UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2017 HUSKY FOOTBALL web: www.gohuskies.com • twitter: @UW_Football Contacts: Jeff Bechthold & Brian Tom • emails: [email protected] & [email protected] 2017 HUSKY SCHEDULE / results #8/7 WASHINGTON at RUTGERS Sept. 1 at Rutgers (FS1) 5:00 p.m. UW Opens Season With Friday Night Game In New Jersey Sept. 9 MONTANA (Pac-12) 5:00 p.m. Sept. 16 FRESNO STATE (Pac-12) 6:30 p.m. THE GAME: The Washington football team opens the 2017 season Friday, Sept. 1, at Rutgers. The Sept. 23 at Colorado* TBD Huskies and Scarlet Knights will kick off at 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT in a game that will air on FOX Sept. 30 at Oregon State* TBD Sports 1 television. The Huskies, who went 12-2, won the Pac-12 Conference championship and Oct. 7 CALIFORNIA* TBD earned a place in the College Football Playoff last season, enter the 2017 campaign ranked No. 8 Oct. 14 at Arizona State* TBD in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 and No. 7 in the USA Today coaches’ poll. The Huskies Oct. 28 UCLA* TBD will be opening against Rutgers for the second season in a row, having beaten the Scarlet Knights Nov. 4 OREGON* TBD last season in Seattle in the first-ever meeting between the two. Following this Friday’s game, the Nov. 10 at Stanford* (FS1) 7:30 p.m. Huskies return home for their remaining non-conference games, Sept. 9 vs. Montana and Sept. Nov. 18 UTAH* TBD 16 vs. Fresno State. Pac-12 play kicks off with back-to-back road games, Sept. 23 at Colorado and Nov. 25 WASHINGTON STATE* TBD Sept. 30 at Oregon State. all times are Pacific rankings are AP at time of game SEASON OPENERS: Washington is 86-35-6 all-time in season openers, good for a mark of .701. Since 1989, Washington has posted an 16-11 record in season openers – 10-1 at home, 6-9 on 2016 FINAL PAC-12 STANDINGS the road, 0-1 neutral site. The UW began 2016 with a 48-13 win over Rutgers at Husky Stadium. The year before, the Huskies fell, 16-13, at Boise State. In 2014, the UW beat Hawai’i, 17-16, in Honolulu, while in 2013, Washington beat Boise State, 38-6, in the UW’s return to newly renovated NORTH Pac-12 Overall Husky Stadium. In 2012, the Huskies beat San Diego State, 21-12, at CenturyLink Field, and in 1. Washington 8-1 12-2 2011, the Huskies beat defending NCAA Division I FCS Champion Eastern Washington, 30-27, for 2. Washington State 7-2 8-5 the UW’s first season-opening win since 2007. In the 26-season span dating back to 1989, the 3. Stanford 6-3 10-3 Huskies have opened vs. a ranked team 12 times (5-7): vs. No. 15 Stanford in 1993 (W, 31-14), at 4. California 3-6 5-7 No. 17 USC in 1994 (L, 24-17), at No. 20 Arizona State in 1996 (L, 45-42), vs. No. 19 BYU in 1997 Oregon State 3-6 4-8 (W, 42-20) at No. 8 Arizona State in 1998 (W, 42-38), vs. No. 11 Michigan in 2001 (W, 23-18), at 6. Oregon 2-7 4-8 No. 12 Michigan in 2002 (L, 31-29), at No. 2 Ohio State in 2003 (L, 28-9), at No. 21 Oregon in 2008 (L, 44-10), vs. No. 11 LSU in 2009 (L, 31-23), vs. No. 19 Boise State in 2013 (W, 38-6), and at No. SOUTH Pac-12 Overall 23 Boise State in 2015 (L, 16-13) 1. Colorado 8-1 10-4 2. USC 7-2 10-3 TELEvISION: The Washington-Rutgers game will air live to a national audience on Fox Sports 1 with 3. Utah 5-4 9-4 Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (color) and Jenny Taft (sidelines) providing the commentary. 4. Arizona State 2-7 5-7 UCLA 2-7 4-8 RADIO: The Washington IMG College Network, with its flagship station KOMO AM-1000 and FM- 6. Arizona 1-8 3-9 97.7, will carry the live broadcast of every football game on 17 Northwest radio stations. Longtime play-by-play man Bob Rondeau and color analyst Damon Huard are joined by sideline reporter Elise WEEk ONE PAC-12 GAMES Woodward. The home broadcast of the game will also air on Sirius (84) and XM (84) satellite radio. Aug. 26: Colorado State 58, Oregon State 27 Aug. 26: Stanford 62, Rice 7 Thu.: North Dakota at Utah, 4:30 p.m. (Pac-12) #8 / 7 WASHINGTON at RUTGERS Thu.: New Mexico St. at ASU, 7:30 p.m. (Pac-12) Friday, Sept. 1, 2017 • 5:00 p.m. PT / 8:00 p.m. ET Fri.: Washington at Rutgers, 5 p.m. (FS1) Radio: KOMO AM-1000/FM-97.7 and the Washington IMG College Network; Fri.: Colorad vs. Colorado State, 5 p.m. (Pac-12) Sirius 84; XM 84 Television: FOX Sports 