No. 18 Huskies Open Pac-12 Schedule Vs. Stanford

Saturday, September 24

Seattle, WA

7:30 PM

University of Washington

Stanford

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September 19, 2022 | Football

Full UW Game Notes

THE GAME: The Washington football team (3-0) wraps up its season-opening, four-game homestand this Saturday, as Stanford (1-1, 0-1 Pac-12) travels to Alaska Airlines Field at Husky Stadium for the UW's conference opener. The game will kick off at 7:30 p.m. and air on FS1 television. The Huskies are 3-0 after a win over then No. 11-Michigan State, which launched the Dawgs into the rankings for the first time this year. UW enters the week ranked No. 18 in the AP top 25 and No. 24 in the coaches' poll.

QUICK HITTERS: UW is 44-44-4 all-time vs. Stanford ... through three games, UW QB Michael Penix, Jr., has passed for 10 touchdowns, one shy of the national lead ... vs. Michigan State, Penix passed for 397 yards, the eighth-highest single-game total in UW hisotry ... the Huskies have scored on 14 of 16 first-half possessions so far this season, with 12 of those 14 going for touchdowns ... the Huskies have scored touchdowns on seven of eight first-quarter dries and, overall, have scored on 21 of 32 drives this season ... UW has allowed just two sacks this season, and both of those came with the starters out of the game ... through three weeks, UW's offense leads the Pac-12 in pass offense (2nd in FBS), total offense (4th in FBS), first downs (5th in FBS) and third-down conversion percentage (8th in FBS) ... UW also leads the conference in rush defense and is second in total defense ... six true freshmen have played for the UW this season: DL Jayvon Parker, CB Jayvion Green, PK Grady Green, WR Denzel Boston, S Tristan Dunn & EDGE Lance Holtzclaw ... other than the pandemic-shortened 2020 season – when due to cancellations, the entire UW schedule consisted of just four games, all at home – the last time the Huskies opened a season with four consecutive home games was in 1976, when the Dawgs opened vs. Virgina, Colorado, Indiana and Minnesota ... the Husky roster includes 31 newcomers in 2022; here's a breakdown: 20 freshmen, two junior college transfers, and nine four-year college transfers ... of the 114 players on the roster, 55 are listed as freshmen (17) or redshirt freshmen (38), with an additional 27 sophomores ... that means that 82 of 114 players (72 percent) have three or more years of remaining eligibility entering the 2022 season ... UW has 12 players who are in their final year of eligibility in 2022.

TELEVISION: The Washington-Stanford game will air on FS1, with Alex Faust and Petros Papadakis calling the action. Fans with the proper subscription can also watch at FoxSports.com.

RADIO: All Washington football games will air on the Washington Sports Network from Learfield, with Tony Castricone (play by play), former Husky tight end Cameron Cleeland (analyst) and former UW basketball player Elise Woodward (sidelines) on the call. Radio coverage begins four hours before kickoff on the network's flagship station – Seattle's SportsRadio KJR 93.3 FM – with "Husky Gameday" live from The Zone for Husky home games. Statewide coverage on the 12-station Washington Sports Network begins two hours before kickoff. The entire broadcast is available worldwide on the Huskies Gameday mobile app and the Varsity app. The UW broadcast of this game will also air on SiriusXM channel 121 or 203. Additionally, the Husky Football Coaches Show airs each Wednesday during the season (starting Aug. 24), at 6:00 p.m. PT.

STANFORD – UW'S OLDEST RIVAL: In the fifth and final game of the 1893 season, Dec. 29, 1893, Washington took on Stanford, marking the Huskies' first-ever game against another college. Prior to that, all of the UW's eight all-time games (since 1889) had come vs. club or alumni teams (notably, the UW did play a team called "Washington College (Tacoma)" in 1890, but that short-lived boarding school, despite its name, was not what would be called a "college" in modern terms, as it enrolled students as young as 10 years old.). The UW-Stanford game was played in West Seattle in front of a reported 900 fans, most of whom arrived by ferry boat from Seattle proper, and the Cardinal easily handled the home team, 40-0. Stanford's team wasn't much more experienced, having started play in 1891, but it had been coached the season before (and again in 1894 and 1895) by Walter Camp, one of the pioneers of the game. Stanford fullback Martin Kennedy led his team with four touchdowns. While the Huskies have played several other modern-day opponents more times, no rivalry dates back earlier than the one vs. Stanford. Aside from games vs. Whitman (a Division III school that dropped football in 1977) and Vashon College (which closed entirely in 1912), the UW didn't face another college foe until 1900, when Washington played Idaho, Washington State and Oregon for the first time.

