Published by Husky Fever Editorial content provided by: Department of Intercollegiate Athletics Box 354070 Seattle, WA 98195-4070 (206) 543-2210 WASHINGTON HUSKIES (4-4) vs. Husky Fever Executive Director: Jo Anne Hume UCLA BRUINS (5-3) Board of Directors President Bill Young, Associated Grocers Brad Haggen, Haggen, Inc. Huskies Try to Get Back Fred Lukson, Albertsons Jim Jackson, Fred Meyer Bill Diehl, Safeway Dean Olson, QFC on Track Against Bruins Jim Tanasse, Kraft Foods Bob Mills, Advantage Sales By Jim Daves snap to Moore resulted in Stanford scooping up University of Washington the ball and scoring for a 15-0 lead after just oming off back-to-back road losses to USC four minutes of play. President: Dr. Richard L. McCormick and Arizona State, Washington (4-4, 1-3) Continued on page 4 Faculty Representative: Robert Aronson Creturns to Husky Stadium this Director of Athletics: Barbara Hedges Saturday for a Homecoming show- Senior Associate Director: Marie Tuite down with UCLA (5-3, 2-2), a team Senior Associate Director: Gary Barta that knows how it feels to have its Senior Associate Director: Paul King back against the wall. Associate Director: Ken Winstead Entering last week’s home game Associate Director: Dave Burton with Stanford, the Bruins had Assistant Director: Dana Richardson dropped back-to-back games with Assistant Director: Stan Chernicoff Oregon (31-30) and California Assistant Director: Chip Lydum (17-12). Assistant Director: Jim Daves Want to add a little more adver- Asst. Media Relations Directors: sity? Dan Lepse, Jeff Bechthold, UCLA starting quarterback Cory Misty Cole, Erin Rowley Paus suffered a broken ankle Huskies Gameday Magazine against the Golden Bears and back- Publisher: Jo Anne Hume up signalcaller John Sciarra was Assistant Publisher: Margaret Phelps also injured during the game. That Managing Editor: Jim Daves forced the Bruins to take the field Editors: Brian Beaky, Jeff Bechthold last week against Stanford with true Design & Layout: David Kelliher freshman Matt Moore behind cen- Contributing Writers: Rob Aronson, ter. Brian Beaky, Jeff Bechthold, Jim Daves, On the first drive of the game, Steve Hitchcock, Mason Kelley, Stanford was forced to punt, but Lisa Krikava, Theresa Ripp, Bob Roseth regained the ball on a fumble by Contributing Photographers: Rob Hicks, the Bruins’ return man. Six plays Ethan Janson, Joanie Komura, Mary Levin, later the Cardinal was in the end- Marquis Cooper’s nine tackles for loss have sparked a Frank Ragsdale, Bruce Terami, Corky Trewin zone and took a quick 8-0 lead. Husky run defense that is allowing just 2.4 yards per Printing On UCLA’s first possession a bad carry, the lowest UW opponent average since 1991. Consolidated Press 600 South Spokane TABLE OF CONTENTS Seattle, WA 98134 Elliott Zajac football profile . .6-8 Husky/UCLA numerical rosters . .34-35 Layout & Design Husky Fever Academic All Star . .7 UCLA alphabetical roster . .36 Creative Solutions Husky player mugshot roster . .12-18 UCLA player mugshot roster . .39 29918 Second Avenue S. Husky alphabetical roster . .28 Kevin Ware football profile . .40 Women’s Crew profile . .30 Paige Mackenzie golf profile . .54 Federal Way, WA 98003 Husky Legends . .32 Jeremy Park cross country profile . .60 HUSKIES Gameday 3 Continued from page 3 allowing just 79.2 yards per How did the Bruins react to the situation? game. That ranks as the fifth best They rode the strong running of tailback Tyler in this week’s NCAA rankings. Ebell and the accurate kicking of Nate Fikse It is the fewest rushing yards (five field goals) to run away with a 28-18 vic- allowed by a Husky defense tory. since the 1991 National “Our guys were down by 15, and they might Championship team held oppo- have bellied up right then,” said UCLA head nents to just 67.1 yards per coach Bob Toledo. “They stayed in there and game. worked hard.” With several of the best run- While the youthful Huskies have struggled ning backs in the Pac-10 facing this year they can certainly relate to the Bruins’ the Huskies over the next month, approach. Washington’s players have continued it will be interesting to see if to work hard and the much-maligned defense Washington can continue to stuff showed significant improvement in last the run, or if opponents might Saturday’s loss at Arizona State. go away from their strong run- The Husky defense limited the Sun Devils to ning games in an attempt to pass just 45 rushing yards and held ASU’s high-flying the ball versus Washington. passing game to only 184 yards. A week earlier Last year the Huskies went into their matchup with UCLA Sun Devil quarterback Andrew Walter had