Saturday, September 2
Seattle, WA
12:30 PM
University of Washington
vs
Boise State
Photo by: Washington Athletics
No. 10 Dawgs Open 2023 Season Vs. Boise State
August 28, 2023 | Football
THE GAME: The Washington football team opens the 2023 season this Saturday, Sept. 2, vs. Boise State. Kickoff is at 12:30 p.m. PT and the game will air on ABC television. The game marks the start of the Dawgs' second year under head coach Kalen DeBoer, who led the UW to an 11-2 record and the No. 8 final ranking in the AP Top 25 in his first season in 2022. The game also marks the 10-year anniversary of the re-opening of renovated Husky Stadium. On Aug. 31, 2013, the UW beat Boise State, 38-6, to mark the occasion, following a 21-month rebuild. UW enters 2023 ranked No. 10 in the preseason AP ranking and No. 11 in the preseason coaches' poll, while the Broncos received votes in both. The following Saturday, the Dawgs play host to Tulsa, in a 2:00 p.m. PT game on Pac-12 Network.
QUICK HITTERS: Washington enters the 2023 season with the nation's second-longest active winning streak among Power 5 teams, with seven victories in a row to end last season ... only Georgia, with a 17-game run, has a longer active streak ... not counting the four-game 2020 season, the Huskies have won 10 or more games in four of the last six seasons ... the current UW roster includes players who list hometowns from 19 different states, as well as in Germany ... UW's 119-man roster entering the year includes just 15 players in their final year of eligibility, along with 29 true freshmen, 15 redshirt freshmen, 35 sophomores and 25 juniors, meaning that 79 of 120 (essentially two-thirds) enter the 2023 season with three or more years of eligibility remaining ... all 11 full-time coaches from the 2022 staff have returned for 2023 ... three current UW assistant coaches played football for Boise State: Julius Brown, Scott Huff & Lee Marks.
HOME OPENERS: The Huskies are 97-29-5 in home openers (whether the first game of the season or not), a percentage of .760. Washington did not play any home games in the 1890 or 1893 seasons. That mark includes a 28-game streak of home-opener wins that ran from 1908 to 1935. Before falling to Air Force in the 1999 home opener, Washington had won 13 straight such games since having fallen to Oklahoma State on Sept. 7, 1985. The Huskies had won their last 11 home openers, dating back to a loss to No. 11 LSU in 2009, prior to a loss to Montana in the 2021 debut. Last year, UW beat Kent State in the 2022 opener.
TELEVISION: The Washington-Boise State game will air on ABC, with Bob Wischusen, Robert Griffin III and Kris Budden calling the action. Fans with the proper subscription can also watch at ESPN.com/watch.
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 17-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 Sirius/XM channel 133 or 197. Additionally, the Husky Football Coaches Show airs each Wednesday during the season (starting Aug. 23), at 6:00 p.m. PT.
STAFF CONTINUITY: Washington's entire full-time coaching staff remained in tact following the 2022 season, which was coach Kalen DeBoer's first at the UW. He, along with all 10 full-time assistants, are back in 2023. That's actually rare in UW history as the coaching staffs have gone unchanged over two or more seasons only three times before (UW records for coaching staffs go back to the mid-1950s): 1989-90, 2009-11, and 2014-15.
HUSKIES vs. THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE: Washington has a pretty fair amount of history with the current members of the Mountain West . Washington has played all but three (Colorado State, New Mexico and UNLV) of the 12 schools that comprise the MWC in football. All totaled, the Huskies are 30-12 against current MWC members, Here's the breakdown: 2-6 vs. Air Force; 2-2 vs. Boise State; 3-1 vs. Fresno State; 4-2 vs. Hawai'i; 1-1 vs. Nevada; 3-0 vs. San Diego State; 10-0 vs. San Jose State; 3-0 vs. Utah State; and 2-0 vs. Wyoming.
