No. 6 UW Closes Home Slate Against ASU

Saturday, November 19

Seattle, Wash.

4:30 PM

University of Washington

Arizona State

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November 14, 2016 | Football

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Washington takes on Sun Devils Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

THE GAME: The Washington football team (9-1 overall, 6-1 Pac-12) closes out the 2016 home schedule Saturday at 4:30 p.m. against Arizona State (5-5, 2-5). The game will air live on FOX television. The Huskies will be looking to rebound from a loss to USC that broke their 12-game winning streak (fourth longest in UW history) and remain in the chase for the highest postseason aspirations. The UW dropped three spots to No. 7 in both the Associated Press and coaches' polls this week. Following the ASU game, the Dawgs will have a short week to prepare for Washington State in the Apple Cup, Friday, Nov. 25, in Pullman (12:30 p.m.; FOX).

QUICK SLANTS: UW leads the FBS in turnover margin (+1.50 per game) and is second in pass efficiency (191.66) and takeaways (24); fourth fumbles recoveries (12) and kick return defense (16.67); and eight in fewest turnovers (9) ... UW is also No. 5 in scoring offense and 9th in scoring defense ... Jake Browning, who is No. 3 the FBS in pass efficiency (189.1), broke the school record with six TD passes at Oregon and then tied that with six more at Cal ... with at least three games left to play, he's broken the UW single-season record with 35 TD passes ... Browning is second the nation in TDs and No. 4 in yards per attempt ... Dante Pettis broke the UW record vs. Utah with his 5th career punt return for a TD ... he's one of just five players in the FBS with multiple punt return TDs this season ... the Dawgs have allowed just 14 points after turnovers this season while they've turned 24 takeaways into 89 points ... of the nine times the Huskies have turned it over, they've gotten a takeaway on the ensuing drive five times ... Keishawn Bierria leads the FBS with five fumble recoveries this season, tying the UW record ... no other player in the FBS has more than three ... the Huskies had a kick return for a TD (Ross, 92 yds.) and a punt return for a TD (Pettis, 68 yds.) in the win over Rutgers ... only twice before in recorded history have the Huskies done that: 1940 vs. WSU (Ernie Steele had an 87-yd. KOR and an 83-yd. PR) and 2001 vs. Idaho (Roc Alexander, 95-yd. KOR; Charles Frederick, 87-yd. PR) ... Ross now has five scoring plays of 90 or more yards in his UW career – four kickoff returns and a 91-yard TD reception ... Ross (15 rec. TDs, No. 2 in the FBS) and Pettis (11 rec. TDs; No. 11 in the FBS) are the first teammates in UW history to have double-digit TD catches in a season.

TELEVISION: The UW-Arizona State game will air live to a national audience on FOX with Joe Davis (play-by-play), Brady Quinn (color) and Jenny Taft (sidelines) providing the commentary.

RADIO: The Washington IMG College Network, with its flagship station KOMO AM-1000 and FM-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 Woodward. The home broadcast of the game will also air on Sirius (137) and XM (197) satellite radio. Westwood One radio will also carry a national broadcast on a syndicated network.

HUSKIES vs. DEVILS HISTORY: Arizona State has taken the lead in the all-time series vs. Washington at 18-15 by winning the last 10 in a row over the Huskies, who first met the Devils in 1975. That '75 game marked the only time that the two teams ever played one another prior to the Sun Devils joining the Pac-10 Conference before the 1978 season. Since then, the two have played one another every year between 1978 and now except for 1983 and 1984, 2003 and 2004, and 2011 and 2012. The Huskies lost that first-ever meeting at Tempe in 1975, 35-12, but routed the 12th-ranked Devils in the next matchup, winning 41-7 at Husky Stadium in 1978. One of the two teams (or both) has been ranked in 15 of the last 21 meetings, the only exceptions the 1999 game when the Devils came to Husky Stadium and beat Washington, 28-7, and the 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2015 games, all ASU wins. Some of the Huskies' most memorable games in modern history have come vs. ASU. In the 1995 season-opener, tailback Rashaan Shehee hit receiver Fred Coleman with a 30-yard TD pass late in the fourth quarter to give Washington a 23-20 win. The following year at Tempe, Washington trailed 42-21 before backup QB Brock Huard came on to lead the Huskies to three fourth-quarter TDs, but Robert Nycz kicked a 38-yard field goal with 0:02 left to win, 45-42. In 1998 at Sun Devil Stadium, the Huskies pulled off the "Miracle in the Desert" as Huard hit tight end Reggie Davis with a 63-yard pass on fourth-and-17 with 0:28 left in the game to pull out a 42-38 Washington win. In 2001, the Huskies capped a seven-minute, 12-second drive with a 30-yard field goal with no time remaining to edge the Devils, 33-31. In 2005 in Tempe, ASU QB Rudy Carpenter passed for 401 yards and three TDs as the Devils pulled away in the second half of a 44-20 win. The 2006 game was another tight contest as the Devils pulled out a 26-23 overtime win at Husky Stadium. The UW trailed 20-6 before receiver Sonny Shackelford threw a TD pass to Anthony Russo and then caught a touchdown from backup QB Johnny DuRocher to send the game into OT. After a UW field goal, Rudy Carpenter hit Brent Miller with a 25-yard TD pass for the win. In 2007, 14th-ranked ASU came back from a halftime deficit to win, 44-20. In 2008, the Devils led 16-13 at half, but pulled away for a 39-19 victory. Carpenter threw for 218 yards and two TDs while Keegan Herring rushed for 144 yards and one score. Last season was another tight contest as Danny Sullivan hit Chris McGaha with a 50-yard pass with five secons left to beat the Huskies, 24-17. In 2010 in Seattle, the Devils beat the Dawgs, 24-14, despite 110 rushing yards from Chris Polk and 209 passing from Jake Locker. After a two-year hiatus, the Devils continued their streak with a 53-24 victory in Tempe in 2013. ASU out-rushed the Huskies, 314 yards to minus-5, thanks to 158 yards from Marion Grice and seven sacks. Last year, on a gusty and rainy night in Seattle, ASU won, 24-10, scoring with 3:00 to go to break a 10-10 before a last-minute interception return for a touchdown put the game out of reach. Last year in Tempe, ASU scored 17 in the fourth and the UW committed four turnovers in a 27-17 Devils win.

