HUSKIES Game Day #2
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Published by Husky Fever Editorial content provided by: Department of Intercollegiate Athletics Box 354070 Seattle, WA 98195-4070 (206) 543-2210 WASHINGTON HUSKIES (1-1) vs. Husky Fever Executive Director: Jo Anne Hume WYOMING COWBOYS (0-3) Board of Directors President Bill Young, Associated Grocers Brad Haggen, Haggen, Inc. Fred Lukson, Albertsons The Big Three Make a Jim Jackson, Fred Meyer Bill Diehl, Safeway Dean Olson, QFC Difference for the Huskies Jim Tanasse, Kraft Foods Bob Mills, Advantage Sales by Jim Daves University of Washington President: Dr. Richard L. McCormick fter enjoying their only bye week of the Faculty Representative: Robert Aronson 2002 season, the Washington Huskies (1-1) Director of Athletics: Barbara Hedges A returned to work this week looking to Senior Associate Director: Marie Tuite refine their game plan for a four-week home Senior Associate Director: Gary Barta stretch against a pair of non-conference oppo- Senior Associate Director: Paul King nents and two league foes. Associate Director: Ken Winstead Before letting his players take off for a three- Associate Director: Dave Burton day respite, Washington head coach Rick Assistant Director: Dana Richardson Neuheisel declared that he thought the team’s Assistant Director: Stan Chernicoff work-ethic and improvement during the bye was Assistant Director: Chip Lydum the best he has witnessed during his four sea- Assistant Director: Jim Daves sons with the Huskies. Asst. Media Relations Directors: If the Huskies hope to achieve their goal of Dan Lepse, Jeff Bechthold, winning the Pac-10 Conference title and make Misty Cole, Erin Rowley another trip to the Rose Bowl, they realize they have to improve in several areas. Huskies Gameday Program Neuheisel wants to see a more consistent and Publisher: Jo Anne Hume productive running game. He wants to shore up Assistant Publisher: Margaret Phelps the little mistakes that have plagued special Managing Editor: Jim Daves teams and he expects the defense to do a better Editors: Brian Beaky, Jeff Bechthold job on stopping opponents on third down. He Design & Layout: David Kelliher also wants to find a way to get his team off to a Contributing Writers: Brian Beaky, better start instead of playing catch-up as the Jeff Bechthold, Noah Cohan, Jim Daves, team did the first two weeks of the season. Sophomore Reggie Williams surpassed Mason Kelley, Lisa Krikava, If the Huskies improve their focus and con- 1,000 career receiving yards in the Dana Richardson, Bob Roseth centration, Neuheisel feels they can achieve their Huskies’ season-opener at Michigan. Contributing Photographers: Rob Hicks, goals and go from being a good team to a great Ethan Janson, Joanie Komura, Mary Levin, one. ents to put together a championship-caliber Frank Ragsdale, Bruce Terami, Corky Trewin Although it is early in the 2002 season, the team. With backup tailback Braxton Cleman Printing Huskies certainly look like they have the ingredi- Continued on page 4 Consolidated Press 600 South Spokane TABLE OF CONTENTS Seattle, WA 98134 Jafar Williams profile . .6 Husky/Wyoming numerical rosters . .34-35 Layout & Design Husky Fever Academic Salute . .7 Wyoming alphabetical roster . .36 Creative Solutions Husky player mugshot roster . .12-18 Wyoming player mugshot roster . .39 29918 Second Avenue S. Husky alphabetical roster . .28 Wilbur Hooks, Jr. profile . .40 Vanessa Pierce profile . .30 Courtney Inman profile . .54 Federal Way, WA 98003 Husky Legend . .32 Elissa Ross profile . .60 HUSKIES Gameday 3 Defensive tackle Terry Johnson is Continued from page 3 tied for the team lead in possibly rejoining the lineup this week after sit- these players is a senior. scoring through ting out the past six weeks with a hamstring Thanks to back-to- the last three injury, and starting senior offensive guard Elliot back 300-yard passing games, with two Zajac a week or two away from returning from performances against interceptions a broken leg, the Huskies’ future looks even Michigan (318) and for touchdowns. brighter. San Jose State (347), On offense, the “Big Three” of quarterback Pickett enters the Cody Pickett, wide receiver Reggie Williams and Wyoming contest need- tailback Rich Alexis draw most of the attention. ing to pass for 198 They figure to be the cornerstone of the yards to bump Warren Huskies’ success for good reason. Moon out of 10th place Take a look at several of Washington’s all- on Washington’s career time statistical lists and you’ll see that trio is passing list. Pickett cur- ready to make some significant movements rently has 3,080 