Wide receiver Reggie Williams is just 170 yards away blitzed Oregon’s secondary for a Pac-10 record allowing 119 rushing yards per game. Bruin tailback DeShaun from becoming the Huskies’ career receiving yards 536 passing yards. leader. Most teams have been able to move the ball Foster blitzed Washington with a on the Huskies by passing against an inexperi- school record 301-yard performance, the third for prep players. enced Washington secondary, which included highest total in Pac-10 history. While the Bruins decided to keep things true freshman Nate Robinson as a starter at cor- The Huskies face a hot back this week in simple last week for Moore in his first start, nerback last week. Allowing 277.9 passing UCLA’s Ebell. In the victory against Stanford, they do like to throw the ball, averaging 249.6 yards per game, the Huskies are second to last Ebell carried the ball 39 times for 160 yards. passing yards per game. Moore completed just in the Pac-10 in that statistical category. While he is listed on the Bruins’ roster at just 5- seven passes in 19 attempts last week, but he The run is another story. 9 and 170 pounds, Ebell’s resume is a heavy- averaged more than 20-yards per reception and Washington’s front four and linebackers weight. did not throw any interceptions. have been tough to gain ground against. The The redshirt freshman has gained at least Craig Bragg, who led UCLA in receiving last Huskies lead the Pac-10 in rushing defense, 100 yards in each of UCLA’s last four games. He year as a freshman, tops the team again this is the first Bruin season with 39 catches for 652 yards and seven freshman running scores. Tab Perry has 27 catches for 539 yards back to ever accom- and Mike Seidman has 26 receptions for 424 plish that and is the yards. first to have that On the other side of the ball the Bruins can many consecutive create problems for Washington’s passing game. 100-yard games UCLA is ranked 13th nationally in pass defense since Skip Hicks put in terms of the NCAA’s efficiency rating. The together five in a Bruins have allowed just 184 passing yards per row in 1997. game, the best mark in the Pac-10 this season. The California UCLA has allowed opponents to complete high school player just 47.8 percent of their passes and given up of the year in 2000, just eight passing scores all season. The Bruins Ebell was named the cornerback tandem of Ricky Manning and Matt National High Ware, a converted free safety, may be the best The 2002 Homecoming Court from left to right: Jennifer Awrey, School Athlete of the combination of pass defenders in the confer- Justin Salisbury, Queen Emily Yaksith, King Brian Johnson, Annie Year by the National ence. Palmer, Bryan Howie. The 2002 Homecoming Committee wishes to High School With their backs against the wall, the thank the UW Alumni Association for its gracious contribution of Coaches Association Huskies hope this is their week to overcome Homecoming Royalty Scholarships and also thank the following that same year. That adversity and get back into the win column. businesses for their support: Paramount Pictures, The University award is considered Something the Bruins have already learned to Inn, Shultzy’s Sausage, Rams Copy Center, and Jet City Improv. the Heisman Trophy do. 4 HUSKIES Gameday Already No. 1 Tough After Turnovers Junior quarterback Cody Pickett is having an unprecendented season in terms of his passing sta- While Washington has turned the ball over tistics. Washington, well-known for producing NFL quarterbacks, has never seen the prolific numbers four more times than its opponents this year that Pickett is posting this season. Only eight games into his junior year, Pickett has already set a new (14 to 18), the Huskies have been much single-season passing yards record with 2,811 this year (surpassing Cary Conklin’s 2,569 in 1989). more successful turning turnovers into points Pickett broke Conklin’s mark in the season’s seventh game. Now with 5,226 career yards, Pickett is than have their opponents. In fact, the only 517 yards shy of the UW career passing yards record of 5,742 (Brock Huard). Pickett also has a Huskies have scored 10 shot at the Pac-10 single-season passing record, especially with the 12-game schedule this year. Pickett times after their 14 take- must throw for 827 yards (an average of 206.8 per game) to break the conference record of 3,637 aways, and two of their yards, set by Washington State’s Ryan Leaf in 1997. Pickett’s 2,811 passing yards this missed opportunities season already rank No. 18 (tied) in Pac-10 history, and he’s only 122 yards away came on a missed field from the all-time top-10.