UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 2009 HUSKY FOOTBALL www.gohuskies.com Contact: Jeff Bechthold • (206) 543-2230 • email: [email protected] 2009 HUSKY SCHEDULE / results WASHINGTON vs. IDAHO Sept. 5 LSU (ESPN) L, 31-23 Sept. 12 IDAHO (FSN-NW) 12:30 p.m. Dawgs Continue Season-Opening Homestand vs. Vandals Sept. 19 USC (ABC) 12:30 p.m. THE GAME: Washington continues its season-opening, three-game homestand this Saturday , Sept. 26 at Stanford TBD Sept. 12, when old Northwest rival Idaho visits Husky Stadium for a 12:30 p.m. game. Last week, the Oct. 3 at Notre Dame (NBC) 12:30 p.m. UW opened the season with its first game under new head coach Steve Sarkisian. Despite beating Oct. 10 ARIZONA TBD No. 11 LSU on numerous statistical fronts, the Huskies came up short on the scoreboard, falling Oct. 17 at Arizona State (FSN) 7:00 p.m. 31-23. The same evening, the Vandals opened their season with a 21-6 victory over New Mexico Oct. 24 OREGON TBD State in Las Cruces. Idaho, a former member of what is now the Pac-10, has played Washington, Nov. 7 at UCLA TBD 38 times in a series dating back to 1900. Washington’s coaching staff includes five graduates of Nov. 14 at Oregon State TBD the University of Idaho, including two who are in the Vandals’ Hall of Fame. Additionally, UW Nov. 28 WASHINGTON STATE TBD defensive coordinator Nick Holt was head coach at Idaho in 2004 and 2005. Dec. 5 CALIFORNIA (FSN-NW) 3:30 p.m. all times are Pacific SARK ERA UNDERWAY: Washington opened the season last Saturday with a 31-23 loss to No. 11 LSU at Husky Stadium. Despite the loss, it was obvious that the Huskies had taken a step forward. 2009 PAC-10 STANDINGS After all, the Huskies out-paced the No. 11 team in the nation on a number of statistical counts. Team Pac-10 Overall The Dawgs compiled 25 first downs to the Tigers’ 17. In terms of yards, Washington out-rushed 1. Stanford 1-0 1-0 (157-149), out-passed (321-172) and thereby out-gained LSU in total offense, 478 yards to 321. 2. Arizona 0-0 1-0 Washington also dominated time of possession, holding onto the ball for greater than 13 minutes Arizona State 0-0 1-0 more than the Tigers. The key stat that went against Washington was turnovers, as not only did California 0-0 1-0 the Dawgs give up the ball twice while only notching one takeaway, but the Huskies’ turnovers Oregon State 0-0 1-0 were crucial as an interception was returned for a TD and fumble as lost at the LSU four-yard line, UCLA 0-0 1-0 keeping potential points off the board. On a less statistical front, the crowd of 69,161 at Husky USC 0-0 1-0 Stadium was loud and boisterous and, by and large, stayed until the end of the game, which kicked 8. Oregon 0-0 0-1 off at 7:36 p.m., the latest start in Husky Stadium history. Washington 0-0 0-1 10. Washington State 0-1 0-1 TELEVISION: The Washington-Idaho game will air live to a national audience on FSN-NW televi- sion with Tom Glasgow, Mack Strong and Jen Mueller providing the commentary. Additionally, This Week’S gaMes “Huskies All-Access” airs each Wednesday evening on FSN. The program is an up-close look at Northern Arizona at Arizona each Husky game, with features, one-on-one interviews and sideline video. Eastern Washington at California Purdue at Oregon RADIO: The Washington ISP Sports Network, with its flagship station KJR 950-AM, will carry Idaho at Washington the live broadcast of every football game on 15 Northwest radio stations. Longtime play-by-play Hawai’i vs. Washington State (Qwest Field) man Bob Rondeau and color analyst Chuck Nelson are joined by sideline reporter Elise Woodward. Oregon State at UNLV Many game broadcasts will also be carried on XM Satellite Radio on channel 193, 194 or 195 and Stanford at Wake Forest can be heard over the internet via the Dawg Channel at gohuskies.com. UCLA at Tennessee USC at Ohio State WASHINGTON vs. IDAHO Last Week’S Results Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009 • 12:30 p.m. PT Boise State 19, Oregon 8 Radio: 950 KJR-AM and the Washington ISP Sports Network LSU at Washington Television: FSN (Northwest) Stanford 39, Washington State 13 Media Schedule for the Week: Arizona 19, Central Michigan 6 Monday: Press conference, 12 noon Wednesday: Practice: 2:00 p.m. (defensive Arizona State 50, Idaho State 3 Founder’s Club players & coaches and Coach California 52, Maryland 13 Practice: 4:30 p.m. (no interviews) Sarkisian interviews after) Oregon State 34, Portland State 7 Tuesday: Pac-10 Coaches Teleconference Thursday: Practice: 4:00 p.m. UCLA 33, San Diego State 14 10:20 a.m. (Sarkisian: 