UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2020 HUSKY FOOTBALL web: www.gohuskies.com/football • twitter: @HuskyFBNews Contacts: Jeff Bechthold & Brian Tom • emails: [email protected] & [email protected] 2020 HUSKY SCHEDULE / RESULTS WASHINGTON vs. STANFORD Nov. 7 at California (ESPN) canceled Fourth Straight Husky Home Game Brings Stanford To Seattle Nov. 14 OREGON STATE (FS1) W, 27-21 Nov. 21 ARIZONA (FOX) W, 44-27 THE GAME: The Washington football team (3-0 Pac-12, 3-0 overall) takes on Stanford (1-2, 1-2) Nov. 27 at Washington State (ESPN) canceled this Saturday at 1:00 p.m. PT, in the Huskies’ fourth straight home game. The game will air on Nov. 28 UTAH (ABC) W, 24-21 FOX television. Both teams are coming off of close victories. The Huskies, now ranked No. 23 in Dec. 5 STANFORD (FOX) 1:00 p.m. both the AP Top 25 and the coaches’ poll, came from 21 points down to beat Utah, 24-21, while Dec. 12 at Oregon TBD the Cardinal edged Cal, 24-23, on a blocked extra point. Washington’s final scheduled game of the Dec. 18-19 Championship Game Weekend TBD 2020 season comes the following Saturday, Dec. 12, at Oregon. rankings are AP at time of game all times Pacific QUICK HITTERS: In their 24-21 win over Utah, the Huskies trailed 21-0 at halftime ... it was the Huskies’ biggest second-half comeback since 1988 ... UW has held each of its three opponents 2020 PAC-12 STANDINGS scorless for a half – OSU and Utah for the second and Arizona for the first ... in three games, the NORTH Pac-12 Overall Huskies have out-scored their opponents, 30-0 ... the Huskies have allowed just one sack, which 1. Washington 3-0 3-0 was a one-yard loss on a run out of bounds ... only one team in the nation (Buffalo, four games) 2. Oregon 3-1 3-1 has allowed no sacks ... OLB Zion Tupuola-Fetui, in his first three career starts, has seven sacks 3. Oregon State 2-2 2-2 and three forced fumbles ... 10 true freshmen have played this season: OL Roger Rosengarten; TB 4. Washington State 1-1 1-1 Javon Forward; DB Makell Esteen; LS Jaden Green; TE Mark Redman; OLBs Cooper McDonald and 5. Stanford 1-2 1-2 Sav’ell Smalls; and WRs Jalen McMillan, Sawyer Racanelli, and Rome Odunze ... UW RS-freshman 5. California 0-3 0-3 Dylan Morris started at QB in the opener vs. OSU, joining Jake Locker (RS-freshman in 2007) and Jake Browning (true freshman in 2015) to start a season opener as a freshman, in the modern SOUTH Pac-12 Overall era ... of the 110 players on the UW football roster, just under half (54) are freshmen or redshirt 1. USC 3-0 3-0 freshmen, and an additional 33 are sophomores, meaning that 85 players have two or more years of 2. Colorado 2-0 3-0 eligibility remaining (not even taking into account this season’s paused eligibility) ... the UW roster 3. UCLA 2-2 2-2 includes 11 juniors, 11 seniors and one graduate student ... the UW has gone 74 games in a row 4. Arizona State 0-1 0-1 without allowing an opponent to score more than 35 points, the longest such streak in the nation. 5. Utah 0-2 0-2 6. Arizona 0-3 0-3 TELEVISION: The UW-Stanford game will air on FOX, with Joe Davis (play by play) and Mark Helfrich (analyst) calling the action. Fans can also watch via various FOX platforms, including WEEK FIVE SCHEDULE foxsports.com/live. Saturday, December 5 RADIO: Radio coverage of the 2020 Husky Football team along the Washington Sports Network Colorado at Arizona, 4 p.m. (FS1) from Learfield IMG College is already underway. The Jimmy Lake Show is a one-hour weekly show UCLA at Arizona State, 7:30 p.m. (FS1) featuring the Huskies’ head coach, airing live on Wednesday nights from 6-7 p.m. PT. On game day, Oregon State at Utah, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) live coverage begins four hours before kickoff with Husky Gameday hosted by Dave ‘Softy’ Mahler, Oregon at California, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Dick Baird and others. Castricone, Huard and Elise Woodward will call the play-by-play of the games. Stanford at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX) All shows are available live on flagship station SportsRadio 950 KJR, the Washington Sports Network, and the Huskies Gameday mobile app, as well as available on demand on the GoHuskies Sunday, December 6 Podcast.The UW broadcast of the game will also air on Sirius 133 and XM 197. Washington State at USC, 6 p.m. (FS1) WASHINGTON vs. STANFORD WEEK FOUR RESULTS Saturday, December 5, 2020 • 1:00 p.m. PT Friday, November 27 Radio: KJR 950-AM/KJAQ 96.5 FM and the Washington Sports Network; Stanford 24, California 23 Sirius 133; XM 197 Television: FOX Oregon State 41, Oregon 38 Media