Pac-12 North On The Line In Boeing Apple Cup

Friday, November 23

Pullman, WA

5:30 PM

University of Washington

Washington State

November 19, 2018 | Football

Full UW Game Notes w/ Depth Gameday Central Boeing Apple Cup Series

THE GAME: A berth in the 2018 Pac-12 Championship Game is on the line in the 111th edition of the Boeing Apple Cup as Washington (8-3 overall, 6-2 Pac-12) travels across the state to face Washington State (10-1, 7-1) Friday at 5:30 p.m. PT. The game will air on FOX television. The Huskies and Cougars played a similar game just two years ago in Pullman when they both took 7-1 conference records into the Apple Cup. The Huskies won that one, 45-17. This year's game marks the third in a row (and just the eighth time ever) with both teams ranked in the AP Top 25. The Huskies enter the week No. 16 in the AP Top 25 and also in the coaches' poll, while WSU is No. 7 in both. The winner of the Apple Cup will face Utah in the Pac-12 Championship Game next Friday, Nov. 30, in Santa Clara, Calif.

PAINT THE APPLE PURPLE: It's Boeing Apple Cup week! Show your Husky pride and paint the Apple purple with a gift to The Competitive Edge Fund. This year, our goal is 291 donors to The Competitive Edge Fund by kickoff on Friday night, Nov. 23. Each person who gives will represent one mile from Seattle to Pullman. Together, we can paint the apple and the entire state of Washington purple! To give to The Competitive Edge Fund, click here. For more information, visit uwtyeeclub.org or call (206) 543-2234.

QUICK HITTERS: Jake Browning won his 37th game as a starting QB last Sat. vs. Oregon State, breaking the Pac-12 record for career wins by a QB ... Browning broke the UW career passing yards record in the BYU game, passing Cody Pickett ... Browning's 11,589 career yards are 6th-most in Pac-12 history ... with 94 career touchdown passes, he's also 6th in Pac-12 history ... Browning is just the sixth player in Pac-12 history to account for 100 touchdowns (110 total: 94 pass, 16 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 WSU game with 4,961 yards, 5th-most in Pac-12 history ... Gaskin scored his 57th career touchdown against OSU, extending his school record ... his 52 career rushing TDs (he has five receiving TDs) rank 4th in Pac-12 history ... against ASU, Ben Burr-Kirven notched 20 tackles, most by a Husky since 1996 ... Burr-Kirven's 145 total tackles (second-most in the nation) are 61 more than his 13-game total of last year, which led the team ... no Husky has totaled more than 145 tackles for a season since 2010 (and only one – Mason Foster, 163 in 2010 – has since 1989) ... Burr-Kirven has more total tackles than the next two Huskies on the list, combined ... for the first time since 1995, UW did not have a true freshman play in its season opener ... since then, seven freshmen have played: DLs, Sam Taimani and Tuli Letuligasenoa, ILBs Jackson Sirmon and LB MJ Tafisi, OLB Zion Tupuola-Fetui and DBs Kyler Gordon, Julius Irvin and Dominique Hamption ... none have played in more than two games ... UW is 33-8 over its last 41 games ... Washington hasn't allowed a team to score 40 points in its last 55 games and, during that same span, has allowed over 30 only four times ... over those 55 games, UW has outscored opponents, 1,878-977 ... UW's defense has allowed just nine scrimmage plays of 30 or more yards (2nd-fewest in the nation) and just one of 40 or more, fewest in the FBS ... UW leads the nation with 18 forced fumbles, while the Huskies are also third in the nation in fumbles lost (3).

TELEVISION: The Washington-WSU game will air live to a national audience on FOX television with Joe Davis (play-by-play), Brady Quinn (analyst) and Bruce Feldman (sidelines) on the call.

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 (138) and XM (197) satellite radio, and is also available via TuneIn.com and the TuneIn app.