11:30 a.m.) (Coach Sarkisian after) USC 56, San Jose State 3 Practice: 2:00 p.m. (offensive Friday: no media availability players & coaches interviews after) W ashington v s . I D AHO • HUSKY sta D iu M • SEPT. 12, 2009 • 12:30 P . M . P D T (FSN-NW) THE COACH: First-year head coach Steve Sarkisian came to the UW with a wealth of experience as a quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator. His string MEDIA RESOURCES of success is nearly unprecedented as, during his time at USC, he coached two MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE ON UWTV: This season UWTV, the on-campus Heisman Trophy winners and oversaw one of the nation’s most consistent and television station for the University of Washington, will be carrying the weekly football dominant offenses. Sarkisian spent 2007 and 2008 as the Trojans’ assistant head press conferences LIVE featuring Husky head coach Steve Sarkisian and selected play- ers. UWTV’s coverage will be live and available via satellite for stations wishing to coach and offensive coordinator. He had also previously served as assistant head use video clips from the pressers in their coverage of Washington football throughout coach and quarterbacks coach (2005-06), quarterbacks coach (2002-03) and as an the season. The weekly press conferences are each Monday at noon. offensive assistant (2001) at USC, for a total of seven seasons there. During his seven seasons as a member of the Trojans’ staff, the team has posted a combined Broadcast media are also welcome to follow along via satellite. Here are the specs: 74-15 record. As offensive coordinator, his record was 22-3. Aside from his various Galaxy18 at 123deg. west lat.; Transponder 6 Ku Downlink frequency: 11805.3000 Mhz or Lband frequency: 1.0553 Ghz roles at USC, Sarkisian, 35, also spent one season as quarterbacks coach for the Downlink Polarity is Horizontal Oakland Raiders in 2004 and as QBs coach at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., FEC (Forward Error Correction) is 3/4 in 2000, his first coaching job. A standout quarterback at BYU, Sarkisian actually Symbol Rate is 4.58000 Ms/sec faced his new team in Husky Stadium, on Sept. 14, 1996. That day, his Cougars Data Rate: 6.331177 Mb/sec suffered their only loss in a 14-1 season, falling to the Huskies, 29-17. Sarkisian Max bandwidth 6.6000 MHz completed 23-of-35 passes for 279 yards, no interceptions and two touchdowns. Program 2 (UWTV) Video Pid=112 Audio Pid=113 Known for mentoring quarterbacks, he coached an impressive line of signalcall- UW ON THE WEB: The Washington athletic department’s official web site can be ers while at USC. Last year, Mark Sanchez wrapped up his college career with found at www.gohuskies.com. The site features information on all 21 of the Huskies’ Pac-10 and Rose Bowl titles and was the fifth overall pick in the NFL Draft. Before intercollegiate sports programs. Sanchez, Sarkisian helped John David Booty earn first-team All-Pac-10 status and a fifth-round NFL draft selection. In 2005, he helped Matt Leinart win the Johnny IDAHO ON THE WEB: Idaho’s official website can be found at www.govandals.com. Unitas Award and first-team All-America before going 10th overall in the draft. In PAC-10 ON THE WEB: The official Pac-10 web site, which includes a copy of the 2003, Leinart was also a first-team All-American and the Pac-10 Offensive Player Pac-10 football release, can be found at the following address: www.pac-10.org. of the Year. Sarkisian also mentored 2002 Heisman Trophy winner Carson Palmer PAC-10 TELECONFERENCE: All 10 Pac-10 coaches are available on a weekly telecon- in his first season as full-time quarterbacks coach. Sarkisian starred at the quar- ference, each Tuesday beginning at 10:00 a.m. Coach Sarkisian takes questions on the terback position at the prep, collegiate and pro levels. After his standout career teleconference at 11:30 a.m. (PT) each Tuesday. Contact the athletic communications at Brigham Young University, he was played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders office to obtain the number and passcode information. of the Canadian Football League for three seasons (1997-99). He had a record- setting two-year (1995-96) career at BYU, playing under legendary coach Lavell PAC-10 SATELLITE FEED: The Pac-10 runs a weekly satellite feed featuring inter- views and game footage. The 30-minute feed runs every Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. Edwards. Sarkisian completed 549-of-824 passes (66.6 percent) for 7,755 yards PT (2:30 ET), beginning Sept.