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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2009 HUSKY FOOTBALL www.gohuskies.com Contact: Jeff Bechthold • (206) 543-2230 • email: [email protected] 2009 HUSKY SCHEDULE / results WASHINGTON at ARIZONA STATE Sept. 5 #11 LSU (ESPN) L, 31-23 Sept. 12 IDAHO (FSN-NW) W, 42-23 Dawgs Head To The Desert To Face Sun Devils Sept. 19 #3 USC (ABC) W, 16-13 The GAME: After back-to-back nail-biters the last two Saturdays – a 37-30 overtime loss at Notre Sept. 26 at Stanford (FCS) L, 34-14 Dame and a miraculous 36-33 win over Arizona last Saturday in Seattle – the UW football team Oct. 3 at Notre Dame (NBC) L, 37-30 (OT) (3-3 overall, 2-1 in the Pac-10) returns to the road for a night game in the desert next Saturday at Oct. 10 ARIZONA (FSN-NW) W, 36-33 Arizona State (4-2 overall, 1-1 Pac-10). Kickoff is 7:15 p.m. (time is the same in Tempe and Seattle) Oct. 17 at Arizona State (FSN) 7:15 p.m. and the game will air live on FSN television. After failing to win a game last year, the Huskies, under Oct. 24 OREGON (ABC) 12:30 p.m. first-year head coach Steve Sarkisian, are in the midst of a remarkable turnaround as they’re 3-3 Nov. 7 at UCLA TBD at the halfway point despite having played the NCAA’s third-toughest schedule. The remainder of Nov. 14 at Oregon State TBD the schedules consists only of Pac-10 games, with two off weeks mixed in. After the ASU game, Nov. 28 WASHINGTON STATE TBD the UW returns to Seattle for a date with Oregon on Oct. 24 before an off week on Halloween. Dec. 5 CALIFORNIA (FSN-NW) 3:30 p.m. all times are Pacific GAME THEMES vs. THE SUN DEVILS: Washington has scored a defensive touchdown in three straight games ... at Stanford, Justin Glenn returned a fumble (on a backwards pass) 51 yards for 2009 PAC-10 STANDINGS a score ... at Notre Dame, Desmond Trufant did the same, going 17 yards for the score ... against Team Pac-10 Overall Arizona, Mason Foster returned an interception 37 yards for the game-winner ... Washington’s 1. Oregon 3-0 5-1 red zone defense allowed opponents to score on 25 of 30 trips into the redzone this year, which 2. Stanford 3-1 4-2 is about average ... however, of those 25 scores only 11 have been TDs, with 14 field goals filling 3. USC 2-1 4-1 out the total ... UW opponents are 17-for-17 on field goals this season ... the Huskies have already Oregon State 2-1 4-2 been a part of three bona fide classics this year, with nail-biting wins over USC and Arizona and a Washington 2-1 3-3 gut-wrenching loss at Notre Dame ... Washington’s schedule to date ranks as the third-toughest in 6. Arizona State 1-1 4-2 the nation as, taking out their result against the UW, Husky opponents are 22-5 on the season ... Arizona 1-1 3-2 Washington has had 10 true freshmen play this year, including four who have started at least one 8. UCLA 0-2 3-2 game: wide receiver James Johnson, defensive end Talia Crichton, cornerback Desmond Trufant California 0-2 3-2 and safety Nathan Fellner. 10. Washington State 0-4 1-5 Television: The Washington-Arizona game will air live to a national audience on FSN with Barry This Week’S gaMes Tompkins, Petros Papadakis and Michael Eaves providing the commentary. Additionally, “Huskies California at UCLA, 12:30 p.m. [ABC] All-Access” airs each Wednesday evening on FSN. The program is an up-close look at each Husky USC at Notre Dame, 12:30 p.m. [NBC] game, with features, one-on-one interviews and sideline video. Stanford at Arizona, 4:30 p.m. [Versus] RADIO: The Washington ISP Sports Network, with its flagship station KJR 950-AM, will carry Washington at Arizona State, 7:15 p.m. [FSN] the live broadcast of every football game on 16 Northwest radio stations. Longtime play-by-play man Bob Rondeau and color analyst Chuck Nelson are joined by sideline reporter Elise Woodward. Last Week’S Results Many game broadcasts will also be carried on XM Satellite Radio on channel 193, 194 or 195 and Oregon 24, UCLA 10 can be heard over the internet via the Dawg Channel at gohuskies.com. Arizona State 27, Washington State 14 Oregon State 38, Stanford 28 Washington 36, Arizona 33 WASHINGTON at ARIZONA STATE Saturday, October 17, 2009 • 7:15 p.m. PDT/MST Radio: 950 KJR-AM and the Washington ISP Sports Network Quick HitS Television: FSN • Through six games, according to the NCAA, Wash- ington’s schedule to date ranks the third-toughest in Media Schedule for the Week: the nation. Discounting results against the UW, Husky Monday: Press conference, 12 noon Wednesday: Practice: 4:00 p.m. (defensive opponents