UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2020 HUSKY FOOTBALL web: www.gohuskies.com/football • twitter: @HuskyFBNews Contacts: Jeff Bechthold & Brian Tom • emails: [email protected] & [email protected] 2020 HUSKY SCHEDULE / RESULTS WASHINGTON at CALIFORNIA Nov. 7 at California (ESPN) 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 OREGON STATE TBD Husky Football Season Finally Gets Underway In Berkeley Nov. 21 ARIZONA TBD THE GAME: The Washington football team opens the 2020 season this Saturday, Nov. 7, at Nov. 27 at Washington State TBD California. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. and the game will air on ESPN. The long-awaited start to the Dec. 5 STANFORD TBD Pac-12 season is also the first game for new head coach Jimmy Lake, who was named to the role Dec. 12 at Oregon TBD in Dec. of 2019. Lake has spent the last six seasons on the UW defensive staff, with two years Dec. 18-19 Championship Game Weekend TBD each as defensive backs coach, co-defensive coordinator and defensive coordinator. The Huskies rankings are AP at time of game have lost close games to Cal each of the last two seasons: 12-10 in 2018 in Berkeley and 20-19 all times Pacific last season, in a game that featured a two-hour, 39-minute lightning delay. Following the trip to Cal, the Huskies play back-to-back home games: Nov. 14 vs. Oregon State and Nov. 21 vs. Arizona. 2019 FINAL PAC-12 STANDINGS NORTH Pac-12 Overall QUICK HITTERS: Saturday will mark the 100th UW-California game ... UW and Cal are the only 1. Oregon 8-1 12-2 two programs that have been in what is now the Pac-12 Conference since its inception in 1916 ... 2. California 4-5 8-5 UW lists just four returning starters on offense and just five on defense ... however, that doesn’t Washington 4-5 8-5 accurately depict the returning experience ... 13 different players have started at least one game Oregon State 4-5 5-7 on offense and 11 on defense, with those 13 offensive players accounting for 115 career starts and 5. Washington State 3-6 6-7 the 11 defensive players for 93 ... of the 110 active players on the current UW football roster, just Stanford 3-6 4-8 under half (54) are freshmen or redshirt freshmen, and an additional 33 are sophomores, meaning that 85 players have two or more years of eligibility remaining (not even taking into account this SOUTH Pac-12 Overall season’s paused eligibility) ... the UW roster includes 11 juniors, 11 seniors and one graduate student 1. Utah 8-1 11-3 ... UW has earned a bowl berth 10 years in a row, the longest such streak in the Pac-12, with the 2. USC 7-2 8-5 Huskies playing in nine different bowl games over that span ... the UW has gone 71 games in a row 3. Arizona State 4-5 8-5 without allowing an opponent to score more than 35 points, the longest such streak in the nation. UCLA 4-5 4-8 5. Coloado 3-6 5-7 TELEVISION: The UW-California game will air on ESPN, with Dave Flemming (play by play), Rod 6. Arizona 2-7 4-8 Gilmore (analyst) and Allison Williams (reporter) calling the action.. Fans can also watch via various WEEK ONE SCHEDULE ESPN platforms, including espn.com/watch and the ESPN app. Saturday, November 7 RADIO: Radio coverage of the 2020 Husky Football team along the Washington Sports Network Arizona State at USC, 9 a.m. (FOX) from Learfield IMG College is already underway. The Jimmy Lake Show is a one-hour weekly show Arizona at Utah, 1 p.m. (ESPNU) featuring the Huskies’ head coach, airing live on Wednesday nights from 6-7 p.m. PT. On game day, UCLA at Colorado, 4 p.m. (ESPN2) live coverage begins four hours before kickoff with Husky Gameday hosted by Dave ‘Softy’ Mahler, Stanford at Oregon, 4:30 p.m. (ABC) Dick Baird and others. Castricone, Huard and Elise Woodward will call the play-by-play of the games. Washington at California, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) All shows are available live on flagship station SportsRadio 950 KJR, the Washington Sports Washington St. at Oregon St., 7:30 p.m. (FS1) Network, and the Huskies Gameday mobile app, as well as available on demand on the GoHuskies Podcast.The Cal broadcast of the game will also air on Sirius (137) and XM (197) satellite radio, WEEK TWO SCHEDULE while the UW broadcast can be found on XM 395 and, via the internet, Sirius/XM 974. Friday, November 13 Utah at UCLA WASHINGTON at CALIFORNIA Saturday, November 7, 2020 • 7:30 p.m. PT Saturday, November 14 Radio: KJR 950-AM/KJAQ 96.5 FM and the Washington Sports Network; California at Arizona State Sirius 137; XM 197; XM 395; Internet 974 Television: ESPN Colorado at Stanford Media Schedule