HUSKIES vs. CARDINAL HISTORY: Over 92 all-time meetings, Washington and Stanford have arrived at a dead-even record, with 44 wins for Stanford, 44 for UW, along with four ties (44-44-4). After winning eight straight vs. Stanford from 1959 to 1966, the Huskies lost 10 in a row from 1967 to 1976. Since that 1976 loss, Washington has gone 25-13 against the Cardinal. One of those 13 losses was a big upset in 1982 when the No. 2 Huskies fell to the Cardinal, 43-31, in Palo Alto. The second UW loss during that stretch came at Stanford in 1994, when the Cardinal upset 12th-ranked Washington, 46-28.

More recently, the Cardinal beat the Huskies, 27-13, at Palo Alto in 2004. After no game in 2005, Stanford won its second straight over the UW in a 20-3 victory in 2006 at Husky Stadium. The Cardinal also won 13 seasons ago in Seattle, 35-28, and in 2009 in Palo Alto (34-14). In 2010, Stanford blanked the UW, 41-0, at Husky Stadium; and in 2011, the Cardinal won, 65-21, at Stanford. Prior to that, the most recent UW victory had come in 2007, when the Huskies rushed for a total of 388 yards in a 27-9 win over the Cardinal. Louis Rankin led the way with 255 yards on 36 carries.

Last year in Palo Alto, the Huskies scored their best win of the season. Down 13-12, Dylan Morris connected with Jalen McMillan on a 20-yard TD with just 21 seconds to go as the Huskies won, 20-13. In the shortened 2020 season, the Cardinal dealt UW its only loss, 31-26, in what proved to be the Huskies' fourth and final game of the season. In 2019 at Stanford, the Husky offense struggled in a 23-13 loss to the Cardinal. In 2018, the UW built a 21-0 lead and held on to win, 27-23. Five seasons ago in Palo Alto, Stanford won, 30-22, despite three rushing TDs from Myles Gaskin.

In 2016 in Seattle, on a highly-charged Friday night at Husky Stadium, the 10th-ranked Dawgs beat the No. 7 Cardinal, 44-8. In 2015, the Cardinal earned a 31-14 victory in Palo Alto, while in 2014, the Cardinal won a defensive battle in Seattle, 20-13, as Kevin Hogan's five-yard run with 4:29 broke a 13-13 tie. In 2013, the Cardinal edged the Dawgs in a close game in Palo Alto, 31-28, with Washington's attempt to drive or a tie or the lead stalled at midifeld with 1:16 left on the clock.

In 2012 on a Thursday night in Seattle, the Huskies edged the No. 8 Cardinal, 17-13, thanks to a 61-yard run from Bishop Sankey and a 35-yard TD catch from Kasen Williams.

Washington and Stanford first played one another in 1893 in a game that marked the first major college opponent for UW. That game, played in West Seattle, resulted in a 40-0 Stanford victory. There wouldn't be another matchup between the two schools until 1920, when the Cardinal nipped Washington, 3-0, in the last UW home game prior to the opening of Husky Stadium. After a 0-0 tie in 1921, the Huskies' first victory in the series came in 1922, 12-8 at Palo Alto.

EXPERIENCE AND YOUTH: Thanks in part to the extended eligibility that resulted from the pandemic, Washington's 2021 roster is remarkable for both its youth and its experience, all at once. The roster includes 18 individuals who have started at least one game on offense, and another 18 on defense. All totaled, those 35 players (one of them, Alex Cook, has started on offense and defense) have started 248 games (147 on offense, 101 on defense). And, that doesn account for the handful of veteran transfers who were mulit-year starters at their previous school, and also doesn't account for specialists, who are also seasoned starters at their positions.

All that said, the UW roster includes just 12 players in their final year of available eligibility: CB Jordan Perryman, LB Cam Bright, EDGE Jeremiah Martin, S Alex Cook, WR Brennan Holmes, PK Peyton Henry, OL Jaxson Kirkland, OL Henry Bainivalu, OL Corey Luciano, P Kevin Ryan, LB Kristopher Moll and RB Wayne Taulapapa. Of the 114 players on the current roster, 55 are listed as freshmen (17) or redshirt freshmen (38), while 27 more are sophomores. That means that 82 of 114 players (72 percent) have three or more years of eligibility remaining, entering the 2022 season.

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 the current system, each school plays 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 play Utah or USC. In 2015 in 2016, neither UCLA nor Colorado were on the UW schedule, while the Huskies didn't face USC and Arizona in 2017 or 2018. The 2019 season marked the start of a new cycle, moving the rotation back to where it started. Therefore, the Huskies 2019 and 2020 scheduled did not include UCLA and Arizona State. In 2021 and 2002, Washington are not scheduled to play USC and Utah.

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 46-16 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 2021 season marks the 101st 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 402-185-21 (.678).