Football Crowned Pac-12 Champions, Returns To Rose Bowl
December 28, 2018 | Tyee Club
2018 was another fantastic season for the Washington football team under the leadership of head coach Chris Petersen as the Huskies won the Pac-12 Conference title and earned a trip to the 105th Rose Bowl Game.
Washington will face Ohio State in "The Granddaddy of Them All" on New Year's Day in Pasadena, Calif. The Huskies will make their 15thย Rose Bowl appearance in program history, which is tied for the third-most in the game's storied history. It will be Washington's first appearance in the Rose Bowl since 2001 when the Huskies defeated Purdue, 34-24.
After a 28-15 victory against Washington State in the Boeing Apple Cup Series, the Huskiesย earned a trip to the Pac-12 Championship in Santa Clara, Calif.. It was the sixth straight year the Huskies took down the rival Cougars.
The Huskies would go on to beat Utah, 10-3, winning their second Pac-12 title in the past three years. Sophomore Byron Murphy was named the MVP of the Pac-12 Championship Game after he scored the game's only touchdown on a 66-yard interception return.
Washington has been led by a core group of seniors that have made their marks all over the Husky record books. Quarterback Jake Browning broke the school record for passing yards in a career and became the winningest QB in Pac-12 history midway through the season. Running back Myles Gaskin became the all-time rushing leader in Washington history early in the year and became only the 10th player in FBS history to rush for 1,000 yards in four straight seasons. Linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven earned a bevy of recognition for his play as he was tabbed an All-America selection by numerous publications and was a finalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy. Burr-Kirven, who lead the NCAA-FBS in tackles with 165, was also named the Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.
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When you donate to The Competitive Edge Fund, you give student-athletes a leading advantage in their education and in competition, empowering them to create a positive impact in the world. The Fund was launched in 2016 as part of The Game Changer Campaign for Husky Athletics, fueling one of our most ambitious fundraising efforts to date to support UW Athletics.
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Washington will face Ohio State in "The Granddaddy of Them All" on New Year's Day in Pasadena, Calif. The Huskies will make their 15thย Rose Bowl appearance in program history, which is tied for the third-most in the game's storied history. It will be Washington's first appearance in the Rose Bowl since 2001 when the Huskies defeated Purdue, 34-24.
After a 28-15 victory against Washington State in the Boeing Apple Cup Series, the Huskiesย earned a trip to the Pac-12 Championship in Santa Clara, Calif.. It was the sixth straight year the Huskies took down the rival Cougars.
The Huskies would go on to beat Utah, 10-3, winning their second Pac-12 title in the past three years. Sophomore Byron Murphy was named the MVP of the Pac-12 Championship Game after he scored the game's only touchdown on a 66-yard interception return.
Washington has been led by a core group of seniors that have made their marks all over the Husky record books. Quarterback Jake Browning broke the school record for passing yards in a career and became the winningest QB in Pac-12 history midway through the season. Running back Myles Gaskin became the all-time rushing leader in Washington history early in the year and became only the 10th player in FBS history to rush for 1,000 yards in four straight seasons. Linebacker Ben Burr-Kirven earned a bevy of recognition for his play as he was tabbed an All-America selection by numerous publications and was a finalist for the Lott IMPACT Trophy. Burr-Kirven, who lead the NCAA-FBS in tackles with 165, was also named the Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.
About The Competitive Edge Fund
When you donate to The Competitive Edge Fund, you give student-athletes a leading advantage in their education and in competition, empowering them to create a positive impact in the world. The Fund was launched in 2016 as part of The Game Changer Campaign for Husky Athletics, fueling one of our most ambitious fundraising efforts to date to support UW Athletics.
Gifts to The Fund support:
- Strength: Your gift allows us to provide cutting-edge training equipment and to recruit and retain expert strength and conditioning staff to help improve performance and prevent injury.
- Fuel: From healthy meals to nutrition education and individual counseling, your donation provides Husky student-athletes the right fuel and support they need to compete at the highest levels.
- World-class education: You can give young men and women something they will value for a lifetime โ a world-class UW education plus the academic support student-athletes need to excel in class and to graduate.
- Teachers: Your donation fuels our ability to recruit and retain the best coaches and staff in college sports, who build winning teams and develop lifelong skills in the student-athletes they coach and support.
- Innovation: From computerized performance analysis to specialized recovery equipment, your gift provides the newest technologies needed for building champions.
- Opportunity: Your gift provides student-athletes with transformational volunteer and study-abroad experiences, leadership and mentoring programs, internships and more.
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