UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2008 HUSKY FOOTBALL www.gohuskies.com Contact: Jeff Bechthold • (206) 543-2230 • Fax (206) 543-5000 2008 HUSKY SCHEDULE / results WASHINGTON vs. #7/6 USC Aug. 30 at #21 Oregon (FSN) L, 44-10 Sept. 7 #15 BRIGHAM YOUNG (FSN) L, 28-27 Dawgs Return To The Road With Trip To Los Angeles Sept. 13 #3 OKLAHOMA (ESPN) L, 55-14 THE GAME: The Washington football team (0-7 overall, 0-4 in the Pac-10) plays only its second road Sept. 27 STANFORD (FSN-NW) L, 35-28 game in two months this Saturday when the Dawgs travel to Los Angeles to face USC (6-1 overall, 4-1 Oct. 4 at Arizona (Versus) L, 48-14 Pac-10) at the Coliseum. The game, set to kick off at 3:30 p.m. PT, will air live on FSN television. The Oct. 18 OREGON STATE (Versus) L, 34-13 Trojans represent the fourth ranked team the Huskies have faced this season as USC is No. 7 in the Oct. 25 NOTRE DAME (ESPN2) L, 33-7 Associated Press top 25 and No. 6 in the coaches’ poll. After the USC game, the Dawgs return to Husky Nov. 1 at #7 USC (FSN) 3:30 p.m. Stadium for its final two home games vs. Arizona State and UCLA. Nov. 8 ARIZONA STATE (FSN-NW) 4:00 p.m. Nov. 15 UCLA TBA HUSKIES vs. TROJANS History: Washington and USC have played one another 78 times since Nov. 22 at Washington State (FSN) 12:00 p.m. the series began in 1923. The Trojans hold a 48-26-4 series advantage, although the Huskies have gone Dec. 6 at California (FSN/ESPN) TBA 7-8-1 over the last 16. Washington won its first-ever meeting against the Trojans, beating USC, 22-0, in all times are Pacific; rankings are AP at time of game Seattle in 1923. When the series re-started in 1927, USC handed the Huskies six straight defeats before Washington reeled off five in a row. The longest streak either way in the series began in 1965, when the 2008 PAC-10 STANDINGS Trojans beat Washington for the first time of 10 straight wins. The Huskies are 16-19-4 in the 39 games Team Pac-10 Overall played in Husky Stadium and 10-28-0 against the Trojans in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Last 1. USC 4-1 6-1 year, the No. 1 Trojans escaped Seattle with a 27-24 win, the second of two straight close matchups. USC overcame three turnovers (one of them an interception returned for a TD by Mesphin Forrester) Oregon 4-1 6-2 and 16 penalties. USC out-gained Washington with 460 yards of total offense to the Huskies' 190, but 3. California 3-1 5-2 only won the game by three points. In 2006 in L.A., the Huskies dropped a 26-20 heartbreaker to the Oregon State 3-1 4-3 No. 3 Trojans as time ran out with the Huskies' on the Trojans' 15-yard line. The year before in Seattle, 5. Arizona 3-2 5-3 the No. 1 Trojans used a 23-point second quarter to break open a previously close game in a 51-24 win. Stanford 3-2 4-4 In 2004, the top-ranked Trojans handed the UW a 38-0 loss, breaking the Huskies' 271-game scoring 7. UCLA 2-3 3-5 streak, the longest in Division I-A at the time. The most recent Husky win over the Trojans came in 8. Arizona State 1-3 2-5 2001, when Husky kicker John Anderson booted a 32-yard field goal with no time remaining for a 27-24 9. Washington 0-4 0-7 Husky victory. In that game, backup QB Taylor Barton came on in place of injured starter Cody Pickett 10. Washington St. 0-5 1-7 to lead the visitors to the win. Sixth-year USC coach Pete Carroll is 6-1 as the Trojan’s head man vs. Washington. Husky head coach Tyrone Willingham, who faced the Trojans as head coach at Stanford, This Week’S PAC-10 GAMes Notre Dame and at the UW, is 4-9 against USC – 4-3 while at Stanford, 0-3 while coaching the Irish Washingtona at USC and 0-3 as the Husky head man. Arizona State at Oregon State Oregon at California vs. LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS: Washington has a combined record of 55-84-6 (.400) against the two Washington State at Stanford Pac-10 schools from Los Angeles: 29-36-2 vs. UCLA and 26-48-4 against USC. While that combined record may not sound that successful, it’s worth noting that no team in the Pac-10 has a winning record LAST WEEK’S PAC-10 RESULTS against either one of the two L.A. schools (other than USC’s record vs. UCLA). In fact, Washington has Notre Dame 33, Washington 7 more wins against the Trojans and Bruins (combined) than every conference school except California USC 17, Arizona 10 (58-109-6 (.353) combined record), and has a