLA, 1:00pm PT (Drake Stadium) COACH OF THE YEAR Mike MacIntyre, COLO Wed., July 26 and Thurs., July 27 Pac-12 Football Media Days (Hollywood & Highland Center, Los Angeles) (AP, FWAA, Walter Camp, AFCA, Eddie Robinson) ** 2017 Pac-12 Football Schedule is listed on page 11 of this release ** 2016 PAC-12 vs. ... PAC-12 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Atlantic Coast .................................... 2-0 Levi’s Stadium - Santa Clara, Calif. Big Sky ............................................. 6-1 1 2 3 4 TOT Big Ten ............................................. 3-4 Colorado 7 0 3 0 10 Big 12 ............................................... 3-1 Washington 7 7 17 10 41 Conference USA ............................... 2-0 Attendance: 47,118 Mountain West .................................. 6-3 Southeastern ..................................... 0-3 SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – The Washington Huskies made their frst appearance in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game on Friday night, and seemed very much at home. Amid a sea of purple and gold-clad fans, the Huskies rolled to a 41-10 Southwestern .................................... 1-0 win over the Colorado Buffaloes and earned their frst conference title since 2000. In the process, coach Chris Petersen’s Sun Belt ............................................ 2-0 team made a statement to the College Football Playoff selection committee: They’re ready to play for even higher stakes. Independent ..................................... 4-1 “We think we’ve got a heck of a team,” Petersen said. “And I think we belong in [the College Football Playoff]. I think [the Total-All .............................. 29-13 (.690) committee] will do what they should do, which is the right thing.” Total-FBS ............................ 22-12 (.647) Washington’s frst drive was a best-case scenario, as the Pac-12 North champs marched the length of the feld and im- mediately punched it into the end zone. Myles Gaskin and Lavon Coleman combined to take the Huskies 65 yards in seven The Pac-12 has posted a winning record plays, and Coleman’s one-yard run put UW on the board. outside league for 33 consecutive seasons. It was the frst time all season Colorado has allowed an opponent to score on their opening drive. On the other hand, the Buffs’ opening drive couldn’t really have gone worse. On the ffth play of the drive, Sefo Liufau was PAC-12 BOWL RESULTS sacked and slow to get up. He limped off the feld and was replaced by redshirt freshman Steven Montez. The drive stalled and the Buffs turned it over on downs. But CU’s defense buckled down on the next Husky drive, forcing their own turnover-on-downs and gave themselves solid Rose Bowl presented by Northwest Mutual feld position at their own 45. USC 52, Penn State 49 And this time they were able to capitalize. Montez completed two passes for 34 yards and Phillip Lindsay continued his Chick-Fil-a Peach Bowl (CFP Semifnal) dominance on the ground, muscling his way over the goal line from three yards out to put the Buffs on the board. Alabama 24, WASHINGTON 7 The teams traded zeros for the next couple of drives before the Huskies were able to break through. Once again led by the run game, Gaskin and Coleman combined for 41 yards to set up Jake Browning’s second completion of the night, a 15-yard Hyundai Sun Bowl touchdown pass to Darrell Daniels to give Washington a 14-7 lead at the half. STANFORD 25, North Carolina 23 When play resumed, the Huskies came out on a mission – to show why they’re among the top four teams in the country. Liufau returned to the feld as Colorado received the opening kickoff, but had his frst pass bounce off of Jay MacIntyre’s Valero Alamo Bowl hands right to Taylor Rapp. The Pac-12 Defensive Freshman of the Year took it all the way to the house for a 35-yard pick six.