2007 Husky Football

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2007 HUSKY FOOTBALL www.gohuskies.com Contacts: Jeff Bechthold & Richard Kilwien • (206) 543-2230 • Fax (206) 543-5000 2007 HUSKY SCHEDULE / results WASHINGTON vs. ARIZONA Aug. 31 at Syracuse (ESPN) W, 42-12 Sept. 8 #22 BOISE STATE (FSN-NW) W, 24-10 Wildcats Travel To Montlake For Homecoming Tussle Sept. 15 #10 OHIO STATE (ESPN) L, 33-14 THE GAME: The Washington football team (2-5 overall, 0-4 in the Pac-10) takes on Arizona this Sept. 22 at UCLA (FSN) L, 44-31 Saturday in a 12 noon homecoming game at Husky Stadium. The Wildcats (2-6, 1-4) come to Seattle Sept. 29 #1 USC (ABC) L, 27-24 after having hosted the Huskies the last two seasons in Tucson. The game will air live state-wide on Oct. 13 at #14 Arizona State (FSN) L, 44-20 various television stations (see below for details). After the Arizona game, the Huskies hit the road Oct. 20 #7 OREGON (FSN-NW) L, 55-34 for two straight games when they play at Stanford at on Nov. 3 and at Oregon State on Nov. 10. Oct. 27 ARIZONA (KSTW) 12:00 p.m. Nov. 3 at Stanford (FSN-NW) 3:30 p.m. HUSKIES vs. WILDcats History: ��Washington holds a 16-6-1 (.717) edge in the series against Nov. 10 at Oregon State (FSN) 7:15 p.m. Arizona, with the Huskies taking nine of the last 12. Overall, the Huskies are 31-18-1 all-time against Nov. 17 CALIFORNIA TBA the Arizona schools (Arizona and Arizona State). The last two meetings have come in Tucson. Last year, the Huskies took a 21-3 lead in the second quarter and won, 21-10. In 2005, Isaiah Stanback’s Nov. 24 WASHINGTON STATE TBA dramatic, 69-yard bomb on the last play of the first half and 200 rushing yards from James Sims Dec. 1 at Hawai’i (ESPN/ESPN2) TBA led the Huskies to a 38-14 win. Before the last two seasons’ games, the series had been marked rankings are AP at time of game by very close games. In fact, the six UW-Arizona games prior to 2005 were decided by a total of 31 points, with the most lopsided result (a 31-21 Arizona win) coming in 2004. That year, the 2007 PAC-10 STANDINGS Wildcats overcame a 13-9 halftime deficit, out-scoring the Huskies, 14-0, in the second half for Team Pac-10 Overall the win. In 2003, Arizona snapped a string of 13 straight home losses in conference play by pulling 1. Arizona State 4-0 7-0 out a late, 27-22 victory. In 2002, it was the Huskies who rallied late when Reggie Williams scored UCLA 4-0 5-2 on an 80-yard reception with only 2:03 remaining in the game. In 2001, Cody Pickett ran in from 3. USC 3-1 6-1 three yards out with 13 seconds left to cap an amazing day. Only two weeks after separating his Oregon 3-1 6-1 right (throwing) vs. USC, Pickett broke the UW record with 455 passing yards as the Huskies won, 5. California 2-2 5-2 31-28. Also included in the recent close contests are Washington’s come-from-behind, 35-32 win Oregon State 2-2 4-3 in 2000 in Seattle, which may be the most memorable game in the series’ history. Trailing 28-24 7. Stanford 2-3 3-4 to Washington with under a minute to play, Arizona quarterback Ortege Jenkins flipped head 8. Arizona 1-4 2-6 over heels over three Husky defenders, landing on his feet in the end zone for the winning score. 9. Washington 0-4 2-5 Close wins for Arizona are the rule in this series. Three of the Wildcats’ five six in the series have Washington State 0-4 2-5 come by three points, including Arizona’s first-ever win over Washington in 1988, snapping the Huskies’ six-game unbeaten streak in the series. The Wildcats overcame two 10-point deficits, but still appeared headed for a tie before Washington quarterback Cary Conklin fumbled in the THIS WEEK’S PAC-10 GAMes final minute, setting up Doug Pfaff’s game-winning 22-yard field goal with five seconds left. The Arizona at Washington Wildcats won again by a field goal the following year, marking their longest winning streak (two California at Arizona State games) in series history. In his fourth season as a head coach, Arizona’s Mike Stoops is 1-2 against USC at Oregon Washington. During his two prior years at the UW and seven seasons at Stanford, UW head man Stanford at Oregon State Tyrone Willingham is 4-3 against the Wildcats (Stanford and Arizona didn’t play one another in UCLA at Washington State 1995 or 1996). All four of Willingham’s wins over the ‘Cats have come in Tucson (1999: 50-22; 2001: 51-37; 2005: 38-14; 2006: 21-10). LAST WEEK’S PAC-10 RESULTS Oregon 55, Washington 34 Television: The Washington-Arizona game will air live, via an FSN-Northwest production, statewide on over-the-air stations. In the Seattle area, the game will be shown on KSTW-Channel Stanford 21, Arizona 20 11. In the Spokane area, it will be on KHQ-Channel 6 while the Yakima and Tri-Cities area will be UCLA 30, California 21 able to view the game on KNDO (23)/KNDU (25). Kevin Calabro, Brock Huard and Brooke Olzendam USC 38, Notre Dame 0 will provide the commentary. Additionally, “Huskies All-Access” airs Thursday at 10:00 p.m. on FSN. The program is an up-close look at each Husky game, with features, one-on-one interviews Quick HitS and sideline video. • There are five remaining unbeaten teams in Divi- RADIO: The Husky Sports Network, with its flagship station KJR 950-AM, will carry the live sion I-A (FBS). Three of them (Ohio State, Arizona broadcast of every football game to three different states and British Columbia, Canada, on 21 State, Hawaii) are on the UW schedule. different radio stations. Longtime play-by-play man Bob Rondeau and color analyst Chuck Nelson are joined by sideline reporter Elise Woodward. Many game broadcasts will also be carried on • The Huskies’ last six opponents have a current XM Satellite Radio on channel 194, 195 or 196 and can be heard over the internet via the Dawg combined record of 38-5. Channel at gohuskies.com, which is available for no charge this season. W ashington vs. ARIZONA • H usky S ta D iu M • OCTOBER 27, 2007 • 12:00 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 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 Now in his third season at the UW, he brings an impressive resume with him to can be found at www.gohuskies.com. The site features information on all 23 of the Huskies’ intercollegiate sports programs. resurrect the Husky program, Willingham has acquitted himself well among his peers for much more than just fielding winning teams. Over the past 30 years Will- ARIZONA ON THE INTERNET: Arizona’s official website can be found at www. ingham has developed a coaching style that emphasizes toughness, enthusiasm, arizonaathletics.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 53 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. 5 and running until Nov. 28. The coordinates (different Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. He was named Sportsman of the Year by The Sporting from last season) are: Transponder 14C, Galaxy 26 - C Band; D/L Frequency 3980. News after the 2002 season, while also picking up several national coach of the year awards. Prior to his tenure at Notre Dame, Willingham directed the Stanford DAWG CHANNEL ALL-ACCESS: Fans can now enjoy live games (football and other program for seven seasons. In 1999, the Cardinal won the Pac-10 and earned a trip sports), features, interviews, press conferences and more on Dawg Channel, available to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1972, earning Willingham Pac-10 Coach of at gohuskies.com.

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