UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2001 HUSKY FOOTBALL www.gohuskies.com Contacts: Jim Daves & Jeff Bechthold • (206) 543-2230 • Fax (206) 543-5000 2001 HUSKY SCHEDULE / RESULTS #16 WASHINGTON at #9 WASHINGTON STATE Sept.8 MICHIGAN(ABC-TV) W,23-18 Apple Cup Still Has Pac-10 Title Implications For Both Sept.22 IDAHO W,53-3 THE GAME:TheWashingtonfootballteam(7-2overall,5-2inthePac-10),rankedNo.16inthis Sept.29 atCalifornia W,31-28 week’sAssociatedPressrankingsandNo.14theESPN/USATodaycoaches’poll,takesonWashington Oct.6 USC(FoxSportsNet) W,27-24 State(9-1,6-1)inoneofthebiggestAppleCupgamesinhistory.TheCougarsarerankedNo.9bytheAP Oct.13 atUCLA(ABC-TV) L,35-13 andNo.10bythecoaches.GametimeonSaturday,Nov.17,issetfor12:30p.m.DespitetheHuskies’ Oct.20 ARIZONA(FoxSportsSyndicated) W,31-28 lossatOregonStatelastweekend,therearestillPac-10titlehopesonthelineforbothteams(see Oct.27 atArizonaState(FoxSportsNet) W,33-31 below).Thegamealsomarksthefinalhomegameofthe2001seasonandwillbethefirsttimethatthe Nov.3 STANFORD W,42-28 HuskieshaveplayedWSUinsomethingotherthanthelastgameoftheseasonsince1948.November24, Nov.10 atOregonState(FoxSportsNet) L,49-24 theHuskiescloseoutthecampaignatNo.1Miami. Nov.17 WASHINGTONSTATE(ABC-TV) 12:30p.m. RESCHEDULING:Washington’sgameatMiami,originallyscheduledforSeptember15,waspost- Nov.24 atMiami,Fla.(ABC-TV) 5:00p.m. ponedduetotheSept.11incidents.ThegamehasbeenrescheduledforNovember24at8:00p.m. alltimesarePacific EasternTime(5:00p.m.Pacific).ItwillairliveonABC-TV. 2001 PAC-10 STANDINGS APPLE CUP SERIES:TheWashington-WashingtonStateseriesdatesbackto1900,whentheteams Team Pac-10 Overall playedtoa5-5tieinSeattle,butonlysince1962hasthewinnerbeenawardedtheAppleCuptrophy. Washingtonholdsacommanding60-27-6edgeinthe93-gameseries,includinga28-10recordinApple 1. OregonState 6-1 9-1 Cupgames.TheHuskiesare34-13-5all-timeagainsttheCougarsinSeattle,including27-11-3vs.WSUat WashingtonState 6-1 9-1 HuskyStadium.InperhapsanominousnotefortheHuskies,neitherteamhaswonmorethanthree 3. Washington 5-2 7-2 consecutivegamesintheseriessinceWashington’seight-gamewinningstreakfrom1974-1981.The Stanford 5-2 6-2 Huskies’streakiscurrentlyatexactlythreegames,datingbacktoa1997lossatHuskyStadium.That41- 5. USC 4-3 5-5 35loss,theCougars’onlywininSeattleinthepast15years,spurredaRyanLeaf-ledsquadtoitsfirstRose 6. UCLA 3-3 6-3 Bowltripin67years.HuskyheadcoachRickNeuheiselisaperfect3-0againsttheCougarsinhiscareer, 7. OregonState 3-4 4-5 havingwontwoconsecutiveAppleCupgames,andonegameascoachatColorado.CougarscoachMike 8. ArizonaState 1-5 4-5 Priceis3-9all-timeagainstWashington,1-5inHuskyStadium.Saturday’sgamewillmarkjustthefifth 9. Arizona 1-6 4-6 timeinserieshistorythatbothteamshaveenteredthecontestinthetop-20ofthenationalrankings,and 10. California 0-7 0-9 ifhistoryiscorrect,theresultscouldbeunpredictable.Inthosepreviousfourgames,eachteamis2-2, includingidentical1-1recordsasthehigher-rankedteam.In1981,withatriptoPasadenaonthelinefor bothteams,the17th-rankedHuskiesupsetthe14th-rankedCougars23-10toearntheRoseBowlberth. This Weekend’s Games A2-7-1WSUteampaidbacka9-1Huskysquadthefollowingseason,downingWashington24-20in CaliforniaatStanford