EXPERIENCE AND YOUTH: Washington's current roster includes a total of 34 players – 17 each on offense and defense – who have started at least one game for the Huskies. The 17 offensive players have totaled 145 starts in the Purple & Gold, while the 17 defensive players (which includes former offensive line starter Ulumoo Ale) have 156 starts between them. Tight end Devin Culp enters the 2023 season with the highest total of starts under is belt among offensive players, with 18, while safety Asa Turner, with 23 career starts entering 2023, leads the defensive side. None of those totals take into account the list of UW players who have started games at other colleges prior to transferring to UW. The list of Dawgs with starting experience doesn't take into account the 10 current Huskies who transferred to UW after having started at another four-year college, nor does it account for starting "specialists." Washington 119-man roster entering the year includes just 15 players in their final year of eligibility, along with 29 true freshmen, 15 redshirt freshmen, 35 sophomores and 25 juniors. Potentially, 104 current Huskies could return for 2024, while 79 enter the 2023 season with three or more years of eligibility remaining.
HUSKIES vs. BRONCOS HISTORY: Odd as it may seem at first glance, Washington and Boise State have faced one another only five times in the two schools' history, with those meetings coming in the second game of the 2007 season, the 2012 Las Vegas Bowl, the 2013 and 2015 season openers, and the 2019 Las Vegas Bowl. It's odd because the two campuses are located only about 500 miles from one another. The only other Division I-FBS colleges located inside a 500-mile radius of the UW are Washington State, Oregon and Oregon State. However, all three of those other schools are in the same conference as Washington for many years, whereas Boise State only began playing football as a four-year institution in 1968 and only moved up to Division I-A prior to the 1996 season. Here's a recap of the five UW-Boise State games in history:
September 8, 2007 • Husky Stadium
WASHINGTON 24, #22 BOISE STATE 10
The Huskies, behind RS-freshman quarterback Jake Locker, improved to 2-0 with a 24-10 victory over Boise State, which came into the 2007 season off of a 13-0 campaign in 2006, one that was capped by the thrilling Fiesta Bowl win over Oklahoma. The Huskies never trailed as they snapped the Broncos' 14-game win streak. Locker, who had led the UW to a win in his college debut the previous week at Syracuse, ran for a six-yard touchdown to cap the first drive of the game. Later in the first quarter, tailback Louis Rankin tossed a 16-yard touchdown pass to Quintin Daniels to stake Washington to a 14-0 lead. BSU took advantage of a Locker fumble and drove 44 yards in just two plays, scoring on a run from Taylor Tharp, to cut the lead to 14-7. However, after a Ryan Perkins field goal, the Huskies turned the tables as defensive end Greyson Gunheim intercepted Tharp. Three plays later, Locker hit Marcel Reece with a 58-yard touchdown to stretch the Husky advantage to 24-7. Kyle Broztman hit a 40-yard field goal late in the second quarter to make it 24-10, but that was all of the scoring for the day. In the second half, each team had a field goal blocked and threw an interception in enemy territory. Locker led both teams in rushing, carrying the ball 16 times for 84 yards and a score. He also completed 13-of-25 for 193 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Reece led the UW receivers with 192 yards on four catches.
December 22, 2012 • Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
#20 BOISE STATE 28, WASHINGTON 26
Boise State won its third straight Las Vegas Bowl, but had to work much harder than in its previous two as the Broncos edged Washington, 28-26. BSU kicker Michael Frisina kicked his fifth field goal of the day, a 27-yarder with 1:16 remaining, to seal the win. Boise State overcame an game-MVP performance from Husky tailback Bishop Sankey who rushed for 205 rushing yards and another 74 through the air. UW had trailed by as wide a margin as 18-3 in the second quarter before Sankey and Keith Price rushed for TDs before halftime, cutting the gap to 18-17. In the third quarter, the teams traded touchdowns (with the UW missing a two-point try) to leave BSU with a two-point lead at 25-23. In the fourth quarter, Husky kicker Travis Coons hit a 38-yard field goal with 4:09 left to give Washington its first lead of the day, but Boise got a long kick return to lead to Frisina's winning boot.
