Saturday, October 20
Seattle, WA
12:30 PM
University of Washington
vs
Colorado
Photo by: Alika Jenner Photography
Dawgs Host Buffaloes For Homecoming
October 15, 2018 | Football
THE GAME: The Washington football team (3-1 Pac-12, 5-2 overall) returns home after two straight road games to take on Colorado (2-1, 5-1) in a 12:30 p.m. game this Saturday (FOX television). It's homecoming at UW and the game will also celebrate the newest class of the Husky Hall of Fame, which will be officially inducted on Sunday. The Huskies enter the week ranked No. 15 in the latest AP Top 25 and No. 14 in the coaches' poll. The Buffs are ranked No. 25 in the coaches' poll (unranked by AP).
QUICK HITTERS: Jake Browning broke the UW career passing yards record in the BYU game, passing Cody Pickett ... Browning's 10,855 career yards are 10th-most in Pac-12 history ... with 88 career touchdown passes, he's 7th in Pac-12 history ... Browning is just the sixth player in Pac-12 history to account for 100 touchdowns (103 total: 88 pass, 15 rush) ... Sept. 1 vs. Auburn, Myles Gaskin became the UW's all-time leading rusher, moving past Napoleon Kaufman, who had held the record since 1994 ... Gaskin enters the Colorado game with 4,678 yards, 6th-most in Pac-12 history ... Gaskin scored his 54th career touchdown against UCLA, extending his school record ... his 50 career rushing TDs (he has four receiving TDs) rank 5th in Pac-12 history ... Taylor Rapp leads the nation with three fumble recoveries ... against ASU, Ben Burr-Kirven notched 20 tackles, most by a Husky since 1996 ... Burr-Kirven's 93 total tackles are already nine more than his 13-game total of last year, which led the team ... he leads the nation in tackles at 13.3 per game. ... for the first time since 1995, UW did not have a true freshman play in its season opener ... against North Dakota, however, four true freshmen saw action: DL Tuli Letuligasenoa, LB Jackson Sirmon, LB MJ Tafisi, OLB Zion Tupuola-Fetui ... cornerback Kyler Gordon played at Oregon, becoming the fifth freshman to see action in 2018 ... to date, all five have played in just one game each ... only five players made their UW playing debut in the season-opener against Auburn in Atlanta: OL Henry Bainivalu, PK Peyton Henry, OL Jaxson Kirkland (started at RG), OLB Ariel Ngata and TE Cade Otton ... 12 more Huskies saw their first UW action against North Dakota ... UW has outscored opponents 202-112 this year and, in quarters two and three (combined), UW is outscoring its opponents 103-36 this season ... UW is 30-7 over its last 37 games ... UW enters Oregon week ranked No. 9 in third-down conversions (.510), No. 10 in scoring defense (16.0), No. 17 in total defense (315.1), No. 15 in passing yards allowed (178.6), and No. 22 in completion percentage (.670).
TELEVISION: The Washington-Colorado game will air live to a national audience on FOX with Joe Davis (play-by-play), Brady Quinn (analyst) and Bruce Feldman (sidelines) providing the commentary. The broadcast can also be found on FOXSportsGo.com and the FOXSportsGo app.
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. First-year play-by-play man Tony Castricone and color analyst Damon Huard are joined by sideline reporter Elise Woodward. The UW broadcast of the game will also air on Sirius (83) and XM (83) satellite radio, and is also available via TuneIn.com and the TuneIn app.