MartinStadiumforperhapstheseries’biggestupset. UCLAatUSC WashingtonStateatWashington STILL ON THE LINE:DespitethefactthatWashingtoncannolongerwinanoutrightPac-10title, NorthernArizonaatOregonState awinoverWashingtonStatewouldnonethelessallowtheHuskiesachanceataPac-10co-championship shouldOregonStatebeatOregononDec.1.WashingtonState,withawinintheAppleCup,would Last Weekend’s Results ensureitselfofatleastaco-championshipwithOregon(thoughtheDuckswouldwinthetie-breaker Stanford51,Arizona37 withawinoverOSU).WSUcouldlosetheAppleCupandstillearnashareofthecrownwithanOSUwin WashingtonState28,ArizonaState16 overOregon. USC55,California14 OregonState49,Washington24 AFTER A LOSS:Washingtonentersthisweek’sgamevs.WashingtonStatecomingoffalossat Oregon21,UCLA20 OregonStatelastweek.TheHuskies,however,haven’tlostback-to-backgamesundercoachRick NeuheiselsincethefirsttwogamesofNeuheisel’stenure(lossestoBrighamYoungandAirForceatthe startofthe1999season).Playingathometheweekafteraroadloss,theHuskieshavewon13ofthelast Quick Hits 16times,datingbackto1989,andincludingawinoverArizonathisyear(followingtheUCLAloss). •ThisAppleCupisthefirstsince1948thatwon’tbe TELEVISION:TheWashington-WashingtonStategamewillaironABC-TVwithKeithJackson(play- theHuskies’finalgameoftheregularseason. by-play),TimBrant(color)andToddHarris(sidelines)callingtheaction.Thegamewillalsoairontape- •Washington’saverageof278.8passingyardsper delaySundayonFoxSportsNorthwestat3:00p.m.AllHuskygamesareshownontapedelaytheSunday gamethisseasonwouldsetaschoolrecordifitholds afterthegame,withallremainingreplaysscheduledtostartat3p.m. upovertherestoftheseason. RADIO: KOMOAM-1000broadcastsalloftheHuskygames,servingastheflagshipofthe21-station •ThisisonlythefifthtimeinUW-WSUgamehistory HuskyFootballRadioNetwork,whichcoversnearlyallofWashingtonandpartsofAlaska,Oregonand thatbothteamshavebeenrankedatgametime. Nevada.BobRondeau(play-by-play),ChuckNelson(color)andBillSwartz(sidelines)providethecall. WASHINGTON VS. WASHINGTON STATE • HUSKY STADIUM • NOVEMBER 17, 2001 • 12:30 P.M. PST THE COACH: HuskyheadcoachRickNeuheiselisinhisthirdyearatthe helmoftheWashingtonprogram.Intwo-plusseasons,Neuheiselhasledthe MEDIA RESOURCES Huskiestoan25-8overallmarkandan18-5recordinPac-10play.Lastseason, UW ON THE INTERNET: TheWashingtonathleticdepartment’sofficialweb Washingtonpostedan11-1overallrecord,a7-1conferencemarkandshared sitecanbefoundatwww.gohuskies.com.Thesitefeaturesinformationonall23of thePac-10Championship.AfterbeatingPurdue,34-24,intheRoseBowl,the theHuskies’intercollegiatesportsprograms. HuskiesfinishedwithaNo.3rankinginthefinalnationalpolls.Inhisfirstsea- sonatWashington(1999),NeuheiselledtheHuskiestoa7-5overallmark,a WASHINGTON STATE ON THE INTERNET: WashingtonState’soffi- second-placetie(6-2)inthePac-10andatriptotheCulliganHolidayBowl. cialathleticwebsitecanbefoundatwww.wsucougars.com. NeuheiselbecamethefirstHuskycoachinhistorytoleadtheUWtoabowl PAC-10 ON THE INTERNET: TheofficialPac-10website,whichincludesa gameinhisfirstseasonasheadcoach.PriortocomingtoWashington,Neuheisel copyoftheweeklyPac-10footballrelease,canbefoundatthefollowingaddress: