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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2019 HUSKY FOOTBALL web: www.gohuskies.com • twitter: @UW_Football Contacts: Jeff Bechthold & Brian Tom • emails: [email protected] & [email protected] 2019 HUSKY SCHEDULE / RESULTS WASHINGTON at COLORADO Aug. 31 EASTERN WASHINGTON (Pac-12) W, 47-14 Huskies’ Face Buffaloes In Final Road Contest Of 2019 Sept. 7 CALIFORNIA* (FS1) L, 20-19 Sept. 14 HAWAI’I (Pac-12) W, 52-20 THE GAME: The Washington football team (6-4 overall, 3-4 Pac-12) plays its final road game of the Sept. 21 at BYU (ABC) W, 45-19 season this Saturday night as the Huskies take on Colorado (4-6, 2-5) in Boulder. Kickoff is scheduled Sept. 28 #21 USC* (FOX) W, 28-14 for 8:00 p.m. MT/7:00 p.m. PT and the game will air on ESPN. Both teams enter the game after a bye Oct. 5 at Stanford* (ESPN) L, 23-13 week. Following the Colorado game, the Huskies wrap up the regular season with the 112th Apple Cup Oct. 12 at Arizona* (FS1) W, 51-27 vs. Washington State (Friday, Nov. 29, at 1:00 p.m.). Oct. 19 #12 OREGON* (ABC) L, 35-31 Nov. 2 #9 UTAH* (FOX) L, 33-28 QUICK HITTERS: Through 10 games this season, UW has outscored opponents 107-13 in the first quarter ... in 10 games this season, a total of 10 different players have led the Huskies in tackles (including Nov. 8 at Oregon State* (FS1) W, 19-7 ties) ... Myles Bryant and Keith Taylor have each led the team twice, while the following eight players Nov. 23 at Colorado* (ESPN) 7:00 p.m. have led (or shared) the team in tackles in one game this season: Kyler Gordon, Trent McDuffie, Elijah Nov. 29 WASHINGTON ST.* (FOX) 1:00 p.m. Molden, Ariel Ngata, Levi Onwuzurike, Joe Tryon, Edefuan Ulofoshio, and Brandon Wellington ... along rankings are AP at time of game with UCF, the UW is one of only two FBS teams (and the only Power 5 program) that has not suffered a all times Pacific loss of more than 10 points since the start of the 2017 season ... UW is sixth in the nation in net punting 2019 PAC-12 STANDINGS (42.58), having allowed just two touchbacks and only seven punt return yards all year ... Joel Whitford’s 44.3-yard average ranks No. 2 in UW single-season history ... UW’s defense has led the Pac-12 in both NORTH Pac-12 Overall scoring defense and total defense each of the last four years ... of the 105 players on the current UW 1. Oregon 7-0 9-1 football roster, more than half (54) are freshmen or redshirt freshmen ... Washington has played 12 true 2. Oregon State 4-3 5-5 freshmen this season: DL Jacob Bandes, TB Cameron Davis, PK Tim Horn, OLB Laiatu Latu, CB Trent 3. Washington 3-4 6-4 McDuffie, WR Puka Nacua, DL Noa Ngalu, DL Sama Paama, DL Faatui Tuitele, LB Alphonzo Tuputala, 4. Stanford 3-5 4-6 DB Asa Turner and DB Cameron Williams ... additionally, 19 redshirt freshmen have played ... senior WR 5. California 2-5 5-5 Aaron Fuller enters the week with 146 career receptions for 1,956 yards, good for seventh and eighth, Washington State 2-5 5-5 respectively, in UW history ... junior TE Hunter Bryant currently has 74 career catches for 1,216 yards, good for fifth and second in UW history among tight ends ... UW head coach Chris Petersen entered the SOUTH Pac-12 Overall 2019 season with the highest winning percentage among active NCAA-FBS coaches with five or more 1. Utah 6-1 9-1 years experience ... currently, Petersen has a career record of 145-37, good for a percentage of .797, 2. USC 6-2 7-4 second in FBS ... in five-plus seasons under Petersen, the Huskies have scored touchdowns on a total of 14 3. UCLA 4-3 4-6 kickoff (4) and punt (10) returns ... in that same period, the UW hasn’t allowed a single return for a score. 4. Arizona State 2-5 5-5 Arizona 2-5 4-6 TELEVISION: The UW-Colorado game will air on ESPN television, with Jason Benetti (play by play), Colorado 2-5 4-6 Rod Gilmore (analyst) and Quint Kessenich (sidelines) on the call. You can also watch via WatchESPN. com and the ESPN app. THIS WEEK’S GAMES RADIO: The Washington Sports Network, with its flagship station KOMO AM-1000 and FM-97.7, Saturday, November 23 will carry the live broadcast of every football game on 18 Northwest radio stations. Play-by-play man UCLA at USC, 12:30 p.m. (ABC) Tony Castricone and color analysts Damon Huard and Greg Lewis are joined by sideline reporter Elise California at Stanford, 1 p.m. (Pac-12) Woodward. The CU broadcast of the game will air on