For Immediate Release \\ Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018 Contacts \\ Dave Hirsch ([email protected]), Heather Ward ([email protected]) PAC-12 PLAYERSHONORS OF THE WEEK 2018 PAC-12 FOOTBALL STANDINGS OFFENSE PAC-12 OVERALL Myles Gaskin, RB, WASH NORTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak Led the No. 16 Huskies to a 28- Washington 7-2 .778 240 167 9-3 .750 336 198 6-0 3-2 0-1 3-2 W 3 15 win over No. 7 Washington Washington State 7-2 .778 329 234 10-2 .833 460 277 6-1 4-1 0-0 4-1 L 1 State, rushing for 170 yards and Stanford 5-3 .625 254 214 7-4 .636 332 272 4-2 3-2 0-0 2-2 W 2 3 TDs on 27 carries. Gaskin, Oregon 5-4 .556 291 264 8-4 .667 446 324 6-1 2-3 0-0 3-2 W 2 who finished his career with four California 4-4 .500 170 174 7-4 .636 260 232 4-2 3-2 0-0 2-2 W 2 wins and 10 TDs in four games Oregon State 1-8 .111 199 409 2-10 .167 313 548 1-5 1-5 0-0 0-5 L 4 vs. WSU, scored on two runs of five yards and another of 80. SOUTH W-L Pct. PF PA W-L Pct. PF PA Home Road Neut Div Streak Gaskin also passed 1,000 yards Utah 6-3 667 277 188 9-3 .750 370 231 5-1 4-2 0-0 4-1 W 3 for the season, making him the Arizona State 5-4 .556 283 253 7-5 .583 369 301 5-1 2-4 0-0 4-1 W 1 first Pac-12 player ever to rush Arizona 4-5 .444 273 287 5-7 .417 376 391 4-3 1-4 0-0 1-4 L 2 for 1,000 yards in four straight USC 4-5 .444 239 242 5-7 .417 313 324 3-3 2-4 0-0 2-3 L 3 seasons. He also moved into UCLA 3-6 .333 243 296 3-9 .250 295 409 2-5 1-4 0-0 2-3 L 1 third on the Pac-12’s career list Colorado 2-7 .222 202 272 5-7 .417 325 327 3-3 1-4 1-0 2-3 L 7 for rushing (5,131 yards) and rushing TDs (55). THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (#Pac12FB) DEFENSE Fri., Nov. 30 Site Local Time/TV Ashtyn Davis, S, CAL Pac-12 Football Championship Game Had two interceptions in a game No. 11 WASHINGTON vs. No. 17 UTAH Levi’s Stadium (68,500) 5:00 p.m. PT - FS1 for the first time in his career including one he returned 35 Sat., Dec. 1 Site Local Time/TV yards for a score on Colorado’s STANFORD at CALIFORNIA Memorial Coliseum (62,467) 12:00 p.m. MT - P12N second drive of the game to key Series: UCLA leads, 45-41-3. Last: STAN, 58-34 (2017) (Roxy Bernstein, Yogi Roth, Jill Savage) a 33-21 Cal victory. The pick- * CFP Rankings. six was the first of his career. Returned his second intercep- PAC-12 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME tion in the 2nd quarter 24 yards with the interception ending Preview: Washington is making its second FCG appearance, while Utah is making its first-ever FCG appearance. The Hus- CU’s drive at the Cal 21-yard kies will be the home team based on its 7-2 conference record. Washington capture the 2016 Pac-12 Championship with line. Also returned four kickoffs a 41-10 win over Colorado. A win by the Huskies and it’ll be their third straight 10-win season, the first in program history. for 82 yards and finished with A win by the Utes and it would be their fourth 9-win season in the last five years. The champion, if not among the top four a game-high 141 all-purpose teams in the final CFP rankings, will be the Pac-12’s representative in the Rose Bowl presented by Northwestern Mutual. yards. His four interceptions leads the Pac-12 and ranks tied FOX: Joe Davis, play-by-play; Brady Quinn, analyst; Bruce Feldman/Petros Papadakis, sideline for 14th nationally with 0.36 ESPN Radio: Bill Rosinski, play-by-play; David Norrie, analyst; Ian Fitzsimmons, sideline INTs/game. Series Record: WASH leads, 11-1-0. First meeting was in 1931, a 7-6 Husky victory in Seattle. Washington has won eight SPECIAL TEAMS straight before Utah picked up its lone series victory, a 34-23 decision in Seattle in 2015. Steven Coutts, P, CAL Last Meeting: Sept. 15, 2018, Salt Lake City, Washington prevailed, 21-7. Both defenses excelled, but it was Washington Coutts pinned Colorado inside that stepped up to limit Utah to 261 yards total offense (152 yards below its season average). While the Utah defense was its own 20-yard line five times able to keep the Washington in check for most of the game, allowing 327 yards total offense with 7.0 tackles for loss and without a touchback on eight an interception, it was the Huskies’ Myles Gaskin who made the most of 30 carries as he rushed for 143 yards and 1 TD. punts for 371 yards. Coutts also had two punts of 50-plus yards for the first time in his Cal career Statistical Matchup Washington Utah and finished with a 46.4 yard Rushing ................................... 185.0 avg .....................197.8 avg average and a net of 47.1. Cal Passing .................................... 