August 31, 2013 • Husky Stadium, Seattle
WASHINGTON 38, #19 BOISE STATE 6
An electrified crowd witnessed Washington beat Boise State, 38-6, in the first game of the newly renovated Husky Stadium. The win came in the two teams' very next game after Boise State's win in the Las Vegas Bowl the previous December. Sankey rushed for 161 yards and two scores and Price passed for 324 and two more TDs to lead the UW, which out-gained the Broncos by nearly 250 yards on the night. Washington led just 10-3 at halftime before scoring two touchdowns each in the third and fourth quarters to put the game away.
September 4, 2015 • Albertson's Stadium, Boise
#23 BOISE STATE 16, WASHINGTON 13
Washington opened the 2015 season at Boise State, one full season removed from Coach Chris Petersen's departure from the Broncos program. A number of future Husky standouts – including true freshmen Jake Browning and Myles Gaskin – made their debut that Friday night in Boise, but the Huskies were able to score just one TD – a 76-yard punt return from Dante Pettis (the second of the NCAA-record nine he would eventually score). Boise built a 16-0 lead on two short TD runs from Jeremy McNichols and a Tyler Rausa field goal. The Huskies got on the board in the second half on two field goals from Cameron Van Winkle and Pettis' punt return, but a 46-yard attempt with just 15 seconds left, which would have tied the game, missed wide right.
December 21, 2019 • Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
WASHINGTON 38, #19 BOISE STATE 7
UW closed out Chris Petersen's Husky coaching tenure with a win over his former program in the 2019 Las Vegas Bowl. Cornerback Elijah Molden earned MVP honors thanks to an interception and a forced fumble, as the Huskies held the Broncos to 266 yards of total offense. Washington built a 17-0 halftime lead on a TD pass from Jacob Eason to Andre Baccellia, a Salvon Ahmed run and a Peyton Henry field goal. The Dawgs got second-half touchdowns from Ahmed and Richard Newton on the ground, along with Newton pass to Terrell Bynum on a trick play. Eason passed for 210 yards while Newton led the ground game with 69. Molden and Brandon Wellingham had nine tackles each and Myles Bryant added an interception.
SEASON OPENERS: Washington is 90-37-6 all-time in season openers, good for a mark of .699. Since 1989, Washington has posted an 20-13 record in season openers – 13-2 at home, 7-9 on the road, 0-2 neutral site. In the 33-season span dating back to 1989, the Huskies have opened vs. a ranked team 13 times (5-8): vs. No. 15 Stanford in 1993 (W, 31-14), at No. 17 USC in 1994 (L, 24-17), at No. 20 Arizona State in 1996 (L, 45-42), vs. No. 19 BYU in 1997 (W, 42-20) at No. 8 Arizona State in 1998 (W, 42-38), vs. No. 11 Michigan in 2001 (W, 23-18), at No. 12 Michigan in 2002 (L, 31-29), at No. 2 Ohio State in 2003 (L, 28-9), at No. 21 Oregon in 2008 (L, 44-10), vs. No. 11 LSU in 2009 (L, 31-23), vs. No. 19 Boise State in 2013 (W, 38-6), at No. 23 Boise State in 2015 (L, 16-13), neutral vs. No. 9 Auburn in 2018 (L, 21-16).
HOME vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Washington has been very tough to beat in home, non-conference games over the last several decades. Going back to (and including) the 1981 season, the Huskies have posted a 75-14 record against non-Pac-10/Pac-12 foes in Husky Stadium. Those 14 losses have come to Montana (2021), 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 wins during that stretch include victories over No. 11 Michigan State in 2022, 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. Prior to the 2004 loss to Nevada, Washington hadn't lost a home game to a non-league opponent since falling to Air Force, 31-21, on September 18, 1999. The Huskies had won 10 such games before that Nevada loss. UW had a 20-game home, non-conference win streak broken in 2021.