Schedule for the Week (all via Zoom call): Saturday, November 28 Monday: Coach Lake Press Conference Wednesday: Interviews: 11:00 a.m. (offensive Colorado 20, San Diego State 10 11:30 a.m., players & assistant coaches) Washington 24, Utah 21 Tuesday: Interviews: 11:00 a.m. (defensive Thursday: Coach Lake, 11:00 a.m. UCLA 27, Arizona 10 players & assistant coaches) Friday: No media availability All times approximate. Get on calls early! WASHINGTON vs. STANFORD • HUSKY STADIUM • DEC. 5, 2020 • 1:00 P.M. PT (FOX) JIMMY LAKE In 2015, the Husky defense led the Pac-12 in scoring defense, total defense and red- zone defense and finished second in both pass efficiency defense and rushing defense. HEAD COACH Two Husky sophomores Baker and Jones, both earned first-team All-Pac-12. Jones led the First Season at UW conference in passes defended and was in the top five in interceptions, fumbles forced and fumbles recovered. When former Husky head coach Chris Petersen In his first season at the UW as a member of Petersen’s 2014 staff, Lake took on the surprised the UW community by announcing that he challenge of coaching a secondary that frequently included three true freshmen and a true would step down following the 2019 football season, sophomore in the four starting spots. In the end, he helped Baker earn freshman All-Ameri- there was no hesitation as to who best to replace him. ca honors while helping the UW to a No. 9 national ranking in turnover margin and a top-40 In fact, it took nearly no time for Jimmy Lake to be of- marking scoring defense. fered the job. Lake joined Petersen’s staff from Boise State where he was in charge of the secondary On Dec. 2, 2019, the announcement was made of and was the defensive pass game coordinator in 2012 and 2013. the change, with Lake taking over the program imme- In 2013, the Broncos ranked second in the Mountain West in points allowed (24.8) diately following Washington’s victory in the 2019 Las and interceptions (16), third in total defense (413.4) and pass efficiency defense (129.7) Vegas Bowl. and fourth in sacks (30). They also tied for the conference low allowing just 17 touchdown While Lake will be a head coach for the first time, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better passes. résumé for an incoming Husky head coach. Lake mentored sophomore cornerback Donte Deayon, who earned 2013 second-team In his six prior seasons at Washington – two as defensive backs coach, two as co- All-Conference honors after finishing second in the league with six interceptions and fourth defensive coordinator and the last two as defensive coordinator – Lake has earned a repu- with 15 passes defended. tation as a teacher, recruiter and tactician, helping the UW become one of the strongest In his debut season with the Broncos in 2012, Lake led a secondary that was fifth and most consistent defensive teams – and specifically one of the top secondaries – in nationally in both pass defense (169.5) and pass efficiency defense (101.4). The team also the nation. ranked eighth nationally in scoring defense (15.8) and 12th nationally in total defense Year after year, the Huskies, who have five or more defensive backs on the field the (315.6). The Broncos also picked off 18 passes to tie for the 12th-most nationally. majority of the time, play aggressive and precise defense and turn out highly-regarded Three of his four starting defensive backs earned All-Mountain West honors following professional prospects. the season, including first-team selection Jamar Taylor at cornerback. Cornerback Jerrell In 2019, his last as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach, Lake molded an- Gavins was named second-team all-league, and safety Jeremy Ioane was honorable men- other strong unit despite the loss of nine defensive starters from the previous year. Starting tion. as many as three true freshmen in the secondary, his unit limited opponents to 19.4 points Taylor went on to become the second-highest drafted cornerback in school history, per game. Elijah Molden earned second-team All-America and first-team All-Pac-12, while taken in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft - No. 54 overall - by the Miami Dolphins. Myles Bryant was a second-team all-conference pick. Freshman DBs Trent McDuffie and Before joining Boise State, Lake worked in the National Football League. He spent Cameron Williams each earned Freshman All-America. 2010-11 as defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and 2008 as DB coach In 2018, his first year as the UW’s defensive coordinator, Lake continued the Huskies’ for the Detroit Lions.