HUSKIES Game Day #1
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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 (0-1) vs. Husky Fever SAN JOSE STATE SPARTANS (1-0) Executive Director: Jo Anne Hume Board of Directors President Bill Young, Associated Grocers Brad Haggen, Haggen, Inc. Huskies Look to Get Back Fred Lukson, Albertsons Jim Jackson, Fred Meyer Bill Diehl, Safeway Into Win Column vs. SJSU Dean Olson, QFC Jim Tanasse, Kraft Foods by Jim Daves University of Washington President: Dr. Richard L. McCormick Streaks. Faculty Representative: Robert Aronson Some good. Some bad. Director of Athletics: Barbara Hedges Some about to be extended. Some about to Senior Associate Director: Marie Tuite end. Senior Associate Director: Gary Barta That’s what is at stake this Saturday when Senior Associate Director: Paul King Washington plays its 2002 home opener against Associate Director: Ken Winstead San Jose State. Associate Director: Dave Burton Washington has not won a football game Assistant Director: Dana Richardson since November 17 when the Huskies defeated Assistant Director: Stan Chernicoff Washington State 26-14 in the Apple Cup Assistant Director: Chip Lydum matchup in Husky Stadium. That’s right. The Assistant Director: Jim Daves Huskies (0-1) enter today’s game with San Jose Asst. Media Relations Directors: State (1-0) looking to end a three-game losing Dan Lepse, Jeff Bechthold, streak, and at the same time, build on a home Misty Cole, Erin Rowley win streak that is reaching record proportions. Last year the Huskies ended the season with Huskies Gameday Program losses to Miami (65-7) and Texas (47-43) in Publisher: Jo Anne Hume the Holiday Bowl and then fell to Michigan (31- Assistant Publisher: Margaret Phelps 29) in last weekend’s season opener. The last Managing Editor: Jim Daves time the Huskies lost three in a row came at the Editors: Brian Beaky, Jeff Bechthold start of head coach Rick Neuheisel’s tenure at Design & Layout: David Kelliher Washington in 1999. Contributing Writers: Brian Beaky, That season the Huskies opened with a pair of Jeff Bechthold, Noah Cohan, Jim Daves, losses to BYU and Air Force to extend a losing Mason Kelley, Lisa Krikava, streak that started the previous year with a loss Dana Richardson, Bob Roseth to Air Force in the Oahu Bowl. Contributing Photographers: Rob Hicks, Ironically, it was also during Neuheisel’s first Ethan Janson, Joanie Komura, Mary Levin, year as at Washington that the Huskies started Kai Ellis started his season off right with Frank Ragsdale, Bruce Terami, Corky Trewin their current home winning streak. The Huskies an interception, a fumble recovery and a Printing Continued on page 4 sack against Michigan. Consolidated Press 600 South Spokane TABLE OF CONTENTS Seattle, WA 98134 Anthony Kelley profile . .6 Husky/SJSU numerical rosters . .34-35 Layout & Design Husky Fever Academic Salute . .7 San Jose State alphabetical roster . .36 Creative Solutions Husky player mugshot roster . .12-18 SJSU player mugshot roster . .39 Husky alphabetical roster . .28 Owen Biddle profile . .40 29918 Second Avenue S. Aaron Heinzen profile . .30 Paige Benjamin profile . .54 Federal Way, WA 98003 Husky Legend . .32 Husky Fever Hall of Fame . .60 HUSKIES Gameday 3 Continued from page 3 defeated Stanford 35-30 on a memorable day that saw quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo rush for 207 yards and pass for 302 yards. Since then, UW has strung together a 14-game win streak at Husky Stadium, the longest active streak in the Pac-10. Nebraska has the longest current Division I streak at 23 games following last Saturday’s victory against Troy State. Washington’s current record for a home win streak at Husky Stadium is 17 games, set between 1991 and 1993. With the next five games all home contests, Washington has a chance to better that mark before it returns to the road. The Pac-10 record for home wins was set by California at 26 games during the 1919-1923 seasons. Pac-10 football history dates back to the 1916 season. Washington actually has a much longer home win streak of 44 straight games from 1908 to 1917, but those contests were played at the old Denny Field site on campus. That streak was ended by a 0-0 tie with Oregon State in 1917, but Washington went on to win six more home Marquis Cooper came off the bench against Michigan to lead all games after that, extending their home unbeaten streak to 51 games. Huskies with a career-high 11 tackles. Check the NCAA record books and you will find that UW’s 44-game streak That game was especially memorable for the Husky faithful who braved a is the sixth longest in