CONFERENCE MOVES: Along with USC, UCLA and Oregon, the Huskies will move to the Big Ten Conference after this coming academic year (2023-24) and will play a Big Ten schedule in 2024. Four other current Pac-12 programs – Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah – are also departing, as those four will join the Big 12 Conference in 2024-25. Washington has been a member of what is now the Pac-12 since the inception of the league, in 1915. Only the UW and California have/had been members in every year since. The UW football team has won a league title in every decade since the 1910s, other than the 2020s – the Dawgs will have one last chance to extend that streak this year.
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 2023 season marks the 103rd 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 406-185-21 (.681). Washington is 50-16 in home games since the stadium re-opened in 2013.
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QUICK HITTERS: Washington enters the 2023 season with the nation's second-longest active winning streak among Power 5 teams, with seven victories in a row to end last season ... only Georgia, with a 17-game run, has a longer active streak ... not counting the four-game 2020 season, the Huskies have won 10 or more games in four of the last six seasons ... the current UW roster includes players who list hometowns from 19 different states, as well as in Germany ... UW's 119-man roster entering the year includes just 15 players in their final year of eligibility, along with 29 true freshmen, 15 redshirt freshmen, 35 sophomores and 25 juniors, meaning that 79 of 120 (essentially two-thirds) enter the 2023 season with three or more years of eligibility remaining ... all 11 full-time coaches from the 2022 staff have returned for 2023 ... three current UW assistant coaches played football for Boise State: Julius Brown, Scott Huff & Lee Marks.
HOME OPENERS: The Huskies are 97-29-5 in home openers (whether the first game of the season or not), a percentage of .760. Washington did not play any home games in the 1890 or 1893 seasons. That mark includes a 28-game streak of home-opener wins that ran from 1908 to 1935. Before falling to Air Force in the 1999 home opener, Washington had won 13 straight such games since having fallen to Oklahoma State on Sept. 7, 1985. The Huskies had won their last 11 home openers, dating back to a loss to No. 11 LSU in 2009, prior to a loss to Montana in the 2021 debut. Last year, UW beat Kent State in the 2022 opener.
TELEVISION: The Washington-Boise State game will air on ABC, with Bob Wischusen, Robert Griffin III and Kris Budden calling the action. Fans with the proper subscription can also watch at ESPN.com/watch.
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 17-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 Sirius/XM channel 133 or 197. Additionally, the Husky Football Coaches Show airs each Wednesday during the season (starting Aug. 23), at 6:00 p.m. PT.
STAFF CONTINUITY: Washington's entire full-time coaching staff remained in tact following the 2022 season, which was coach Kalen DeBoer's first at the UW. He, along with all 10 full-time assistants, are back in 2023. That's actually rare in UW history as the coaching staffs have gone unchanged over two or more seasons only three times before (UW records for coaching staffs go back to the mid-1950s): 1989-90, 2009-11, and 2014-15.
HUSKIES vs. THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE: Washington has a pretty fair amount of history with the current members of the Mountain West . Washington has played all but three (Colorado State, New Mexico and UNLV) of the 12 schools that comprise the MWC in football. All totaled, the Huskies are 30-12 against current MWC members, Here's the breakdown: 2-6 vs. Air Force; 2-2 vs. Boise State; 3-1 vs. Fresno State; 4-2 vs. Hawai'i; 1-1 vs. Nevada; 3-0 vs. San Diego State; 10-0 vs. San Jose State; 3-0 vs. Utah State; and 2-0 vs. Wyoming.
EXPERIENCE AND YOUTH: Washington's current roster includes a total of 34 players – 17 each on offense and defense – who have started at least one game for the Huskies. The 17 offensive players have totaled 145 starts in the Purple & Gold, while the 17 defensive players (which includes former offensive line starter Ulumoo Ale) have 156 starts between them. Tight end Devin Culp enters the 2023 season with the highest total of starts under is belt among offensive players, with 18, while safety Asa Turner, with 23 career starts entering 2023, leads the defensive side. None of those totals take into account the list of UW players who have started games at other colleges prior to transferring to UW. The list of Dawgs with starting experience doesn't take into account the 10 current Huskies who transferred to UW after having started at another four-year college, nor does it account for starting "specialists." Washington 119-man roster entering the year includes just 15 players in their final year of eligibility, along with 29 true freshmen, 15 redshirt freshmen, 35 sophomores and 25 juniors. Potentially, 104 current Huskies could return for 2024, while 79 enter the 2023 season with three or more years of eligibility remaining.