are 22-5. Only Virginia Tech and Florida Founder’s Club players & coaches and Coach State have faced tougher opposition. Practice: 4:30 p.m. (no interviews) Sarkisian interviews after) Tuesday: Pac-10 Coaches Teleconference Thursday: Practice: 4:15 p.m. • Washington has scored a defensive touchdown in 10:10 a.m. (Sarkisian: 11:30 a.m.) (Coach Sarkisian after) three straight games, with fumble returns at Stanford Practice: 4:00 p.m. (offensive Friday: no media availability and Notre Dame and a INT return vs. Arizona. players & coaches interviews after) W ashington at ARIZONA STATE • S U N D E V I L sta D iu M • OCT. 17, 2009 • 7:15 P . M . P D T ( F S N ) THE COACH: First-year head coach Steve Sarkisian came to the UW with a wealth of experience as a quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator. His string MEDIA RESOURCES of success is nearly unprecedented as, during his time at USC, he coached two MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE ON UWTV: This season UWTV, the on-campus Heisman Trophy winners and oversaw one of the nation’s most consistent and television station for the University of Washington, will be carrying the weekly football dominant offenses. Sarkisian spent 2007 and 2008 as the Trojans’ assistant head press conferences LIVE featuring Husky head coach Steve Sarkisian and selected play- ers. UWTV’s coverage will be live and available via satellite for stations wishing to coach and offensive coordinator. He had also previously served as assistant head use video clips from the pressers in their coverage of Washington football throughout coach and quarterbacks coach (2005-06), quarterbacks coach (2002-03) and as an the season. The weekly press conferences are each Monday at noon. offensive assistant (2001) at USC, for a total of seven seasons there. During his seven seasons as a member of the Trojans’ staff, the team has posted a combined Broadcast media are also welcome to follow along via satellite. Here are the specs: 74-15 record. As offensive coordinator, his record was 22-3. Aside from his various Galaxy18 at 123deg. west lat.; Transponder 6 Ku Downlink frequency: 11805.3000 Mhz or Lband frequency: 1.0553 Ghz roles at USC, Sarkisian, 35, also spent one season as quarterbacks coach for the Downlink Polarity is Horizontal Oakland Raiders in 2004 and as QBs coach at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., FEC (Forward Error Correction) is 3/4 in 2000, his first coaching job. A standout quarterback at BYU, Sarkisian actually Symbol Rate is 4.58000 Ms/sec faced his new team in Husky Stadium, on Sept. 14, 1996. That day, his Cougars Data Rate: 6.331177 Mb/sec suffered their only loss in a 14-1 season, falling to the Huskies, 29-17. Sarkisian Max bandwidth 6.6000 MHz completed 23-of-35 passes for 279 yards, no interceptions and two touchdowns. Program 2 (UWTV) Video Pid=112 Audio Pid=113 Known for mentoring quarterbacks, he coached an impressive line of signalcall- UW ON THE WEB: The Washington athletic department’s official web site can be ers while at USC. Last year, Mark Sanchez wrapped up his college career with found at www.gohuskies.com. The site features information on all 21 of the Huskies’ Pac-10 and Rose Bowl titles and was the fifth overall pick in the NFL Draft. Before intercollegiate sports programs. Sanchez, Sarkisian helped John David Booty earn first-team All-Pac-10 status and a fifth-round NFL draft selection. In 2005, he helped Matt Leinart win the Johnny ASU ON THE WEB: Arizona State’s website can be found at www.thesundevils.com. Unitas Award and first-team All-America before going 10th overall in the draft. In PAC-10 ON THE WEB: The official Pac-10 web site, which includes a copy of the 2003, Leinart was also a first-team All-American and the Pac-10 Offensive Player Pac-10 football release, can be found at the following address: www.pac-10.org. of the Year. Sarkisian also mentored 2002 Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer PAC-10 TELECONFERENCE: All 10 Pac-10 coaches are available on a weekly telecon- in his first season as full-time quarterbacks coach. Sarkisian starred at the quar- ference, each Tuesday beginning at 10:00 a.m. Coach Sarkisian takes questions on the terback position at the prep, collegiate and pro levels. After his standout career teleconference at 11:30 a.m. (PT) each Tuesday. Contact the athletic communications at Brigham Young University, he was played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders office to obtain the number and passcode information.