HUSKIES vs. COUGARS HISTORY: The Washington-Washington State series dates back to 1900, when the teams played to a 5-5 tie in Seattle. Washington holds a commanding 72-32-6 edge in the 110-game series, including a 40-15 record in Apple Cup games (1962-present). The UW is 41-15-5 against WSU in games played in Seattle, Washington is 11-7 in games played in WSU's Martin Stadium as the first UW-WSU game wasn't played there until 1982. UW is 31-15-1 in away games in the series, including games played in both Spokane and Pullman. The Huskies have won 15 of the last 20 Apple Cups. Last year in Seattle, the Huskies built a 34-0 lead en route to a 41-14 win as Myles Gaskin rushed for 192 yards and four TDs on 25 carries. Two years ago in Pullman (2016), Jake Browning completed 22-of-29 passes for 292 yards and three TDs and the UW led, 28-3, after one quarter in a 45-17 UW win. In 2015, Gaskin ran for 138 yards and two TDs, and the Huskies got interception returns for scores from Sidney Jones and Azeem Victor in a 45-10 win. In 2014 in the Palouse, Dwayne Washington rushed for 135 yards, including TD runs of 60 and 51 yards, to lead the UW to a 31-13 win. The Huskies held the Cougars scoreless until five minutes into the fourth quarter. In 2013 in Seattle, the Huskies overcame a 10-3 halftime deficit in a 27-17 victory. Bishop Sankey led the Dawgs with 200 rushing yards on 34 carries while Keith Price completed 15-of-20 for 181 yards. In 2012 in Pullman, WSU overcame an 18-point deficit in the fourth quarter to force overtime, then won 31-28 in overtime. In 2011 at CenturyLink Field, the UW won, 38-21, behind 291 yards and three TD passes from Price. In 2010, Washington beat the Cougars, 35-28, in a tightly-contested game in Pullman. The winning score came on a 27-yard pass from Jake Locker to Jermaine Kearse with 44 seconds remaining. In 2009, the Huskies posted the first Apple Cup shutout since 1964 with a 30-0 win over the Cougars at Husky Stadium, breaking a two-game losing streak in the series. In 2008 in Pullman, the Cougars prevailed, 16-13, in double overtime. The year before at Husky Stadium, Alex Brink passed for 399 yards and hit Brandon Gibson with a pair of fourth-quarter TDs to lead WSU to a 42-35 win. The Huskies broke another two-game losing streak with a 35-32 win in Pullman in 2006. In 2005 at Martin Stadium, the Cougars beat the Dawgs, 28-25, behind a solid performance from Brink, who threw for two TDs and ran for another. Before that, in 2003, UW pulled a third-straight upset (by AP ranking) in the series when an unranked Husky team notched a 27-19 win over No. 8 Washington State. In 2002 in Pullman, in a game that surely ranks as one of the most memorable ever in the series, Washington shocked the No. 3 Cougars with a triple-overtime, 29-26 win, despite trailing by 10 with only 4:30 to play. In 2001, when the two teams met at Husky Stadium, the 16th-ranked Huskies upset the No. 9 Cougars with a 26-14 win.

DAWGS AND THE NORTHWEST: Washington's most-played rivalries are against the other three other northwest Pac-12 schools. The Huskies have faced Washington State 110 times, Oregon in 111 games and Oregon State on 103 occasions. Washington owns the advantage in all three series. The Huskies lead the Ducks 60-46-5, Washington State 72-32-6 and Oregon State 65-34-4. Combined, Washington has a 197-112-15 (.631) record against its northwest rivals. Washington has played all three of the Northwest teams in a season on 89 prior occasions. Over those 89 seasons in which Oregon, OSU and WSU were all on the UW schedule, the Dawgs have swept all three 30 times (including 2016 and 2017). In the meantime, the Huskies have lost to all three in the same season on only seven occasions.

APPLE CUP FACTS: A few notes on the Apple Cup, proudly presented by Boeing:
• This year's game will be the 111th meeting between UW and WSU. The Huskies lead 72-32-6. The series began in 1900, when the teams played to a 5-5 tie.
• The UW-WSU game wasn't called the "Apple Cup" until 1962. Prior to 1962, the two teams played for the Governor's Trophy (1931-61).
• Washington has played just 11 overtime games in its history (overtime didn't start until 1996 in college football). Four of those 11 games have come against WSU: 1996 (UW win), 2002 (UW win), 2008 (WSU win), 2012 (WSU win).
• The last six times that the Cougars were ranked in the AP top 25 heading into an Apple Cup, the Huskies have won the game (2001, 2002, 2003, 2015, 2016, 2017).
• The Huskies have never lost more than two games in a row to WSU. On the other hand, UW has had 9 streaks of three or more wins in the series.
• From 1955 through 1981, the Apple Cup was played in Seattle (odd-numbered years) or Spokane (even-numbered years), rather than Seattle and Pullman.

THE 100-YARD FACTOR: Since the 1947 season, Washington is 216-66-3 (.763) 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 4-0 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 116 times. The Huskies' record stands at 99-16-1 (.858) in those contests. Since 1995, UW is 74-13-1 (.847) 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 34-8 at home since the re-opening of Husky Stadium, and have won 14 consecutive home games (through end of 2018 season).

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 390-177-21 (.681).