HUSKIES vs. BRONCOS HISTORY: Odd as it may seem at first glance, Washington and Boise State have faced one another only five times in the two schools' history, with those meetings coming in the second game of the 2007 season, the 2012 Las Vegas Bowl, the 2013 and 2015 season openers, and the 2019 Las Vegas Bowl. It's odd because the two campuses are located only about 500 miles from one another. The only other Division I-FBS colleges located inside a 500-mile radius of the UW are Washington State, Oregon and Oregon State. However, all three of those other schools are in the same conference as Washington for many years, whereas Boise State only began playing football as a four-year institution in 1968 and only moved up to Division I-A prior to the 1996 season. Here's a recap of the five UW-Boise State games in history:
September 8, 2007 • Husky Stadium
WASHINGTON 24, #22 BOISE STATE 10
The Huskies, behind RS-freshman quarterback Jake Locker, improved to 2-0 with a 24-10 victory over Boise State, which came into the 2007 season off of a 13-0 campaign in 2006, one that was capped by the thrilling Fiesta Bowl win over Oklahoma. The Huskies never trailed as they snapped the Broncos' 14-game win streak. Locker, who had led the UW to a win in his college debut the previous week at Syracuse, ran for a six-yard touchdown to cap the first drive of the game. Later in the first quarter, tailback Louis Rankin tossed a 16-yard touchdown pass to Quintin Daniels to stake Washington to a 14-0 lead. BSU took advantage of a Locker fumble and drove 44 yards in just two plays, scoring on a run from Taylor Tharp, to cut the lead to 14-7. However, after a Ryan Perkins field goal, the Huskies turned the tables as defensive end Greyson Gunheim intercepted Tharp. Three plays later, Locker hit Marcel Reece with a 58-yard touchdown to stretch the Husky advantage to 24-7. Kyle Broztman hit a 40-yard field goal late in the second quarter to make it 24-10, but that was all of the scoring for the day. In the second half, each team had a field goal blocked and threw an interception in enemy territory. Locker led both teams in rushing, carrying the ball 16 times for 84 yards and a score. He also completed 13-of-25 for 193 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Reece led the UW receivers with 192 yards on four catches.
December 22, 2012 • Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
#20 BOISE STATE 28, WASHINGTON 26
Boise State won its third straight Las Vegas Bowl, but had to work much harder than in its previous two as the Broncos edged Washington, 28-26. BSU kicker Michael Frisina kicked his fifth field goal of the day, a 27-yarder with 1:16 remaining, to seal the win. Boise State overcame an game-MVP performance from Husky tailback Bishop Sankey who rushed for 205 rushing yards and another 74 through the air. UW had trailed by as wide a margin as 18-3 in the second quarter before Sankey and Keith Price rushed for TDs before halftime, cutting the gap to 18-17. In the third quarter, the teams traded touchdowns (with the UW missing a two-point try) to leave BSU with a two-point lead at 25-23. In the fourth quarter, Husky kicker Travis Coons hit a 38-yard field goal with 4:09 left to give Washington its first lead of the day, but Boise got a long kick return to lead to Frisina's winning boot.
August 31, 2013 • Husky Stadium, Seattle
WASHINGTON 38, #19 BOISE STATE 6
An electrified crowd witnessed Washington beat Boise State, 38-6, in the first game of the newly renovated Husky Stadium. The win came in the two teams' very next game after Boise State's win in the Las Vegas Bowl the previous December. Sankey rushed for 161 yards and two scores and Price passed for 324 and two more TDs to lead the UW, which out-gained the Broncos by nearly 250 yards on the night. Washington led just 10-3 at halftime before scoring two touchdowns each in the third and fourth quarters to put the game away.