HUSKIES vs. BUFFALOES HISTORY: Washington and Colorado have squared off 16 times in their history and the Huskies hold the edge with 11 wins, five losses and one tie. Washington has won eight straight games vs. the Buffaloes. The series began way back in 1915 when a Gil Dobie-coached UW team wrapped up a 7-0 season with a 46-0 win over the Buffs at Washington's Denny Field. Nearly 40 years later, the Huskies opened the 1953 season with a narrow 21-20 loss at Husky Stadium. Jim Owens' first game as Husky head coach, on Sept. 21, 1957, came against Colorado and that game ended in a 6-6 tie in Seattle. Two seasons later, the Huskies made their first trip to Boulder for yet another season-opener and beat the Buffaloes, 21-12. The next meeting didn't come until 1976 in Seattle when Colorado beat Don James' second Husky squad, 21-7. The two teams next met in the 1985 Freedom Bowl in Anaheim. The Huskies won, 20-17, behind sophomore QB Chris Chandler. In 1989, shortly after the untimely death of their former CU quarterback Sal Aunese, the Buffs handed the Huskies a 45-28 loss at Husky Stadium. Colorado rushed for 420 yards despite not having a single back over 100 yards. Colorado made it two wins in as many seasons the following year at Folsom Field, handing a 12th-ranked UW team a 20-14 loss. Eric Bieniemy ran for 143 yards and Darian Hagan scored a pair of TDs in the win. Colorado picked up a third straight win over the Huskies in the 1996 Holiday Bowl, winning 33-21. In 1999, first-year UW head coach Rick Neuheisel, who'd left Colorado for Seattle during the offseason, got his first win at Washington in week three of the season. Marques Tuiasosopo hit Chris Juergens with a nine-yard TD pass with 3:17 remaining to break a tie and forge a 31-24 win. The following year in Boulder, a Rose Bowl-bound Husky team won, 17-14. In 2011, in the two teams' first meeting as Pac-12 rivals, the Huskies won 52-24 in Seattle. Keith Price led the way for the UW, completing 21-of-28 passes for 257 yards and four touchdowns. In 2012, Price had another big game in a 38-3 win in Boulder, throwing for a school-record-tying five TDs. Price was 22-for-29 for 248 yards while Bishop Sankey rushed for 139 yards. In 2013 in Seattle, the Huskies won their fifth in a row in the series as the Dawgs rolled up 628 yards of total offense in a 59-7 victory. Price completed 22-of-29 for 312 and two scores while rushing for two more. In 2014, erstwhile linebacker Shaq Thompson starred on offense for the Huskies, rushing for 174 yards on just 15 carries in 38-23 Husky win. Sefo Liufau passed for 314 yards and two TDs for Colorado. In 2016, the UW and Colorado met in the Pac-12 Championship game in Santa Clara, the first title game for both teams. Washington got 100-yard rushing performances from Myles Gaskin (159 yards) and Lavon Coleman (101) and two key interceptions from game MVP Taylor Rapp, one of which he returned 35 yards for a score on the first play of the second half, as Washington won, 41-10. Jake Browning threw TD passes to Darrell Daniels and John Ross while the UW defense held the Buffaloes to 163 yards and nine first downs. Last season in Boulder, Myles Gaskin rushed for 202 yards and two TDs and the Huskies picked off three passes (Myles Bryant returned one 35 yards for a score) in a 37-10 win.
THE PAC-12: Prior to the 2011 season, the Pac-10 Conference added Utah and Colorado to expand to the Pac-12. Washington, which along with California is one of two schools who have been in the conference since its founding in 1915, plays in the Pac-12 North, along with the other three Northwest schools (Oregon, OSU, WSU) and Stanford and Cal. Under current plans, each school will play all five division rivals, plus four of six teams in the other division each season. The first two seasons, the Huskies did not face UCLA or Arizona State. In 2013 and 14, the Huskies didn't face Utah or USC. In 2015 in 2016, neither UCLA nor Colorado were on the UW schedule, while the Huskies don't face USC and Arizona in 2017 or 2018.
THE 100-YARD FACTOR: Since the 1947 season, Washington is 214-66-3 (.761) when a Husky player rushes for 100 yards in a game. The Huskies were 8-0 in such games in 2016, were 5-1 in 2017 and are 2-0 this year.
HISTORY LESSON: Successfully rushing the football and winning go hand-in-hand for the Huskies. Since 1990, UW has rushed for 200 yards in a game 114 times. The Huskies' record stands at 97-16-1 (.856) in those contests. Since 1995, UW is 72-13-1 (.843) when rushing for 200 yards.