Sirius (138) and XM (201) satellite radio, and the Oregon at Arizona State, 4:30 p.m. (ABC) UW broadcast is available via TuneIn.com and the TuneIn app. Oregon State at Washington State, 6 p.m. (Pac-12) Washington at Colorado, 7 p.m. (ESPN) WASHINGTON at COLORADO Utah at Arizona, 7 p.m. (FS1) Saturday, November 23, 2019 • 8:00 p.m. MT/7:00 p.m. PT Radio: KOMO AM-1000/FM-97.7 and the Washington Sports Network; LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Sirius 138; XM 210 Television: ESPN Oregon State 35, Arizona State 34 Media Schedule for the Week: Washington State 49, Stanford 22 Monday: Coach Petersen Press Conference Wednesday: Interviews: 11:30 a.m. (defensive Utah 49, UCLA 3 11:30 a.m.; lunch at 11:00 a.m. players & asst. coaches) Oregon 34, Arizona 6 Tuesday: Interviews: 11:30 a.m. (offensive players Thursday: Coach Petersen, 11:15 a.m. USC 41, California 17 & asst. coaches) Friday: No media availability All media availabilities in old team assembly room. All times approximate. Arrive early! WASHINGTON at COLORADO • FOLSOM FIELD • NOV. 23, 2019 • 8:00 P.M. PT (ESPN) CHRIS PETERSEN annually to a college coach who is both a humanitarian and an exceptional coach. In 2015, Petersen’s Huskies, featuring one of the nation’s youngest squads and a sched- HEAD COACH ule ranked by many as the nation’s toughest, rallied for the Dawgs’ sixth consecutive bowl Sixth Season at UW berth, which resulted in a victory over Southern Miss in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. A stout Husky defense (first in the Pac-12 in scoring and total defense) led the way as a freshman- Washington wrapped up the 2018 football season laden offense showed steady growth en route to a 7-6 season record. in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 2019. That the Huskies Off the field, Petersen’s impact on the football program’s academic success was clear were back in Pasadena on New Year’s Day was one as well. In the most recently-completed academic quarter (spring, 2015), the football team of many milestones to which Husky head coach Chris posted a team GPA of 3.08, highest in school history for football. Petersen has led the program in his first five seasons. In his first season at Washington, Petersen led the Huskies to an 8-6 record and a berth The 2018 marked the culmination of the first class in the TicketCity Cactus Bowl. He became the fastest active FBS coach to reach 100 career of Petersen-recruited players, a group of fifth-year play- victories – doing so in 117 games – and tied with Knute Rockne for fifth fastest all-time er who originally signed on to become Huskies shortly after a win over cross-state rival Washington State in the Apple Cup. after his arrival in Seattle. The group, along with the Petersen’s ‘Built for Life’ coaching philosophy has been embraced on and off the field highly-successful group of players that followed the by the Huskies in less than a year. Not only did Washington produce three first-team and next season, have put together one of the great runs in modern Husky Football history. In seven honorable mention All-Pac-12 players, but a combined five players earned first or five years, the Huskies have won five straight Apple Cups, have gone to five straight bowl second team Academic All-Pac-12 recognition, including Danny Shelton who was named games, have won two Pac-12 Championships, earned three New Year’s Six bowl-game First-Team Academic All-American – a first for Washington since 1991. berths and have competed in the 2016 College Football Playoffs. Petersen, the first and one of only two two-time winners of the Paul “Bear” Bryant In the meantime, during that same span, 24 Huskies who played under Petersen have Award (2006 and 2009), compiled an exceptional 92-12 record in his eight seasons as Boise debuted in the NFL. A total of 22 have earned first-team All-Pac-12, 14 have made an All- State head coach (2006-2013), including two unbeaten seasons (13-0 in 2006 and 14-0 in America team, three have been honored as Pac-12 Offensive or Defensive Player of the 2009) and two BCS bowl berths. He won five conference titles and posted a 57-6 record in Year and two have won Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for football. Over five seasons, conference play (WAC from 2006-10 and Mountain West from 2011-13). the Huskies have won 47 games, including three straight seasons with double-digit wins.