yards towards their tops. And remember none of while Moon finished his ring. That crusade continues tonight at Husky UW career with 3,277 yards. Stadium as Washington looks for its 16th con- Pickett can also join another pair of UW top- secutive home victory, the longest current home 10 lists with 32 more completions and 109 pass win streak in the Pac-10. attempts. The Huskies face a Wyoming team that is While just a sophomore, Williams passed the looking to end an 11-game losing streak that 1,000-yard receiving mark in his career against includes losses to Tennessee (47-7), Central San Jose State. With 1,205 career receiving Michigan (32-20) and Boise State (35-13) this yards, he is just 188 yards shy of removing year. Darryl Frankin from 10th place. Franklin, who The Huskies and Cowboys have met just one played from 1984-87, had 1,393 receiving previous time when Washington recorded a 38- yards during his career. 2 victory at the start of the 1979 season. It was Mario Bailey (1988-91) currently owns the a memorable day for Husky fans as Joe Steele UW career receiving record with 2,093 yards. ran for 106 yards and passed the legendary Amazingly, Williams needs to average 84.4 yards Hugh McElhenny as Washington’s all-time rush- per game the rest of the season to take over that ing leader. top spot on the career receiving list. It was exactly a year ago that Wyoming In case you were wondering, Williams has defeated Utah State 43-42 for the team’s last vic- 12 catches in the first two games of the year. tory before its current losing streak began. The single-season record is 69 set by Jerome The Cowboys are led on offense by junior Pathon in 1997. quarterback Casey Bramlet. He ranked 14th in While not as close as Pickett or Williams, the nation last season in total offense, averaging Alexis should move into the top-10 list of UW’s 277.1 yards per game. He was also 14th with an career rushing leaders at some point this year. average of 20.5 completions per game. Thanks to a 98-yard effort at Michigan and 125 This year Bramlet has completed 52 of 108 yards against San Jose State, Alexis has passes for 645 yards in three games. He’s improved his career rushing total to 1,340 thrown for five touchdowns, but also tossed five yards. Toussaint Tyler (1977-80) currently interceptions. holds down the 10th spot on that all-time list Brock Ralph and Jovon Bouknight have led with 1,898 yards, 558 yards ahead of Alexis. Bramlet’s receivers with nine catches apiece. For Alexis to move into that top-10 list, he’ll Ralph averages 18.1 yards per catch while have to record his best season as a Husky. As a Bouknight’s receptions have accounted for 15.9 freshman, he ran for 726 yards but saw that yards per play. total fall to just 391 yards last year while playing The Cowboys running game has yet to pro- with a sore shoulder. He would need 781 yards duce a runner with more than 100 yards rush- Senior Kevin Ware is establishing himself this year to catch Tyler. ing on the season. Derek Armah (68 yards), Kit as the most recent outstanding Husky tight Yes, it is a cliché, but all three players will Bradshaw (68 yards) and Leonard Jones (66 end, with seven receptions and one touch- gladly trade their statistical accolades for a yards) have all produced similar numbers car- down through two games. chance to win another Pac-10 Championship rying the ball. 4 HUSKIES Gameday Pickett Eyes Career Top-10s Williams Chasing ‘Super Mario’ Junior quarterback Cody Pickett will break onto several UW passing career top- Sophomore wide receiver Reggie Williams was only one game 10s at some point this season. With 3,080 career passing yards, Pickett needs just into his sophomore season when he passed the 1,000-yard 198 yards to catch Warren Moon (3,277) for the 10th spot. He also needs only 32 mark for career receiving. With 1,205 career yards, he is just more completions and 109 attempts to make the top-10 in those two categories. 188 shy of reaching the No. 10 spot on the UW career receiving His career mark of 14.0 yards per completion ranks No. 3 and his 205.3 yards per yardage list. In game (15 games) would already rank No. 1 in school history, except that there’s only his second an 18-game minimum. Same goes for his 14.6 completions per game, another season, he needs career No. 1 if he met the 18-game minimum. He already qualifies for career com- to average 84.4 pletion percentage as his .568 mark ranks No. 5 on the UW list. His eight career yards per game 200-yard passing days already rank him No. 8 in UW history and his seven 50- the rest of the plus-yard passes rank second, two back of Damon Huard’s record of nine.