Postgame Notes: Washington State

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November 29, 2019 | Football

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SEATTLE – The Washington football team defeated visiting Washington State, 31-13, in the 112th edition of the Boeing Apple Cup on Friday afternoon, Nov. 29. Below are notes from today's game:

The captains for today's game were: Salvon Ahmed, Elijah Molden, Levi Onwuzurike and Cade Otton.
The Huskies honored 19 seniors before today's game: Trey Adams, Andre Baccellia, Malik Braxton, Myles Bryant, Dustin Bush, A.J. Carty, John Clark, Aaron Fuller, Blake Gregory, Nick Harris, Jared Hilbers, Kyler Manu, Chico McClatcher, Benning Potoa'e, Quinten Pounds, Myles Rice, Henry Roberts, Brandon Wellington and Joel Whitford.
The Huskies won their seventh-straight Boeing Apple Cup game and have held the Cougars to 17 or fewer points in each of those games, while scoring at least 27. UW has outscored them 203-99 during the streak.
Hunter Bryant moved past Rod Jones (81) in the second quarter for fourth most receptions by a UW tight end and enters the bowl game with 85. Next up Jerramy Stevens (88), followed by Mark Bruener (95) and Austin Seferian-Jenkins (146). He only trails Austin Seferian-Jenkins (1,838) for most receiving yards by a Husky tight end with 1,394.
Bryant became just the second UW tight end with 50 receptions in a season (52), joining Seferian-Jenkins who had 69 in 2012. He also trails ASJ by 25 yards in a single season with 825 heading to the bowl game.
Bryant has gone over 80 yards receiving in four-straight games.
Terrell Bynum continued his strong play of late, catching a career-high 57-yard reception (also a season long for any Husky) in the first quarter and grabbing his first career TD. Over the last five games, the sophomore has made 23 receptions for 260 yards. In his first 17 career games, Bynum had three receptions for 41 yards.
Salvon Ahmed will enter the bowl game with exactly 1,000 rushing yards on the season. It is the ninth time in the last 10 years that the Huskies have had an 1,000-yard rusher.
Jacob Eason moved up to eighth in UW single-season history with 2,922 yards passing and sixth with 22 passing touchdowns. Complete top-10 lists on page 106 and 109 of the UW record book.
Jacob Eason recorded his first rushing TD as a Husky. He recorded one rushing TD as a freshman at Georgia.
Aaron Fuller became the seventh Husky to surpass 2,000 career receiving yards with his first reception in the third quarter.
With two more sacks and 2 ½ tackles for loss today, Joe Tryon has racked up six sacks and 10 tackles for loss over the last four games.
Trent McDuffie had his first career pick and caused his second career fumble during a fourth-quarter stretch.
Brandon Wellington shattered his previous career high of 11 tackles with 16. Elijah Molden also set a new career high with 14 stops and now leads the Huskies with 70 tackles this season.
Aaron Fuller had one punt return for 12 yards to give the Huskies 266 yards vs. 15 by opponents for the season.
The Huskies allowed just their second first-quarter touchdown of the season and now lead the opponents, 114-23, in the first quarter.
Anthony Gordon set a UW opponent record with 48 completions. He bested Colt Brennan (Hawaii, 2007) by six. His 62 attempts were the second most by an opponent.
Max Borghi's 12 receptions were the tied for the 5th most by an opponent and the most since Cody Hoffman of BYU had 12 in 2013. His total is the most ever by a Cougar against the Huskies.