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 31-8 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 were completed in summer, 2013. The Huskies re-opened their home field with a 38-6 win over then-No. 19 Boise State on Aug. 31, 2013. The 2018 season marks the 99th 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 387-177-21 (.679).
QUICK HITTERS: Jake Browning broke the UW career passing yards record in the BYU game, passing Cody Pickett ... Browning's 10,855 career yards are 10th-most in Pac-12 history ... with 88 career touchdown passes, he's 7th in Pac-12 history ... Browning is just the sixth player in Pac-12 history to account for 100 touchdowns (103 total: 88 pass, 15 rush) ... Sept. 1 vs. Auburn, Myles Gaskin became the UW's all-time leading rusher, moving past Napoleon Kaufman, who had held the record since 1994 ... Gaskin enters the Colorado game with 4,678 yards, 6th-most in Pac-12 history ... Gaskin scored his 54th career touchdown against UCLA, extending his school record ... his 50 career rushing TDs (he has four receiving TDs) rank 5th in Pac-12 history ... Taylor Rapp leads the nation with three fumble recoveries ... against ASU, Ben Burr-Kirven notched 20 tackles, most by a Husky since 1996 ... Burr-Kirven's 93 total tackles are already nine more than his 13-game total of last year, which led the team ... he leads the nation in tackles at 13.3 per game. ... for the first time since 1995, UW did not have a true freshman play in its season opener ... against North Dakota, however, four true freshmen saw action: DL Tuli Letuligasenoa, LB Jackson Sirmon, LB MJ Tafisi, OLB Zion Tupuola-Fetui ... cornerback Kyler Gordon played at Oregon, becoming the fifth freshman to see action in 2018 ... to date, all five have played in just one game each ... only five players made their UW playing debut in the season-opener against Auburn in Atlanta: OL Henry Bainivalu, PK Peyton Henry, OL Jaxson Kirkland (started at RG), OLB Ariel Ngata and TE Cade Otton ... 12 more Huskies saw their first UW action against North Dakota ... UW has outscored opponents 202-112 this year and, in quarters two and three (combined), UW is outscoring its opponents 103-36 this season ... UW is 30-7 over its last 37 games ... UW enters Oregon week ranked No. 9 in third-down conversions (.510), No. 10 in scoring defense (16.0), No. 17 in total defense (315.1), No. 15 in passing yards allowed (178.6), and No. 22 in completion percentage (.670).
TELEVISION: The Washington-Colorado game will air live to a national audience on FOX with Joe Davis (play-by-play), Brady Quinn (analyst) and Bruce Feldman (sidelines) providing the commentary. The broadcast can also be found on FOXSportsGo.com and the FOXSportsGo app.
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. First-year play-by-play man Tony Castricone and color analyst Damon Huard are joined by sideline reporter Elise Woodward. The UW broadcast of the game will also air on Sirius (83) and XM (83) satellite radio, and is also available via TuneIn.com and the TuneIn app.
