No. 20 BYU Heads To Seattle To Face No. 11 UW

Saturday, September 29

Seattle, WA

5:30 PM

University of Washington

Brigham Young

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September 24, 2018 | Football

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THE GAME: The Washington football team (2-0 Pac-12, 3-1 overall) closes out its non-conference schedule Saturday as BYU (3-1) pays a visit to Husky Stadium. Kickoff is 5:30 p.m. and the game will air live on FOX television. The Huskies enter the game ranked No. 11 in both the Associated Press Top 25 and the USA Today coaches' poll. BYU is 20th in the AP, but one spot out of the coaches' Top 25. Following this Saturday's game, the Huskies head out on the road to face UCLA and Oregon.

QUICK HITTERS: 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 ASU game with 4,412 yards, 6th-most in Pac-12 history ... Gaskin scored his 51th career touchdown against Utah, extending his school record ... his 47 career rushing TDs (he has four receiving TDs) rank 8th in Pac-12 history ... with 85 career touchdown passes, Jake Browning is tied for 8th in Pac-12 history ... Browning's 10,070 career passing yards currently rank No. 2 in UW history and No. 17 in the Pac-12 ... 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 ... only five players (none of them true freshmen) made their UW playing debut 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 action against North Dakota: the aforementioned true freshmen, plus TB Malik Braxton, DL Josiah Bronson, WR Terrell Bynum, WR Alex Cook, TE Michael Neal, OL Cole Norgaard, OLB Joe Tryon, PK Sebastian Valerio ... Washington enters the week No. 4 in scoring defense (12.8 ppg) ... 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 is 5th in the nation in total tackles (53) and ninth in forced fumbles (2) ... Byron Murphy is 7th in the nation in passes defended (8).

TELEVISION: The Washington-BYU 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 FOXSports 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. COUGARS HISTORY: Washington and BYU will be meeting for the 10th time ever this Saturday. Their last meeting was in the 2013 Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco, where a 100-yard kickoff return by John Ross was the highlight of Washington's 31-16 win. That game came during the transition between former head coach Steve Sarkisian and Chris Petersen. Prior to that, UW and BYU most recently squared off in the 2010 season opener in Provo. In that game, BYU overcame a 17-13 halftime deficit, scoring 10 points in the third quarter. The Cougars blanked the Huskies for the entire second half to win, 23-17. Jake Locker passed for 266 yards on 20-for-37 passing while BYU QBs Jake Heaps and Riley Nelson each passed for 131 yards to lead their team. The most recent meeting in Seattle came in 2008, when 15th-ranked BYU escaped with a 28-27 victory thanks to a blocked PAT attempt with two seconds left. Locker threw for 204 yards and one TD and also rushed for 62 yards and two scores in the loss. The UW-BYU series began in 1985, the year after the Cougars won the National Championship ahead of No. 2 Washington. In that first game (Sept. 14, 1985), the unranked Huskies fell to No. 16 BYU 31-3 in a game played in Provo. The following year, the Huskies returned the favor at Husky Stadium. In that game (Sept. 20, 1986), the Dawgs, ranked No. 7, handed the 11th-ranked Cougars a 52-21 loss. The Huskies re-opened the series with the Cougars on Sept. 14, 1996, when Rashaan Shehee rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns in a 29-17 win over the 14th-ranked Cougars, who finished that season 14-1. The following season in Provo, No. 4 UW opened the schedule with a 42-20 win over No. 19 BYU. In 1998 at Husky Stadium, the No. 9-ranked Dawgs ran their win streak over BYU to four games with a 20-10 win over the unranked Cougars. In the first game of the 1999 season, Cougars QB Kevin Feterik led the way in a 35-28 Brigham Young win. Feterik completed 39 of his 59 pass attempts for 500 yards and three touchdowns. The Huskies were led by sophomore quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo, who threw for 237 yards on 22-of-36 passing while also running for two scores.

HOME vs. NON-CONFERENCE: UW has been very tough to beat in home, non-conference games over the last several decades. Going back to 1981, the Huskies have posted a 68-13 record against non-Pac-10/Pac-12 foes in Husky Stadium. Those 13 losses have come to Nebraska (2010), LSU (2009), BYU (2008), Oklahoma (2008), Ohio State (2007), Notre Dame (2005), Fresno State (2004), Nevada (2003), Air Force (1999), Nebraska (1997), Notre Dame (1995), Colorado (1989) and Oklahoma State (1985). Notable wins during that stretch include victories over No. 19 Boise State in 2013, No. 22 Boise State in 2007, No. 11 Michigan in 2001, No. 4 Miami in 2000, and No. 12 Nebraska in 1992. The UW has won 17 straight home, non-conference games in a row.

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 213-66-3 (.760) 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 1-0 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 30-8 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 386-177-21 (.679).