servedfourseasonsastheheadcoachatColorado,postinga33-14(.702)over- www.pac-10.org. allmarkwiththeBuffaloes.Hiscareerrecord,insix-plusseasons,is58-22(.725). Neuheiselworkedforsixseasonsasanassistantcoachathisalmamater,UCLA, RADIO ON THE INTERNET:KOMO’sradiobroadcastsareavailableonthe beforejoiningBillMcCartney’sColoradostaffin1994asthequarterbackscoach. internetviabroadcast.com.Tolisten,you’llneedaRealPlayer.Goto OriginallyawalkonatUCLA,Neuheiselwonthestartingquarterbackposition www.gohuskies.comandfollowthelinkstofindthebroadcast. asaseniorandledtheBruinstothe1983Pac-10championship.Hewasnamed theMVPofthe1984RoseBowlthatsawUCLAdefeatIllinois,45-9.Washington TEAMLINE:FanscanpaytolistentoradiobroadcastsofallHuskygamesby fansrememberNeuheisel’stremendousperformancewhenhecompleted25 calling(800)846-4700andenteringaccesscode5939.AVisaorMasterCardisre- of27passestosetanNCAArecordthatwasonlyrecentlybrokenbyTennessee’s quired.TocontactTeamlineregardingspecialrates,call(800)225-5321. TeeMartin.Neuheisel,amemberoftheRoseBowlHallofFame,stillholdsthe Bruins’single-season(69.3)andcareer(68.3)completionpercentagerecords. COACH’S SHOW:HuskyTalkwithKOMORadio’sBobRondeauandhead coachRickNeuheiselwillaireachMondayeveningat6:00p.m. NeuheiselYear-by-Year Year School Overall Conf. HUSKY FOOTBALL RADIO NETWORK:Thefollowingstationsmakeup 1995 Colorado 10-2 5-2 the21-stationKOMORadioNetwork: 1996 Colorado 10-2 7-1 WASHINGTON: OREGON: 1997 Colorado 5-6 3-5 Seattle(flagship) KOMO 1000AM Portland KUIK 1360AM 1998 Colorado 8-4 3-5 Bellingham KPUG 1170AM 1999 Washington 7-5 6-2 Centralia KELA 1470AM ALASKA: 2000 Washington 11-1 7-1 GrandCoulee KEYG 98.5FM Anchorage KTZN 550AM 2001 Washington 7-2 5-2 Kelso KLOG 1490AM Juneau KSUP 106.3FM Totals 6-PlusSeasons 58-22 36-18 Mt.Vernon KBRC 1430AM Ketchikan KTKN 930AM Olympia KGY 96.9FM Washington’slossatOSUmovedHuskyheadcoach BEST OF THE BEST: Omak KOMW 680AM NEVADA: RickNeuheisel’scareerrecordto58-22.That’sthesecondbestmarkforcoaches Othello KZLN 97.5FM LasVegas KRLV 1340AM whobecameheadcoachesin1995.Neuheiselcurrentlyrankseighthamongall PortAngeles KONP 1450AM activeDivisionIcoachesintermsofwinningpercentage. Shelton KMAS 1030AM I-ACoachesWhoBeganasHeadCoachin1995byVictories Spokane KJRB 790AM Coach School Won Lost Percentage Tri-Cities KFLD 870AM 1. LloydCarr Michigan 65 18 .783 WallaWalla KGDC 1320AM 2. RickNeuheisel Washington 58 22 .725 Wenatchee KPQ 560AM 3. ButchDavis* Miami 51 20 .718 Yakima KUTI 1460AM 4. TommyTuberville Auburn 45 31 .592 5. TyroneWillingham Stanford 41 36 .532 *nolongeracollegecoach SENIORS’ LAST HOME GAME:Saturday’sgamevs.Washington StatewillmarkthefinalHuskyStadiumappearanceforatleast22Husky I-AActiveCoachesbyWinningPercentage seniors:receiverMikalAkbar,centerKyleBenn,linebackerSamBlanche, Coach School Yrs. Won Lost Tied Pct. tightendJoeCollier,fullbackBrianCook,safetyWondameDavis,quarter- 1. PhilipFulmer Tennessee 10 91 19 0 .827 backJoelDeis,receiverToddElstrom,safetyRoderickGreen,fullbackJohn 2. LloydCarr Michigan 7 65 18 0 .783 Hart,cornerbackLennyHaynes,tailbackWillieHurst,receiverRyanKoenig, 3. SteveSpurrier Florida 15 140 39 2 .779 cornerbackOmareLowe,safetyNickOlszewski,receiverPatrickReddick, 4. BobbyBowden FloridaState 37 321 90 4 .778 defensivelinemanMarcusRoberson,kickerJimSkurski,defensiveline- 5.