UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2005 HUSKY FOOTBALL www.gohuskies.com Contacts: Jim Daves, Jeff Bechthold & Brian Beaky • (206) 543-2230 • Fax (206) 543-5000 2005 HUSKY SCHEDULE / RESULTS WASHINGTON vs. WASHINGTON STATE Sept. 3 Air Force (Qwest Field) (ABC-TV) L, 20-17 Season Wraps Up With 2005 Apple Cup Sept. 10 CALIFORNIA (ABC-TV) L, 56-17 Sept. 17 IDAHO W, 34-6 THE GAME: The 2005 season comes to a close as the Washington football team (1-6 in the Pac-10, 2-8 Sept. 24 NOTRE DAME (ABC-TV) L, 36-17 overall) plays host to cross-state rival Washington State (0-7, 3-7) in the annual Apple Cup game this Satur- Oct. 1 at UCLA (FSN-NW) L, 21-17 day, November 19, at Husky Stadium. Kickoff for the game, which will air live on FSN, is slated for 12:15 p.m. Oct. 15 at Oregon L, 45-21 The Dawgs come into the game after breaking a six-game losing streak with a 38-14 win last Saturday at Oct. 22 USC (ABC-TV) L, 51-24 Arizona while the Cougars have dropped seven in a row after opening the season with three straight non- Oct. 29 at Arizona State (Fox College Sports) L, 44-20 conference victories. WSU currently owns the Apple Cup after a win last season that broke a six-game Husky Nov. 5 OREGON STATE (FSN-NW) L, 18-10 win streak in the series. Nov. 12 at Arizona W, 38-14 Nov. 19 WASHINGTON STATE (FSN-TV) 12:15 p.m. HUSKIES vs. COUGARS HISTORY: The Washington-Washington State series dates back to 1900, all times are Pacific when the teams played to a 5-5 tie in Seattle, but only since 1962 has the winner been awarded the Apple Cup trophy. Prior to the institution of the Apple Cup trophy, the winner of the Washington-WSU game was 2005 PAC-10 STANDINGS awarded the Governor’s Trophy from 1934 to 1961. Washington holds a commanding 63-28-6 edge in the 97- Team Pac-10 Overall game series, including a 31-11 record in Apple Cup games. The UW is 36-13-5 against the Cougars in games 1. USC 7-0 10-0 played in Seattle and 29-11-3 against WSU at Husky Stadium. The Huskies have won six of the last seven 2. Oregon 5-1 9-1 Apple Cups, having seen their six-game win streak in the series broken in a 28-25 loss last season at Martin UCLA 6-1 9-1 Stadium. The Huskies have won three straight Apple Cups at home, dating back to a loss in 1997. That 1997 4. Stanford 4-3 5-4 loss stands as the only WSU victory in Husky Stadium since 1985. Last year at Martin Stadium, the Cougars 5. California 3-4 6-4 Oregon State 3-4 5-5 beat the Dawgs, 28-25, behind a solid performance from Alex Brink, who threw for two touchdowns and ran Arizona State 3-4 5-5 for another. The last time these two rivals met in Seattle, Nov. 22, 2003, Washington pulled a third-straight 8. Arizona 2-5 3-7 upset (by AP ranking) in the series when an unranked Husky team notched a 27-19 win over No. 8 Washington 9. Washington 1-6 2-8 State. In 2002 in Pullman, in a game that surely ranks as one of the most memorable ever in the series, 10. Washington State 0-7 3-7 Washington shocked the No. 3 Cougars with a triple-overtime, 29-26 win, despite trailing by 10 with only 4:30 to play. In 2001, when the two teams met at Husky Stadium, the 16th-ranked Huskies upset the No. 9 THIS WEEKEND’S GAMES Cougars with a 26-14 win. Washington has won 12 of the last 16 vs. WSU and 23 of the last 31. In his seven Washington State at Washington seasons as head coach at Stanford, Husky head man Tyrone Willingham faced the Cougars seven times, California at Stanford winning five and losing two. In 1995, his Cardinal traveled to Pullman for a 36-24 win. In 1996 in Palo Alto, Oregon State at Oregon Stanford beat WSU, 33-17. During the Cougars’ 1997 Rose Bowl run, WSU beat Stanford 38-28. Stanford Fresno State at USC then ran off wins in each of the next three meetings under Willingham, winning 38-28 in 1998, 54-17 in 1999, and 24-10 in 2000. In Willingham’s most recent game vs. WSU in 2001, the Cougars edged Stanford, 45-39. LAST WEEKEND’S RESULTS Washington State's Bill Doba, in his third season as a college head coach, had obviously never faced Washington 38, Arizona 14 Washington in that capacity before 2003, making him 1-1 as a head man against his cross-state rival. However, UCLA 45, Arizona State 35 as an assistant, he was on the winning sideline vs. the UW four times in 15 tries (1-0 as an assistant at USC 35, California 10 Indiana in 1978 and 3-11 as a WSU assistant from 1989 to 2002). Oregon 34, Washington State 31 Stanford 