HUSKIES vs. BUFFALOES HISTORY: Washington and Colorado have squared off 16 times in their history and the Huskies hold the edge with 11 wins, five losses and one tie. Washington has won eight straight games vs. the Buffaloes. The series began way back in 1915 when a Gil Dobie-coached UW team wrapped up a 7-0 season with a 46-0 win over the Buffs at Washington's Denny Field. Nearly 40 years later, the Huskies opened the 1953 season with a narrow 21-20 loss at Husky Stadium. Jim Owens' first game as Husky head coach, on Sept. 21, 1957, came against Colorado and that game ended in a 6-6 tie in Seattle. Two seasons later, the Huskies made their first trip to Boulder for yet another season-opener and beat the Buffaloes, 21-12. The next meeting didn't come until 1976 in Seattle when Colorado beat Don James' second Husky squad, 21-7. The two teams next met in the 1985 Freedom Bowl in Anaheim. The Huskies won, 20-17, behind sophomore QB Chris Chandler. In 1989, shortly after the untimely death of their former CU quarterback Sal Aunese, the Buffs handed the Huskies a 45-28 loss at Husky Stadium. Colorado rushed for 420 yards despite not having a single back over 100 yards. Colorado made it two wins in as many seasons the following year at Folsom Field, handing a 12th-ranked UW team a 20-14 loss. Eric Bieniemy ran for 143 yards and Darian Hagan scored a pair of TDs in the win. Colorado picked up a third straight win over the Huskies in the 1996 Holiday Bowl, winning 33-21. In 1999, first-year UW head coach Rick Neuheisel, who'd left Colorado for Seattle during the offseason, got his first win at Washington in week three of the season. Marques Tuiasosopo hit Chris Juergens with a nine-yard TD pass with 3:17 remaining to break a tie and forge a 31-24 win. The following year in Boulder, a Rose Bowl-bound Husky team won, 17-14. In 2011, in the two teams' first meeting as Pac-12 rivals, the Huskies won 52-24 in Seattle. Keith Price led the way for the UW, completing 21-of-28 passes for 257 yards and four touchdowns. In 2012, Price had another big game in a 38-3 win in Boulder, throwing for a school-record-tying five TDs. Price was 22-for-29 for 248 yards while Bishop Sankey rushed for 139 yards. In 2013 in Seattle, the Huskies won their fifth in a row in the series as the Dawgs rolled up 628 yards of total offense in a 59-7 victory. Price completed 22-of-29 for 312 and two scores while rushing for two more. In 2014, erstwhile linebacker Shaq Thompson starred on offense for the Huskies, rushing for 174 yards on just 15 carries in 38-23 Husky win. Sefo Liufau passed for 314 yards and two TDs for Colorado. In 2016, the UW and Colorado met in the Pac-12 Championship game in Santa Clara, the first title game for both teams. Washington got 100-yard rushing performances from Myles Gaskin (159 yards) and Lavon Coleman (101) and two key interceptions from game MVP Taylor Rapp, one of which he returned 35 yards for a score on the first play of the second half, as Washington won, 41-10. Jake Browning threw TD passes to Darrell Daniels and John Ross while the UW defense held the Buffaloes to 163 yards and nine first downs. Last season in Boulder, Myles Gaskin rushed for 202 yards and two TDs and the Huskies picked off three passes (Myles Bryant returned one 35 yards for a score) in a 37-10 win.
THE PAC-12: Prior to the 2011 season, the Pac-10 Conference added Utah and Colorado to expand to the Pac-12. Washington, which along with California is one of two schools who have been in the conference since its founding in 1915, plays in the Pac-12 North, along with the other three Northwest schools (Oregon, OSU, WSU) and Stanford and Cal. Under current plans, each school will play all five division rivals, plus four of six teams in the other division each season. The first two seasons, the Huskies did not face UCLA or Arizona State. In 2013 and 14, the Huskies didn't face Utah or USC. In 2015 in 2016, neither UCLA nor Colorado were on the UW schedule, while the Huskies don't face USC and Arizona in 2017 or 2018.
THE 100-YARD FACTOR: Since the 1947 season, Washington is 214-66-3 (.761) when a Husky player rushes for 100 yards in a game. The Huskies were 8-0 in such games in 2016, were 5-1 in 2017 and are 2-0 this year.
HISTORY LESSON: Successfully rushing the football and winning go hand-in-hand for the Huskies. Since 1990, UW has rushed for 200 yards in a game 114 times. The Huskies' record stands at 97-16-1 (.856) in those contests. Since 1995, UW is 72-13-1 (.843) when rushing for 200 yards.
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 31-8 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 were completed in summer, 2013. The Huskies re-opened their home field with a 38-6 win over then-No. 19 Boise State on Aug. 31, 2013. The 2018 season marks the 99th 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 387-177-21 (.679).
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