for the Week (all via Zoom call): Oregon at Washington State Monday: Coach Lake Press Conference Wednesday: Interviews: 11:15 a.m. (offensive Oregon State at Washington 11:30 a.m., and defensive coordinators) USC at Arizona. Tuesday: No press activities due to Election Day Thursday: Coach Lake, 11:00 a.m. Friday: No media availability All times approximate. Get on calls early! WASHINGTON at CALIFORNIA • MEMORIAL STADIUM • NOV. 7, 2020 • 7:30 P.M. PT (ESPN) JIMMY LAKE In 2015, the Husky defense led the Pac-12 in scoring defense, total defense and red- zone defense and finished second in both pass efficiency defense and rushing defense. HEAD COACH Two Husky sophomores Baker and Jones, both earned first-team All-Pac-12. Jones led the First Season at UW conference in passes defended and was in the top five in interceptions, fumbles forced and fumbles recovered. When former Husky head coach Chris Petersen In his first season at the UW as a member of Petersen’s 2014 staff, Lake took on the surprised the UW community by announcing that he challenge of coaching a secondary that frequently included three true freshmen and a true would step down following the 2019 football season, sophomore in the four starting spots. In the end, he helped Baker earn freshman All-Ameri- there was no hesitation as to who best to replace him. ca honors while helping the UW to a No. 9 national ranking in turnover margin and a top-40 In fact, it took nearly no time for Jimmy Lake to be of- marking scoring defense. fered the job. Lake joined Petersen’s staff from Boise State where he was in charge of the secondary On Dec. 2, 2019, the announcement was made of and was the defensive pass game coordinator in 2012 and 2013. the change, with Lake taking over the program imme- In 2013, the Broncos ranked second in the Mountain West in points allowed (24.8) diately following Washington’s victory in the 2019 Las and interceptions (16), third in total defense (413.4) and pass efficiency defense (129.7) Vegas Bowl. and fourth in sacks (30). They also tied for the conference low allowing just 17 touchdown While Lake will be a head coach for the first time, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better passes. résumé for an incoming Husky head coach. Lake mentored sophomore cornerback Donte Deayon, who earned 2013 second-team In his six prior seasons at Washington – two as defensive backs coach, two as co- All-Conference honors after finishing second in the league with six interceptions and fourth defensive coordinator and the last two as defensive coordinator – Lake has earned a repu- with 15 passes defended. tation as a teacher, recruiter and tactician, helping the UW become one of the strongest In his debut season with the Broncos in 2012, Lake led a secondary that was fifth and most consistent defensive teams – and specifically one of the top secondaries – in nationally in both pass defense (169.5) and pass efficiency defense (101.4). The team also the nation. ranked eighth nationally in scoring defense (15.8) and 12th nationally in total defense Year after year, the Huskies, who have five or more defensive backs on the field the (315.6). The Broncos also picked off 18 passes to tie for the 12th-most nationally. majority of the time, play aggressive and precise defense and turn out highly-regarded Three of his four starting defensive backs earned All-Mountain West honors following professional prospects. the season, including first-team selection Jamar Taylor at cornerback. Cornerback Jerrell In 2019, his last as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach, Lake molded an- Gavins was named second-team all-league, and safety Jeremy Ioane was honorable men- other strong unit despite the loss of nine defensive starters from the previous year. Starting tion. as many as three true freshmen in the secondary, his unit limited opponents to 19.4 points Taylor went on to become the second-highest drafted cornerback in school history, per game. Elijah Molden earned second-team All-America and first-team All-Pac-12, while taken in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft - No. 54 overall - by the Miami Dolphins. Myles Bryant was a second-team all-conference pick. Freshman DBs Trent McDuffie and Before joining Boise State, Lake worked in the National Football League. He spent Cameron Williams each earned Freshman All-America. 2010-11 as defensive backs coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and 2008 as DB coach In 2018, his first year as the UW’s defensive coordinator, Lake continued the Huskies’ for the Detroit Lions.