236.2 avg .....................215.2 avg recovered a pair of fumbles on Total Offense ............................ 421.2 avg .....................413.0 avg his punts, while Colorado had Scoring Offense ........................ 28.0 ppg ......................30.8 ppg another fumble for a no gain Rush Defense .......................... 121.8 avg .....................100.3 avg return and a negative return on Pass Defense ........................... 189.4 avg .....................215.5 avg another while totaling minus-six Total Defense ........................... 311.2 avg .....................315.8 avg yards in punt returns. Scoring Defense ....................... 16.5 ppg ......................19.2 ppg 2018 PAC-12 vs. ... PAC-12 FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK American .......................................... 0-1 THE RANKINGS: Three Pac-12 teams are ranked in the AP poll and the Coaches poll. WASHINGTON (10/11) is joined by WASHINGTON STATE (t12/13) and UTAH (17/17). Atlantic Coast .................................... 1-0 Big Sky ............................................. 7-0 DIVISION RACES FOR THE PAC-12 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Big Ten ............................................. 2-1 Pac-12 North: It came down to the Apple Cup as WASHINGTON STATE and WASHINGTON battled in Pull- Big 12 ............................................... 0-2 man to determine who would represent the North in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game. The Huskies Colonial ............................................. 1-0 prevailed with a 28-15 victory, making their second appearance in the Pac-12 Football Championship Game. Pac-12 South: Utah already punched its ticket to the Pac-12 Championship Game prior to the final weekend CUSA ................................................ 1-1 of the regular season. The Utes defeated Colorado, 30-7, on Saturday, Nov. 17, then awaited the outcome Mid-American ................................... 2-0 of the Arizona State-Oregon game later that night. Arizona State controlled its own destiny entering the final Mountain West .................................. 6-3 two weekends, but Oregon dashed the Sun Devil hopes with a 31-29 victory. That win was enough to push Southeastern ..................................... 0-1 the Utes into their first-ever Pac-12 Football Championship Game. Sun Belt ............................................ 0-0 BIG GAME RESCHEDULED: Due to extremely poor air quality from the tragic fires in Northern California, FBS Independent .............................. 3-3 the Big Game between Stanford and California was postponed and rescheduled for Saturday, December 1 FCS Independent .............................. 1-0 at 12 noon PT (P12N). It’s the first conference game that’s been postponed since the Arizona State-UCLA Total-All .............................. 24-12 (.667) game that was cancelled on Sept. 15, 2001 following the tragedies of 9/11. Total-FBS ............................ 15-12 (.556) College Football Award Finalists: WASHINGTON STATE QB Gardner Minshew II has been named a finalist The Pac-12 has posted a winning record for the Davey O’Brien Award, STANFORD TE Kaden Smith has been named a finalist for the John Mackey against foes outside league for 34 consec- Award, while UTAH P Mitch Wishnowsky has been tabbed a finalist for the Ray Guy Award. utive seasons ... The Pac-12 has a 154-62 PAC-12 RUNNING BACKS PACE FBS RUSHING LEADERS: The Pac-12 has six running backs listed (.713) record in non-conference play over among the FBS top 20 in rushing yards per game. the last four-plus seasons. 4. Eno Benjamin, ASU (127.0 yards per game) 6. Zack Moss, UTAH (121.3 ypg) 7. J.J. Taylor, ARIZ (119.5 ypg) NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE 8. Jermar Jefferson, OSU (115.0 ypg) 9. Joshua Kelley, UCLA (113.0 ypg) Sun., Dec. 2 16. Myles Gaskin, WASH (107.6 ypg) Bowl Selections TAKING A STAND: WASHINGTON LB Ben Burr-Kirven leads all Pac-12 players with 10 or more tackles in a CFP Playoff Selection, 9:00 am PT/ESPN game 10 times this season. He has compiled a league-best 155 tackles to date for a 13.1 tackles per game New Year’s Six Selection, 12:00 pm PT/ESPN (2nd in the FBS). Here’s list of those defensive stalwarts with the most games having double-digit tackles: Pac-12 Bowl Selection, 12:15 - 1:15 pm PT 10 Ben Burr-Kirven, WASH Rose Bowl - Pac-12 Champion 8 Evan Weaver, CAL Alamo, Holiday and Redbox - Teams selected 7 Jordan Kunaszyk, CAL; based on conference record.