20, Oregon State 17 TELEVISION: The Apple Cup will air live on FSN at 12:15 p.m. with Brian Davis, former UW quarterback Sonny Sixkiller and former Cougar QB Mark Rypien calling the action from the booth along with Cara Capuano QUICK HITS on the sidelines. FSN’s coverage is part of a day-long rivalry game special broadcast, including a pregame • The Huskies’ 333 rushing yards last week at Arizona show and, following the Apple Cup, the Oregon-Oregon State game. The UW-WSU will also air on tape delay were their most in a game since the 2000 Apple Cup on FSN Northwest, Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Additionally, “Husky Football All-Access” airs Thursday at 7:00 p.m. (336 yards in a 51-3 Husky win). on FSN. The program is an up-close look at each Husky game, with one-on-one interviews and sideline video. • In his three career starts at tailback (the UW’s last RADIO: The Husky Sports Network, with its flagship station KJR 950-AM, will carry the live broadcast of three games), James Sims has totaled 393 yards and every football game to five different states and British Columbia, Canada, on 26 different radio stations. three TDs on 73 carries, an average of 131 yards per Longtime play-by-play man Bob Rondeau and color analyst Chuck Nelson are joined by sideline reporter Elise game and 5.4 yards per carry. Woodward. Most broadcasts will also be carried on XM Satellite Radio on channel 194, 195 or 196. WASHINGTON vs. WASHINGTON STATE • HUSKY STADIUM • NOVEMBER 19, 2005 • 12:15 P.M. PST THE COACH: Tyrone Willingham was named Washington’s 22nd head football coach on December 13, 2004. A former head coach at Notre Dame and Stanford, MEDIA RESOURCES Willingham became the first African-American to serve as the Huskies head coach. UW ON THE INTERNET: The Washington athletic department’s official web site can While he brings an impressive resume with him to resurrect the Husky program, be found at www.gohuskies.com. The site features information on all 23 of the Hus- Willingham has acquitted himself well among his peers for much more than just kies’ intercollegiate sports programs. fielding winning teams. Over the past 28 years Willingham has developed a coach- WASHINGTON STATE ON THE INTERNET: Washington State’s official website ing style that emphasizes toughness, enthusiasm, intelligence, discipline, com- can be found at www.wsucougars.com. mitment and unselfish play. The result has provided his players with more than PAC-10 ON THE INTERNET: The official Pac-10 web site, which includes a copy of just the opportunity to enjoy victories on the field. His guiding principles have the Pac-10 football release, can be found at the following address: www.pac-10.org. prepared his players to be successful in life. Willingham, who turned 51 on Dec. 30, served as the head coach at Stanford (1995-2001) and Notre Dame (2002- PAC-10 SATELLITE FEED: The Pac-10 runs a weekly satellite feed featuring inter- 2004) over the past decade. His Stanford teams enjoyed a 44-36-1 record while views and game highlight footage. The 30-minute feed runs every Wednesday at he was 21-15 with the Fighting Irish, including a 38-3 victory against Washington 11:30 a.m. PT (2:30 ET), beginning Sept. 7 and running until Nov. 30. The coordinates last season at Notre Dame Stadium. In his inaugural season with the Irish in (same as last season) are: IA5 / C14. 2002, he wasted no time reversing the tide of the Irish program, leading Notre DAWG CHANNEL ALL-ACCESS: Fans can now enjoy live games (football and other Dame to a 10-2 regular-season record and a trip to the 2003 Gator Bowl in Jack- sports), features, interviews press conferences and more on Dawg Channel, available sonville, Fla. He was named Sportsman of the Year by The Sporting News after at gohuskies.com. Several different packages, including one that allows access to the 2002 season, while also picking up several national coach of the year awards. football programming from around the nation, are available. Go to gohuskies.com or Prior to his tenure at Notre Dame, Willingham directed the Stanford program for to allaccess.cstv.com for more information. seven seasons. In 1999, the Cardinal won the Pac-10 and earned a trip to the RADIO ON THE XM SATELLITE: Many Pac-10 football games this season will air Rose Bowl for the first time since 1972, earning Willingham Pac-10 Coach of the on XM Satellite Radio on channels 194, 195 and 196.