better winning percentage against the two than every Oregon 54, Arizona State 20 team in the league. The next closest is Arizona State, which has totaled a combined mark of 17-31-1 California 41, UCLA 20 (.357) against the Bruins and Trojans. Quick HitS TELEVISION: The Washington-USC game will air live on to a national audience on FSN television with • The Huskies had 35 days at home between their Barry Tompkins, Petros Papadakis and Jim Watson providing the commentary. Additionally, “Huskies first and second road games (at Oregon and All-Access” airs Thursday evening on FSN. The program is an up-close look at each Husky game, with Arizona) and will have another 27 before their features, one-on-one interviews and sideline video. next, this Saturday at USC. • Washington has never committed as many as 10 RADIO: The Washington ISP Sports Network, with its flagship station KJR 950-AM, will carry the live penalties 43 games under Coach Tyrone Willing- broadcast of every football game to three different states and British Columbia, Canada, on 21 different ham. The UW currently ranks 10th in the nation radio stations. Longtime play-by-play man Bob Rondeau and color analyst Chuck Nelson are joined by in fewest penalty yards per game. sideline reporter Elise Woodward. Many game broadcasts will also be carried on XM Satellite Radio on channel 194, 195 or 196 and can be heard over the internet via the Dawg Channel at gohuskies.com. W ashington a t U S C • L . A . M E M ORIAL COLISEU M • NOV. 1, 2008 • 3:30 P . M . P D T THE COACH: Tyrone Willingham was named Washington’s 22nd head football coach on December 13, 2004. A former head coach at Notre Dame and Stan- MEDIA RESOURCES ford, Willingham became the first African-American to serve as the Huskies head UW ON THE INTERNET: The Washington athletic department’s official web site coach. Now in his fourth season at the UW, he brings an impressive resume with can be found at www.gohuskies.com. The site features information on all 23 of the Huskies’ intercollegiate sports programs. him to the Husky program. Willingham has acquitted himself well among his peers for much more than just fielding winning teams. Over the past 31 years Willing- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON THE INTERNET: USC’s official website can be found ham has developed a coaching style that emphasizes toughness, enthusiasm, at www.usctrojans.com. intelligence, discipline, commitment and unselfish play. The result has provided PAC-10 ON THE INTERNET: The official Pac-10 web site, which includes a copy of the his players with more than just the opportunity to enjoy victories on the field. His Pac-10 football release, can be found at the following address: www.pac-10.org. guiding principles have prepared his players to be successful in life. Willingham, PAC-10 TELECONFERENCE: All 10 Pac-10 coaches are available on a weekly tele- who turned 54 last Dec. 30, served as the head coach at Stanford (1995-2001) and conference, each Tuesday beginning at 10:00 a.m. Contact the athletic communications Notre Dame (2002-2004) before coming to the UW. His Stanford teams enjoyed a office to obtain the number and passcode information. 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 the tide of the Irish program, PAC-10 SATELLITE FEED: The Pac-10 runs a weekly satellite feed featuring inter- leading Notre Dame to a 10-2 regular-season record and a trip to the 2003 Gator views and game footage. The 30-minute feed runs every Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. PT (2:30 ET), beginning Sept. 3 and running until Dec. 3. The coordinates (different from Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. He was named Sportsman of the Year by The Sporting last season) are: Galaxy 28 (C) - Transponder 119 - Audio 6.2, 6.8 - Uplink frequency News after the 2002 season, while also picking up several national coach of the 6,305.00-H - Downlink frequency 2 04,080.00-V. year awards. Prior to his tenure at Notre Dame, Willingham directed the Stanford program for seven seasons. In 1999, the Cardinal won the Pac-10 and earned a trip DAWG CHANNEL ALL-ACCESS: Fans can now enjoy live games (football and other to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1972, earning Willingham Pac-10 Coach of sports), features, interviews, press conferences and more on Dawg Channel, available at gohuskies.com.