September 4, 2015 • Albertson's Stadium, Boise
#23 BOISE STATE 16, WASHINGTON 13
Washington opened the 2015 season at Boise State, one full season removed from Coach Chris Petersen's departure from the Broncos program. A number of future Husky standouts – including true freshmen Jake Browning and Myles Gaskin – made their debut that Friday night in Boise, but the Huskies were able to score just one TD – a 76-yard punt return from Dante Pettis (the second of the NCAA-record nine he would eventually score). Boise built a 16-0 lead on two short TD runs from Jeremy McNichols and a Tyler Rausa field goal. The Huskies got on the board in the second half on two field goals from Cameron Van Winkle and Pettis' punt return, but a 46-yard attempt with just 15 seconds left, which would have tied the game, missed wide right.
December 21, 2019 • Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
WASHINGTON 38, #19 BOISE STATE 7
UW closed out Chris Petersen's Husky coaching tenure with a win over his former program in the 2019 Las Vegas Bowl. Cornerback Elijah Molden earned MVP honors thanks to an interception and a forced fumble, as the Huskies held the Broncos to 266 yards of total offense. Washington built a 17-0 halftime lead on a TD pass from Jacob Eason to Andre Baccellia, a Salvon Ahmed run and a Peyton Henry field goal. The Dawgs got second-half touchdowns from Ahmed and Richard Newton on the ground, along with Newton pass to Terrell Bynum on a trick play. Eason passed for 210 yards while Newton led the ground game with 69. Molden and Brandon Wellingham had nine tackles each and Myles Bryant added an interception.
SEASON OPENERS: Washington is 90-37-6 all-time in season openers, good for a mark of .699. Since 1989, Washington has posted an 20-13 record in season openers – 13-2 at home, 7-9 on the road, 0-2 neutral site. In the 33-season span dating back to 1989, the Huskies have opened vs. a ranked team 13 times (5-8): vs. No. 15 Stanford in 1993 (W, 31-14), at No. 17 USC in 1994 (L, 24-17), at No. 20 Arizona State in 1996 (L, 45-42), vs. No. 19 BYU in 1997 (W, 42-20) at No. 8 Arizona State in 1998 (W, 42-38), vs. No. 11 Michigan in 2001 (W, 23-18), at No. 12 Michigan in 2002 (L, 31-29), at No. 2 Ohio State in 2003 (L, 28-9), at No. 21 Oregon in 2008 (L, 44-10), vs. No. 11 LSU in 2009 (L, 31-23), vs. No. 19 Boise State in 2013 (W, 38-6), at No. 23 Boise State in 2015 (L, 16-13), neutral vs. No. 9 Auburn in 2018 (L, 21-16).
HOME vs. NON-CONFERENCE: Washington has been very tough to beat in home, non-conference games over the last several decades. Going back to (and including) the 1981 season, the Huskies have posted a 75-14 record against non-Pac-10/Pac-12 foes in Husky Stadium. Those 14 losses have come to Montana (2021), 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 wins during that stretch include victories over No. 11 Michigan State in 2022, 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. Prior to the 2004 loss to Nevada, Washington hadn't lost a home game to a non-league opponent since falling to Air Force, 31-21, on September 18, 1999. The Huskies had won 10 such games before that Nevada loss. UW had a 20-game home, non-conference win streak broken in 2021.
CONFERENCE MOVES: Along with USC, UCLA and Oregon, the Huskies will move to the Big Ten Conference after this coming academic year (2023-24) and will play a Big Ten schedule in 2024. Four other current Pac-12 programs – Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah – are also departing, as those four will join the Big 12 Conference in 2024-25. Washington has been a member of what is now the Pac-12 since the inception of the league, in 1915. Only the UW and California have/had been members in every year since. The UW football team has won a league title in every decade since the 1910s, other than the 2020s – the Dawgs will have one last chance to extend that streak this year.
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 2023 season marks the 103rd 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 406-185-21 (.681). Washington is 50-16 in home games since the stadium re-opened in 2013.
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