1 California at North Carolina, 9:20 a.m. (ACC) Media Schedule for the Week: Portland State at Oregon State, 11 a.m. (Pac-12) Western Michigan at USC, 2:15 p.m. (Pac-12) Monday: Press conference, 12:30 a.m. Wednesday: Coach Petersen in old team room Founder’s Club at approximately 11:00 a.m. Southern Utah at Oregon, 5:15 p.m. (Pac-12) Tuesday: Interviews: 11:45 a.m. (selected Team travels to New Jersey Montana State at WSU, 7:30 p.m. (FS1) coaches & player interviews after) Thursday: No media availability Northern Arizona at Arizona, 8 p.m. (Pac-12) Pac-12 Coaches Teleconference Sun.: Texas A&M at UCLA, 4:30 p.m. (FOX) 10:15 a.m. (Petersen: 11:55 a.m.) * all times approximate. Arrive early! WASHINGTON at RUTGERS • high point solutions stADiuM • sept. 1, 2017 • 8:00 p.M. et (Fs1) THE HEAD COACH: When Chris Petersen was hired after the 2013 season, no one knew for sure how long it might take to return the Husky program to the top levels of the college MEDIA RESOURCES football world. It turns out, it took about three years. In 2016, the Huskies had their best MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE ON GOHUSkIES.COM: Every Monday, head season since 2000 and one of their best ever, winning the Pac-12 Championship, earning coach Chris Petersen will hold his weekly press conference, starting at 11:30 a.m. PT. a spot in the College Football Playoff and finishing ranked No. 4 in the final polls. They did Fans can watch live on gohuskies.com and watch a replay at gohuskies.com/petersen. it with high-achieving, young players across the starting lineup while also succeeding in the classroom at an unprecedented and sustained rate. Petersen, who built a reputation as PAC-12 TELECONFERENCE: All 12 Pac-12 coaches are available on a weekly an offensive innovator who carried the Boise State football program to its highest highs teleconference each Tuesda.. The call begins at 10:15 a.m. PT and Coach Petersen is and had been courted by innumerable programs, was swayed to take on a new challenge on the call at 11:55 a.m. PT. Contact the Pac-12 office for more info. when he agreed to become head coach of the Huskies in December of 2013. Petersen’s “Built for Life” philosophy, on which the program is based, achieved its highest level of RADIO ON SiriusXM: Most Pac-12 games this season will air on SiriusXM. The home fruition to date with the successes of the team in 2016. Along with those on-field victo- broadcast of the UW-Rutgers game will air on Sirius 84 and XM 84. ries, the team continued to achieve at never-before-seen levels academically as the team COACH’S SHOW: The Coach Petersen Show, with Elise Woodward and head coach achieved a 3.09 grade point average (second-highest in recorded history for UW football) Chris Petersen, will air each Monday on KOMO AM-1000 / FM-97.7 at 6:00 p.m.. during the fall academic quarter. Three Huskies earned District 8 Academic All-America and Jake Eldrenkamp was named the Pac-12’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year for football. Along HUSkY SPORTS NETWORk: The following stations make up the 17-station Husky with a 12-2 (8-1 in the Pac-12), the Huskies posted other eye-popping numbers on offense, Sports Network, covering three states: defense and special teams. The Huskies led the nation in turnover margin and were first in the conference and eighth in the nation in both total offense and total defense. The UW led WASHINGTON: the Pac-12 in 17 different team statistical categories. Following the 2016 season, in May Seattle (flagship) KOMO 1000 AM Port Angeles/Sequim KONP 1450 AM of 2017, Petersen was honored with the Stallings Award, awarded annually to a college KOMO 97.7 FM Spokane KOOL 107.1 AM head football coach who is both a humanitarian and an exceptional coach, and named after Aberdeen KWOK 1490 AM Tacoma KOMO 1000 AM former Alabama and Texas A&M head coach Gene Stallings. In 2015, Petersen’s Huskies, Bellingham KPUG 1170 AM Walla Walla KUJ 1420 AM featuring one of the nation’s youngest squads and a schedule ranked by many as the na- Centralia KELA 1430 AM Wenatchee KKRT 900 AM tion’s toughest, rallied for the Dawgs’ sixth consecutive bowl berth, which resulted in a Kelso/Longview KLOG 1490 AM Yakima KUTI 1460 AM victory over Southern Miss in the Heart of Dallas Bowl.