college football history. steady rainfall to see Cory Dillon etch his name into the NCAA record When it comes to streaks, the Huskies also have one against San Jose book. State. The Spartans have never defeated the Huskies in their seven previous Dillon rushed for 222 yards on 16 carries during the first quarter to set meetings dating back to the 1958 season. Today’s game will mark the sixth a national collegiate record. Dillon also turned a screen pass into an 83- consecutive time the Huskies have been ranked in the wire service polls yard touchdown to finish the first 15 minutes of the game with 305 all- when facing San Jose State. purpose yards, establishing another NCAA single-quarter mark. Dillon The last three meetings in the series have seen Washington win by at never returned to the field after the first quarter or he could have gone least two touchdowns, including a 53-10 decision during the 1996 season. home with a handful of NCAA standards. The Huskies had a total of three tailbacks eclipse the 100-yard mark against the Spartans in 1996. Terry Hollimon carried for 148 yards and Maurice Shaw finished with an even 100 yards. One of Neuheisel’s goals for the season is to get the Huskies’ run- ning game back on track. Last year the team managed a meager 2.9 yards per carry behind an offensive line that included four newcom- ers. Last week against Michigan the Huskies showed some signs of improvement. Junior tailback Rich Alexis gained 98 yards on 28 car- ries against a Wolverine defense that led the NCAA in rushing defense in 2001. San Jose State was at the other end of the statistical rankings last year. The Spartans allowed 204 rushing yards per game and 296.8 passing yards per contest to rank last in the national standings. In their season-opening road win against Arkansas State, the Spartans showed new life in their defense. San Jose State managed three interceptions and two fumble recoveries to help defeat Arkansas State 33-14. The defense accounted for two touchdowns and held the Indians to 288 total yards, 212 below the average they allowed in 2001. Offensively, the Spartans were hampered by three fumbles and an interception. Quarterback Scott Rislov, making his first start, com- pleted 17 of 34 attempts for 174 yards. Lamar Ferguson led the rushing attack with 12 carries for 65 yards. Junior tailback Rich Alexis equaled a career high with two touchdowns The win marked San Jose State’s first season-opening victory against Michigan. since 1998. 4 HUSKIES Gameday Home Openers To Be Continued The Huskies are 81-24-5 in home openers (whether the first game of the Washington’s 2002 two-deep is both young and experi- season or not), a percentage of .759. That mark includes a 28-game streak of enced, which bodes well not just for 2002, but for 2003 as home opener wins that ran from 1908 to 1935. Before falling to Air Force in the well. Just nine of the 46 players on Washington’s offensive and 1999 home opener, Washington had won 13 straight since falling to Oklahoma defensive depth charts (including co-No. 2s) are seniors, State on Sept. 7, 1985. Last year, the Huskies opened vs. No. 10 Michigan, beat- meaning that bar- ing the Wolverines, 23-18, in a mild upset. Husky coach Rick Neuheisel is 2-1 in ring unexpected season openers, having lost to Air Force in ‘99 in his home coaching debut. His attrition, 37 of Huskies beat Idaho in the 2000 opener before last season’s win over Michigan. Washington’s top 46 offensive and Dillon’s Big Day defensive players Probably the most memorable moment of the Huskies’ all- will return for the time series vs. San Jose State came on Nov. 16, 1996, when 2003 season, junior tailback Corey Dillon ran for 222 yards in the first quar- including 20 of 25 ter. That day, Dillon set new NCAA records for rushing yards in a listed starters quarter and all-purpose yards (305) in a quarter. Both marks (includes co- still stand today. Dillon, who took himself out of the game after starters). The list the opening period, also broke UW single-season records for includes nine of 10 rushing yards, all-purpose yards, rushing TDs and total TDs that offensive linemen (with day. In the first quarter, he rushed for touchdowns of four, 48 and guard Elliott Zajac the 78 yards before catching a screen pass from Brock Huard and running lone senior), all six it in from 83 yards out. That day, the Huskies broke school records for total defensive linemen, and all offense (734 yards), rushing yards (559), most rushing yards per attempt eight members of the secondary, not to mention skill-position (9.0) and had three 100-yard rushers for the only time in school history.