RECORD COLLECTION: The Huskies have broken or tied a few school records over this season. The UW scored 40 points or more in six straight games (dating back to the 2015 Oregon State game). Never before had they scored 40 in more than four straight (1944). Against Rutgers, John Ross' fourth career kickoff return for a touchdown broke Jim Krieg's old mark of three while Dante Pettis tied Beno Bryant's career punt return TD record of four. At Utah, Pettis posted his fifth career punt return TD to take over the school record by himself. He's now just one shy of former Cal star DeSean Jackson's Pac-12 record of six. Against Idaho, the Huskies tied the school record for passing touchdowns (6; tied record set vs. UCLA in 1970) and Jake Browning tied the Husky record for individual passing TDs in a game, with five (shared with Keith Price, 2012 vs. Colorado; Jake Locker, 2010 vs. Oregon State; and Chris Rowland, 1973 vs. California). Browning broke that record with six TD passes at Oregon, taking sole possession of the mark. He also rushed for two TDs, giving him eight total, also a school record. Additionally in that 70-21 Oregon win, the UW set modern (post-1945) records for points, touchdowns (10) and PATs (10) while linebacker Keishawn Bierria tied the Husky record for single-season fumble recoveries with his fifth. Browning tied his own school record for passing TDs with six more at Cal. The Huskies also broke the team record with seven total scoring passes vs. the Bears while Browning took over the school record for single-season touchdown passes with his 34th, breaking Keith Price's school standard of 33, set in 2011. Also in the Cal game, Ross and Pettis each caught three TD passes, giving them 14 and 11 for the season, respectively, at the time. They're the first pair of teammates in UW history to reach double-digit TD receptions in the same season (they're just the fifth and sixth Huskies ever to reach double digits altogether).

SENIOR DAY: Prior to the start of the UW-Arizona State game, 13 Husky seniors will be saluted as they play their final home game. They are: DB Brandon Beaver, WR Drew Before, OL Shane Brostek, TE Darrell Daniels, OL Jake Eldrenkamp, DB Kevin King, OL Michael Kneip, TE Jeff Lindquist, DE Jojo Mathis, DB Hayden Schuh, DL Damion Turpin, PK Cameron Van Winkle and OLB Psalm Wooching.

THREE DAWGS NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT: Three members of the Washington football team earned a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 team, announced in the first week of November. Quarterback Jake Browning (3.38, pre-arts & sciences), guard Jake Eldrenkamp (3.71, business administration/finance) and linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven (3.71, pre-arts & sciences) were each honored and will be eligible for Academic All-America. The three Huskies were the most named to the All-District team since 1997.

HUSKY STADIUM RENOVATION: Husky Stadium underwent a major renovation over from Nov., 2011, through Aug., 2013, as the entire lower bowl and south upper deck were demolished and replaced. The new facility features a new, state-of-the-art football operations center (weight room, training room, locker room, meeting rooms, coaches' offices) in the west end, much more premium seating options and a new playing surface. Husky Stadium had featured a track up until 2011, so seats that were once far from the field, particularly in the west end, are much closer to the action. UW is 20-8 at home since the re-opening of Husky Stadium.

ALASKA AIRLINES FIELD AT HUSKY STADIUM: The Oregon game on Nov. 5, 2011, marked the final game in Husky Stadium prior to major renovations that have now been completed. The Huskies re-opened their home field with a 38-6 win over then-No. 19 Boise State on Aug. 31, 2013. The 2016 season marks the 96th season of play in Husky Stadium. Original construction on the facility was completed in 1920 when Washington played one game in the new campus facility. UW's all-time record in Husky Stadium stands at 376-177-21 (.673).